Reviving the Congregation: Pastoral Leadership in a Changing Context
About this ebook
and parish leaders today face unprecedented challenges, many of which simply
didn’t exist a generation ago. The questions of ministry and leadership in the
church today range broadly across the financial and the managerial, the
spiritual and the interpersonal.
In such a time, a wise mentor who can articulate a way
forward for others is an immeasurable help. In Reviving the Congregation, Michael W. Foss, best-selling author of Power Surge, steps forward as that
mentor.
Bringing decades of experience in congregational life and
leadership and a winsome style to the work, Foss offers a compelling
introduction to the new context in which we lead, and the personal and
congregational strategies that will offer a way forward.
Reviving the
Congregation is rooted in Foss’s own experience, but it is open to all
through questions for reflection, space for notes and journaling, and an
extended bibliography for further reading.
About the author
Michael W. Foss is senior pastor of St. Mark Lutheran Church in West Des Moines, Iowa. He is a graduate of Wartburg Theological Seminary. Foss has authored several books for Fortress Press including Power Surge (2000), A Servant’s Manual (2002), Real Faith for Real Life (2004), and The Disciple’s Joy (2007).
