It was wonderful to be with the great folks of the Gateway North District today at the Morrow Memorial UMC in Maplewood, NJ. Great worship and message by Bishop Felton May! A number of laity and clergy showed interested in revitalizing their churches by using the Roadmap to Renewal process and from the learning gained from Paul Nixon’s book, I Refuse To Lead a Dying Church.
Roadmap to Renewal, which was published by the General Board of Global Ministries in April of this year has nearly sold out its first printing and will go to a second printing. It will be featured in the “Forecast” curriculum catalogue published by Cokesbury in December. Thanks to those who are using the resource!
I am so thankful for the many churches that helped me develop the content included in my book, Roadmap to Renewal, which is scheduled for publication in April 2009 by the General Board of Global Ministries. It will be the second book in the series called “Academy of Mission Renewal.” John Nuessle wrote the first book, Faithful Witnesses. I thank John especially for his guidance and help in seeing the book to publication.