Gaining by Losing

Why the Future Belongs to Churches That Send

By: J. D. Greear

Narrated by: Maurice England

Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins

Publisher's summary

People are leaving the church J. D. Greear pastors. Big givers. Key volunteers. Some of his best leaders and friends. And that's exactly how he wants it to be.

When Jesus gave his disciples the Great Commission, he revealed that the key for reaching the world with the Gospel is found in sending, not gathering. Though many churches focus time and energy on attracting people and counting numbers, the real mission of the church isn't how many people you can gather. It's about training up disciples and then sending them out. The true measure of success for a church should be its sending capacity, not its seating capacity.

But there is a cost to this. To see ministry multiply, we must release the seeds God has placed in our hands. And to do that, we must ask ourselves whether we are concerned more with building our kingdom or God's.

In Gaining by Losing, J. D. Greear unpacks 10 plumb lines that you can use to reorient your church's priorities around God's mission to reach a lost world. The good news is that you don't need to choose between gathering and sending. Effective churches can and must do both.

©2015 Thomas Nelson Publishers; 2015 J. D. Greear

Eye opening

The narration was great. I have and would recommend this book. It opened my eyes to many things I may have been closed minded to.

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Gaining by Losing

This book was very informative. I enjoyed all the examples of the subjects written in this book. I pray that God will continue to bless me with books such as this one. J.D. kept my interest peaked through the entire book. I couldn’t turn it off.

Definitely puts the gospel in perspective.

Great. The narrator reading was tough to grasp, but that could be because I've heard JD speak before. The book was awesome and helps you truly understand that you must be ready to serve Jesus even if it cost you everything simply because you truly love God.

A book all churches can get behind.

Use of scripture mixed w/pertinent stories help pain a needed message for all time. Well done JD!

Missions and Discipleship

Absolutely should be read by every believer in the church. IRS written for pastors, but also employees. awesome narrator as well. he really helped bring home the message.

Challenging

What a fun and challenging read. Through every chapter the burden of discipleship for others, has increased in my life. And thanks so much for the great time and effort it took to put this in writing. May the Lord bless, as we continue to work to make disciples.

Essential reading for the survival of the Church

For 100 years the Church has locked itself behind ornate doors. We now need to return to the Great Commission and go! This book provides great insight into reaching out, building out, and exponential church growth. Required reading for my staff.

Success Based book

It helped me to see the importance of instructive impact and the reproducibility of leaders rather than the retention of them.