{"product_id":"9780819228062","title":"Back from the Dead","description":"• Practical advice for congregations in decline, drawn from author's years of hands-on experience throughout the diocese of New York\u003cp\u003e• Not denominationally specific; holds exceptional ecumenical appeal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlmost everywhere throughout the greater church are unsustainable trends-\u003cbr\u003eendowments are being depleted, building maintenance deferred, congregations are aging and dwindling, and budgets are too far out-of-whack. And although there is much literature on what to do to grow congregations, little has been said about how to get those things done.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn highly accessible, anecdotal prose, church management expert Gerald Keucher focuses in very practical terms on how to bring the right spirit, approach, and tactics to the work of bringing a congregation back from the edge of the abyss.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Church Publishing, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47016793800944,"sku":"9780819228062","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780819228062_p0.jpg?v=1763749738","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780819228062","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}