Breakout Churches

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[ChristianityToday.com] 4 Aug 2006--Not many pastors oversee both a season of significant stagnation and a later breakthrough to health and vibrant ministry. In most cases I've observed, the breakthrough never happens-and in the rare cases where it does, it's usually under the leadership of a different pastor. In his new book, Breakout Churches, well-known church growth consultant Thom S. Rainer and his team offer insights garnered from a study of 13 pastors and churches (out of a research base of 50,000) that made the transition from mediocrity to greatness without changing pastors.