Sticky Church

Name: Sticky Church
Brand: Harper Christian
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Larry Osborne
ISBN: 9780310302506

Author: Larry Osborne

Series: Leadership Network Innovation Series

Narrator: Maurice England

Unabridged: 4 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 08/09/2011

Categories: Nonfiction, Religion, Christian Church

Synopsis

Why closing the back door of your church is even more important than opening the front door wider. In Sticky Church, author and pastor Larry Osborne offers a time-tested strategy for doing so: sermon-based small groups that dig deeper into the weekend message and tightly velcro members to the ministry. It's a strategy that enabled Osborne's congregation to grow from a handful of people to one of the larger churches in the nation—without any marketing or special programming. Sticky Church tells the inspiring story of North Coast Church's phenomenal growth and offers practical tips for launching your own sermon-based small group ministry.Topics include:Why stickiness is so importantWhy most of our discipleship models don’t work very wellWhy small groups always make a church more honest and transparentWhat makes groups grow deeper and sticker over timeSticky Church is an ideal book for church leaders who want to start or retool their small group ministry—and velcro their congregation to the Bible and each other.

About Larry Osborne

Larry Osborne is a teaching pastor at North Coast Church in northern San Diego County. North Coast is widely recognized as one of the most influential and innovative churches in America. Osborne speaks extensively on the subjects of leadership and spiritual formation. His books include Sticky Teams, Sticky Church, 10 Dumb Things Smart Christians Believe, and Spirituality for the Rest of Us. He and his wife, Nancy, live in Oceanside, California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Audrey on July 22, 2013

His premise is that you grow a church by having all your small groups be sermon based, and by "closing" them - you enroll at the beginning of each semester and then you basically lock people in with a covenant and no opportunity to switch groups, thus "closing the back door" of the church. meh. it's......more

Goodreads review by Michael on March 07, 2019

My main problem is that I'm not a fan of Larry Osborne. I don't like his writing style, and his personality slightly irritates me. He does a lot of the things I do, so when I see the things that irritate me about me in him, it irritates me. Getting past that is difficult. I wanted to give this book......more

Goodreads review by David on April 21, 2021

I enjoyed and appreciated this book for what it is. This book is like sitting down with Larry and him giving practical advice on what he has learned about small group ministry. It is fiercely practical. It is not a theological work and that will definitely rub some the wrong way. I did not come away......more

Goodreads review by Josh on July 05, 2024

This book is a great read for any Pastor looking to start small group ministry at their church! It is very informative and while I do not think this is the way you have to do small group ministry, I do think he makes the best case for sermon based groups I have heard!......more

Goodreads review by Celeste on August 26, 2020

I cannot say enough good things about this book! I loved Larry’s approach to small groups and I thought each section was well balanced and practical. This is a great read for churches who have small groups or are seeking to implement them! I wish I could have every pastor and church leadership team......more