Bøger af Danny Burnley

Just as there are warning signs of an impending stroke that can devastate the human body, there are indicators that predict a sudden and catastrophic breakdown of the Body of Christ, the local church. But, as physical strokes can be prevented, so can spiritual strokes, says Dr. Danny Burnley, a pastor with a proven record of helping struggling churches come back from the brink of shutdown. If the Great Physician is allowed to regain control of the Body, then vitality can return. In Spiritual Strokes, Burnley offers a biblically sound prescription for Christians who would avoid spiritual apoplexy and "truly desire to see God show up and begin to move within their midst."

More than forty years ago, Danny Burnley was formally disassociated - excommunicated - from his home church. His "crime"? As a young deacon, he went to the pastor and asked him to prayerfully consider holding a reconciliation service to help heal the ongoing friction that existed between the pastor and the deacons. Dismissal from his church's fellowship was "the worst thing and the best thing" that had ever happened to him. It was the worst thing because it was like a divorce that tore apart a family, but it was the best thing because it ignited in Burnley a God-given desire to help struggling churches, which he has been busy doing for the last four decades. In Excommunicated: 11 Steps to Church Revitalization, Burnley offers the lessons he has learned in helping churches battle against ineffectiveness. Through his ministry, he has helped bring churches back from the brink of closure.