Deep & Wide

Creating Churches Unchurched People Love to Attend

By: Andy Stanley

Narrated by: Tom Parks

Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins

Publisher's summary

A Close Look at What It Takes to Create an Irresistible Church.

This isn't a book about how to make your church bigger. This is a book about how to make your church more appealing to the people who don’t usually—or have never—gone to church.

Deep and Wide provides church leaders with an in-depth look into North Point Community Church and its strategies, its goals, its methods, and its story. You'll learn how to create a church that unchurched people absolutely love to attend. Pastor Andy Stanley explains:

• His strategy for preaching and programming to both mature believers and skeptics.
• North Point's spiritual formation model: The Five Faith Catalysts.
• Three essential ingredients for creating irresistible environments.
• How to tackle the challenge of transitioning a local congregation.

Updated & Expanded edition includes discussion guide, church staff resources, and a Q&A with Andy!

"Andy Stanley is on the front lines of a major shift in how both Christians and non-Christians experience "church" in America. In Deep and Wide, Andy opens up his playbook for how North Point Community Church grew into one of the nation's most effective churches, openly shares their victories and failures, and shows you how to take your own church deeper in the Word and wider in appeal."—Dave Ramsey, New York Times bestselling author and nationally syndicated radio show host.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2012 Andy Stanley (P)2012 Zondervan

Great Book, Bad Narration

Great book for church leaders! Unfortunately, the narrator sounds like his sinuses are clogged, and his inflection and emphasis often do not match the content he's reading. The poor performance was very distracting.

Church planters dream guide

Everyone that's involved in any kind of ministry old church for a new church start up needs to read this book.

Awesome

This book is Eye opening and very very true stuff we all need to have this approach.

Helpful

A very insightful read for church leaders. Thanks, Andy! My husband and I are more excited than ever to pursue what God is calling us to in our community.

A gift from our Father

Blessed by God! Given by the Holy Spirit. Inspired by Christ. Written out of the love for the Body of Christ.

Very engaging

The narration is very clear and engaging. The book is really good. Challenges us to reach out to Unchurched people.

ENLIGHTENING

Would you listen to Deep & Wide again? Why?

YES. so much info and so true. i need to read again.

What did you like best about this story?

a totally new way of thinking about the gospel or maybe perhaps its the old way? . . . the way JESUS intended the church to function.

What does Tom Parks bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

clear clean reading

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

this is the way God intended his church to be.

Practicle, honest, and helpful.

If you could sum up Deep & Wide in three words, what would they be?

The best book on practical church ministry I have EVER read... and I've read hundreds at this point.

Reaching Beyond The Church

Andy Stanley, does a great job of showing how to reach the unchurched. He provides helpful tactics to create lasting church ministries.

Don't put this book down

Don't put this book down... Not until you've read it from cover to cover at least. The church is in desperate need of change. A changed message? Never! We stand behind Paul and say the cross of Christ is of "first importance." Our message will never change... But our methods should. Andy Stanley lays out some great arguments on what the local church could be. I pray you don't resist new ideas... But embrace them.