{"product_id":"the-suburban-church-practical-advice-for-authentic-ministry","title":"The Suburban Church: Practical Advice for Authentic Ministry","description":"Over half of all North Americans live in the suburbs. In The Suburban Church, retired pastor Arthur H. DeKruyter encourages Christians to \"go where the people congregate\" and illustrates how to plant, grow, and renew suburban congregations. Throughout this book, DeKruyter relies on forty-five-plus years of pastoral ministry experience in which his own congregation grew from five families to more than five thousand members. He dispels myths about suburbia and demonstrates how to minister successfully, fit historic preaching and worship to suburban needs, finance church programs, recruit and support volunteers, connect international missions to local church growth, and more. Each chapter concludes with questions for discussion, making the book ideal for pastors and church committees.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0664232949\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0664232949.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:DeKruyter, Arthur H.|Schultze, Quentin J.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43612073754685,"sku":"BVV.0664232949.A","price":9.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0664232949-0.jpg?v=1789252237","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-suburban-church-practical-advice-for-authentic-ministry","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}