With an approach that is both down-to-earth and theoretically sound, Dry Bones Live describes how church leaders can help a congregation discover vital ministry. It explains the essential steps that lead to congregational renewal shaping a vision, assessing resources, and how to draw on those resources to translate vision into ministry-Douglas A Walrath Lowry Professor of Practical Theology Bangor Theological Seminary, Bangor, Maine

The church is a living people who worship, pray, and reflect spiritually within a particular Christian tradition. It is also a complex organization that sometimes maintains corporate behavior that is no longer appropriate Robert Craig and Robert Worley have written this practical book as an aid to revitalizing church organizations, especially ones that perceive themselves as victims of outside forces. It is an excellent resource that offers guidance to congregations evaluating their current position and planning for renewal This book supports a theology that includes a theory and practice for the formation, nurture, and maintenance of a people-a process that involves the whole congregation.

"Craig and Worley have put together ways of envisioning, goal-setting, planning, organizing and evaluating a congregation's ministries. For all these processes there are usable instruments provided. The result is a holistic, faith-based, practical manual for revitalizing congregations-in-mission. -Hugb F. Halberstadt, Professor of Ministry, McCormick Theo-logical Seminary, Chicago