“I was interested to be given a copy of this book which comes out of GallupFaith, especially with Albert Winseman's understanding of Strengths (see 'Living Your Strengths' for a really good partner read).
If you're aware of Natural Church Development then you'll probably be interested in this.
Don't expect a radical look at what the church can be as many different forms and shapes out of the gospel about Jesus Christ. This is only touched on right at the end of the book. However, what you do get is a really interesting look at how the help established, more institutional churches to find renewal through engaging people through centring the church on key concerns. This is based on twelve important statements for the church member - these being re-phrased versions of 12 work-based statements that you'll find in books by Marcus Buckingham and Tom Rath, amongst others. These twelve statements fall into four very important categories: 1) What do I get?; 2) What do I give?; 3) Do I belong?; and 4) How can we grow?
As I'm part-involved in an established, institutional church I think I'll be trying out the process.”
