LYLE E. SCHALLER is "America's most influential religious leader according to a national survey of religious leaders reported bu the Los Angeles Times.

In Create Your Own Future! Schaller offers sage advice to church leaders seeking to challenge the status quo and Implement much-needed change in their congregations and long-range planning committees By systematically addressing the issues the long-range planning committee must face, Schaller shows

How to create the planning committee.

How to know when and how to intervene.

How to decide which issues to tackle.

How to address demands for higher quality congregational life.

How to face financial concerns.

How to choose to study or act.

How to Implement a plan.

How to overcome resistance.

LYLE E. SCHALLER is the consultant with the J.M. Ormond Center for Research and Development at the Duke University Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina. More than one million copies of books written or edited by Mr. Schaller are now in print.