
Product Details
- Cover Type:
- 355 Pages
- Publisher: Matthias Media USA
- Publication Date: April 2016
- ISBN: FMARSHCOVINEPROJECTSHAPINGYO9781922206947
The Vine Project: Shaping Your Ministry Culture Around Disciple-Making
Publisher's Description
In The Vine Project, Marshall and Payne provide a roadmap and resources for this sort of church-wide culture change. The book guides your ministry leadership team through a five-phase process for growth and change, with biblical input, practical ideas, resources, case studies, exercises and projects along the way. You will be helped to:
- clarify and sharpen your convictions (Phase 1)
- reform your own personal life to express these convictions (Phase 2)
- honestly evaluate every aspect of your current church (or ministry) culture (Phase 3)
- devise some key plans for change and put them into effect (Phase 4)
- keep the momentum going and overcome obstacles (Phase 5).
The Trellis and the Vine proposed a "ministry mind-shift that changes everything". The Vine Project shows how that mind-shift can and must shape every aspect of what you are doing as a congregation of Christ's people to make disciples of all nations.
About the Authors
Colin Marshall has spent the past 40 years training men and women in the ministry of the gospel, both in university and local church contexts. Since the publication of The Trellis and the Vine he has been heading up Vinegrowers, a ministry aiming to help pastors grow churches that are focused on disciple-making (see vinegrowers.com). Col is married to Jacquie, who has shared with him in this lifetime of ministry, and they have been blessed with three now adult children and four grandchildren.
Tony Payne has worked in Christian ministry, focusing on writing and publishing, for over 25 years. He is the author of many books, Bible studies and other resources, including The Trellis and the Vine, The Course of Your Life, and Islam in our Backyard. He is currently the CEO of Matthias Media, the Director of the Centre for Christian Living at Moore College, and a member of the staff team at St Paul’s Anglican Church, Carlingford. With his wife, Ali, he has five children and two grandchildren.
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“'The Vine Project' takes you beneath technique and program to the heart of what matters in church life. And it does this in a way that is immensely practical. The book is so helpful, I think I can offer an ironclad guarantee that if you and a leadership team work through this book, things will change for the better. I guarantee there will also be pain! But it will be healthy pain.”
Andrew Heard
Lead Pastor, EV Church, Erina, Australia, Director, Geneva Push church planting network, President, Fellowship Independent Evangelical Churches
“Six years in the writing and sixty years in the making. I don't think you'll find a better book on discipleship and church growth, which marries firm Biblical foundations with extensive practical advice. Clear, sensitive, and thought-provoking 'The Vine Project' will continue to enhance the global revolution in church life and ministry begun with 'The Trellis and the Vine'.”
Mike Raiter
Director, Centre for Biblical Preaching, Melbourne
“Tony Payne and Colin Marshall's new book 'The Vine Project' is not for the faint-hearted. It challenges those of us who found 'The Trellis and the Vine' so helpful to put our money where our mouth is and actually implement the vision. The book outlines a practical, patient and serious programme for lasting change.”
Rory Shiner
Senior Pastor, Providence Church (Perth)
“This is a unique book - it somehow manages to be relentlessly biblical, deeply challenging, utterly realistic and profoundly encouraging at the same time. Col and Tony have not only thought more about the life of the local church more than anyone else I know, they have also listened to people (especially pastors) from all over the world, and so have produced a book which is thoroughly humble, sane, flexible and practical. 'The Vine Project' models a way ahead which is both radical and manageable for the local church, and rather than making me feel guilty or depressed, reading it invigorated me and refreshed my passion for gospel ministry 'on the ground'!”
Gary Millar
Principal, Queensland Theological College, Chair, The Council of The Gospel Coalition Australia
“The biblical principles of discipleship and 'disciple-making' outlined in 'The Trellis and the Vine' should be worked through in all our churches with every member. This most helpful sequel provides not only further expansion on the vital principles of Christian service, but also valuable practical lessons on how to generate a whole church culture of 'learner-disciples'. The biblical material is excellent. The practical tips are instructive. The everyday examples put real flesh on the bone.”
William Taylor Rector
St Helen's Bishopsgate, London, UK
Product Description
Publisher's Description
In The Vine Project, Marshall and Payne provide a roadmap and resources for this sort of church-wide culture change. The book guides your ministry leadership team through a five-phase process for growth and change, with biblical input, practical ideas, resources, case studies, exercises and projects along the way. You will be helped to:
- clarify and sharpen your convictions (Phase 1)
- reform your own personal life to express these convictions (Phase 2)
- honestly evaluate every aspect of your current church (or ministry) culture (Phase 3)
- devise some key plans for change and put them into effect (Phase 4)
- keep the momentum going and overcome obstacles (Phase 5).
The Trellis and the Vine proposed a "ministry mind-shift that changes everything". The Vine Project shows how that mind-shift can and must shape every aspect of what you are doing as a congregation of Christ's people to make disciples of all nations.
About The Author
Product Details
- Cover Type:
- 355 Pages
- Publisher: Matthias Media USA
- Publication Date: April 2016
- ISBN: FMARSHCOVINEPROJECTSHAPINGYO9781922206947