Product Overview
Andy Stanleys bestselling and award-winning vision for the local church is now available in softcover. New bonus content includes a study guide, church staff helps, and an interview with Andy on the most frequently asked questions about Deep and Wide.
With surprising candor and transparency pastor Andy Stanley explains how one of Americas largest churches began witha high-profile divorceanda church split.
But thats just the beginning
Deepand Wide provides church leaders with an in-depth look into North Point Community Church and its strategy for creating churches unchurched people absolutelyloveto attend.
For the first time, Andy explains his strategy for preaching and programming to dual audiences: mature believers and cynical unbelievers. He argues that preaching to dual audiences doesnt require communicators to dumb down the content. According to Stanley, its all inthe approach.
Youll be introduced to North Point's spiritual formation model:The Five Faith Catalysts.Leaders responsible for ministry programing and production will no doubt love Andys discussion of the three essential ingredients for creatingirresistible environments. For pastors willing to tackle the challenge of transitioning a local congregation, Andy includes a section entitled:Becoming Deepand Wide.
If your team is more concerned with who you arereachingthan who you arekeeping, the expanded edition ofDeep & Wide will be more than a book you read; it will be a resource you come back to over and over!
Couldn't be prouder of my son, Andy. And I couldn't be more excited about the content of this book. I wish a resource like this existed when I was starting out in ministry.
- Dr. Charles Stanley, Founder, In Touch Ministries
Deepand Widepulls back the curtain for all of us to see what is required behind the scenes to build a prevailing church. I was both challenged and inspired by this book.
- Bill Hybels, author ofJust Walk Across the Room
The most common question I get from pastors is, How do I get the people in my church to be open to change? From now on my answer will be, ReadDeepand Wideby Andy Stanley. Thanks Andy. Great book!
- Craig Groeschel, Pastor, LifeChurch.TV, author,It: How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It
It is completely false that churches must sacrifice quality to get quantity, must artificially choose between evangelism and discipleship, or cannot have depth and growth at the same time. Few prove this fact better than the ministry of Andy Stanley, who has grown North Point Community Church on purpose and with passion. No Christian leader can afford to miss this book.
- Rick Warren, pastor, Saddleback Church; author, The Purpose Driven Church