The Church Recovery Guide: How Your Congregation Can Adapt and Thrive After a Crisis - Paperback

by Karl Vaters (Author)

What's Next for Your Church?

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, church leaders are facing challenges they've never encountered. As you scramble to adapt to this fast-changing situation, you must also begin thinking through the months ahead to consider: how will my church recover?

The Church Recovery Guide outlines the practical steps you can take to help your church not only survive but also thrive in the aftermath of the coronavirus crisis. Pastor Karl Vaters offers insights from his extensive experience in church ministry to help you think through:

- Reconnecting with your congregation
- Dealing with the financial repercussions
- Encouraging and supporting your staff
- Clearly communicating a fresh vision for the future
- Reworking your church's technology and online strategy
- Ministering to people feeling isolated and fearful

The Church Recovery Guide will provide the direction you need to help your church bounce back to full health and chart a path forward to even greater vitality.

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When a crisis hits, how will your church recover?

From natural disasters to pandemics, unprecedented troubles can leave churches reeling. The Church Recovery Guide outlines the practical steps you can take to help your church not only survive, but also thrive in the aftermath of a crisis. Pastor Karl Vaters offers insights from his extensive experience in church ministry to help you think through:

• Reconnecting with your congregation
• Dealing with the financial repercussions
• Encouraging and supporting your staff
• Reworking your church's technology and online strategy

The Church Recovery Guide will provide the direction you need to help your church bounce back to full health and chart a path forward to even greater vitality.

Author Biography

KARL VATERS has been a small church pastor for thirty years, and is currently the teaching pastor at Cornerstone Christian Fellowship in Fountain Valley, California. He is author of The Grasshopper Myth: Big Churches, Small Churches, and the Small Thinking that Divides Us and Small Church Essentials: Field-Tested Principles for Leading a Healthy Congregation of Under 250. You can learn more about Karl at www.KarlVaters.com. Karl and his wife, Shelley, have three kids (Veronica, Matt, and Phil) and one son-in-law (Sam).