Growing Churches Need Growing Pastors - Apostolic Formation Series, #1

Every meaningful advance in a congregation begins long before it becomes visible, in the quiet, often unseen growth of the pastor who leads it. This book makes the case that church growth is not primarily a strategy problem. It is a formation problem.

Drawing on years of pastoral ministry across two continents, Bishop Osei Tweneboah Koduah identifies nine inner qualities that consistently distinguish pastors whose churches grow in health and strength: intimacy with God, vision, faith, courage, emotional resilience, humility and teachability, the ability to develop people, strategic patience, and Kingdom focus.

With honesty drawn from his own mistakes as much as his own growth, and from mentoring pastors across West Africa and North America, the author refuses to offer these qualities as a formula that guarantees results on any leader's timeline. Instead, he offers something more durable: a clear, biblically grounded picture of what God is doing in a pastor long before He does something through a pastor.

Written for pastors of congregations large and small, this book includes reflection questions, a nine qualities assessment tool, and a facilitator's guide, making it equally suited for personal study, mentoring relationships, and leadership cohorts.

If your church needs to grow, start here. Grow.