Changes in denominational life in North America have left congregations with two difficult choices. On the one hand, they can choose to act as though their ministries and ...more

With the attention to appropriate and telling details for which he is famous, Lyle Schaller begins this book by pointing out an overlapping set of changes that have taken ...more

"Has your church fallen into a predictable routine? Is it drifting without purpose or resolve? Put an end to that by using Lyle e. Schaller's potent prescription for passive...more

Of Lyle Schaller's 21 signs of the New Reformation, here are five: (1) a new era in Christian music; (2) hundreds of new information resources for congregations, including ...more

"How do you reach new members and help them adapt to the local church more effectively? In Assimilating New Members by Lyle e. Schaller, a recognized church planner, shows ...more

When Congress approved the economic Opportunity Act a new war on poverty was fully launched by the government. This book deals with the churches' involvement in that war...more

"Lyle e. Schaller is a professional church planner and consultant. His experience has shown him that as most churches plan for the future they are not asking themselves the ...more

Frequently decision-making means trading one set of problems for a different set of problems. The basic law of traditionalism: If it is not necessary to change, it is ...more

This book probes twenty dominant trends-social, economic, political, and institutional-that will shape the world and the church of tomorrow in each chapter. Mr. Schaller ...more

The book you hold resonates with this conviction: that leaders such as you have the potential to be the most influential forces on planet earth. Yours is the staggering ...more

In his previous books-Kicking Habits, Growing Spiritual Redwoods, and Moving Off the Map-Thomas Bandy has drawn a compelling contrast between two kinds of congregational ...more

What is the rapidly expanding multi-site church movement all about? experience the revolution for yourself and see why it has become the "new normal" for growing churches. A ...more

enthusiasm, involvement, and know-how are the key words for creative church administration. Nationally known church planners and administrative consultants Lyle e. Schaller ...more

Believing that a church or mission should be managed according to a structured module based on Biblical principles, Church Management Basics provides leadership and ...more

"Answers the question "Why start new churches?" and shows how to reverse the decline of new church development. Schaller offers tested advice based on more than thirty years ...more

"Churches don't sit still; they are either planning for the future or wishing for the past. Yet, even when setting about to discern the future into which the Spirit is leading...more