Dallas C. Bivins EdD
Associational Missionary/Leadership Coach

May 16, 2007

Churches (and Christians) today are so busy! There are programs, meetings, activities or
gatherings every night of the week! But is this ''busy-cess'' cultivating a healthy congregational
life and building spiritually mature disciples?

Dr. Eric Geiger , along with Dr. Thom Rainer of LifeWay Christian Resources, examined this
question in their book, Simple Church. The book is built upon an extensive research project that
has challenged thousands of church leaders to embrace a simple church design. Geiger and
Rainer found that churches that were focused and committed to ''simple'' principles were
consistently doing a better job at making genuine disciples.

The research is very convincing. In general vibrant churches are much simpler than struggling
and anemic churches. The book challenges and teaches leaders to design a simple and strategic
process that moves people through the stages of spiritual growth. That sample process is about:

So it is with great joy and anticipation that we invite you to come and hear Eric Geiger, the coauthor
of Simple Church on July 16. During this conference, Eric will share with us the
characteristics of the Simple Church and how we might employ those principles here in east
Tennessee. It is a must-attend event for anyone desiring to grow their church!

We look forward to serving you,

 

Dallas Bivins