Statistics state that 85% of churches in America are either plateaued or declining. For most plateaued churches, that means declining. That is a depressing statistic that doesn’t give much confidence that a church can “turn things around”. Well, I happen to believe that it can happen, that churches can turn things around, and I get up every day to help churches do just that. I believe God wants to restore churches that are broken or lost, sick or even dying, and I firmly believe your church can be one of them.

So in this episode, I wanted to provide you and your church with hope from a church that is seeing a new day. Dr. Chris Dodd is lead pastor at New Community Church in Dolton Illinois, located in the south Chicago metro area. Chris is seeing revitalization happen that is not only changing his church, but his entire community.

• Give me the 2 minute Chris Dodd story.
• Tell me a bit about how you became pastor at New Community and what were the challenges right out of the gate?
• What is the most difficult part of changing the “culture” of the church? How long does it take?
• What have been the most significant changes to the church as you’ve made the changes you have?
• What can you say to the pastor that is in the early days of a church revitilization?
• What are one or two pitfalls you need to avoid in a revitilization?