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God's Match: How to Light a Fire in Your Church

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Debbie Salinger

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Today's Church is preoccupied with legalism, institutionalism, and operational management without that reliance on the Holy Spirit. A business model replaces the Spirit as the guiding force behind church business. The priority on control stifles the Spirit's inflaming power. Symptoms include our declining attendance and erosion of our social influence. Dr. Debbie Salinger highlights the common thread of historical revivals, such as like The Great Awakening, the Welsh and Azusa Street revivals and the Hebrides revival. That thread: individual people fervently and persistently praying, seeking God for the Holy Spirit to bring about revival. The author argues eloquently that the Spirit should be the driving force fueling the Church. This book specifically references the United Methodist Church as an example, but the challenges addressed are not unique to Methodism. Many churches, both independent or denominational, are experiencing membership decline. And yet within those churches there are Christians who are eager, even hungry to experience more of the Spirit's power and presence. Dr. Salinger will fire you up with the guiding passion you need to play your part. She argues eloquently that the Spirit is the only fuel for Christians and their churches-and reveals the part you can play in restoring that explosive fuel in your fellowship. She demonstrates how to admonish effectively, with both understanding and love, and you will be equipped wherever you are.

Today's Church is preoccupied with legalism, institutionalism, and operational management without that reliance on the Holy Spirit. A business model replaces the Spirit as the guiding force behind church business. The priority on control stifles the Spirit's inflaming power. Symptoms include our declining attendance and erosion of our social influence. Dr. Debbie Salinger highlights the common thread of historical revivals, such as like The Great Awakening, the Welsh and Azusa Street revivals and the Hebrides revival. That thread: individual people fervently and persistently praying, seeking God for the Holy Spirit to bring about revival. The author argues eloquently that the Spirit should be the driving force fueling the Church. This book specifically references the United Methodist Church as an example, but the challenges addressed are not unique to Methodism. Many churches, both independent or denominational, are experiencing membership decline. And yet within those churches there are Christians who are eager, even hungry to experience more of the Spirit's power and presence. Dr. Salinger will fire you up with the guiding passion you need to play your part. She argues eloquently that the Spirit is the only fuel for Christians and their churches-and reveals the part you can play in restoring that explosive fuel in your fellowship. She demonstrates how to admonish effectively, with both understanding and love, and you will be equipped wherever you are.

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