Leading Your Church into an Era of Renewed Optimism
Sam Rainer
If God can save any person , he can save any church . The gospel embodies a movement — bringing people out of spiritual darkness and into eternal light . The gospel not only initiates a new life in us , it also sustains us throughout our earthly lives . Jesus saves each one of us in a moment of time . But he also supports us in every moment that follows .
What Jesus does for individuals , he also does for the church , the assembly of saved individuals . The Good News is both personal and corporate . If we believe any person is worth saving , we must also believe any church is worth saving .
To hear people talk , the church in North America is deteriorating . 2 Reading the reports of decline can be exhausting and
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