Tucker, Ruth,  1945- <br/><br/>
Left behind in a megachurch world :  how God works through ordinary churches / 
Ruth A. Tucker. 
 - Grand Rapids, Mich. :  Baker Books,  c2006. 
 - 221 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-217) and index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction : left behind with purpose --  Personal reflections on left-behind churches --  The Wal-Mart gospel blues --  The precipice-driven pastor --  A left-behind theology --  Burnout in the parsonage and parish --  Megachurch mania --  Literature, seminars, and theory of church growth --  Left behind with a woman's touch --  Left behind in community --  Left behind with a sense of humor --  The messiness of the left-behind church --  Spiritual memories of the church in the valley --  The church in the valley of the shadow of death --  New life for the left-behind church. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0801012694 (cloth) 9780801012693 (cloth) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005030614 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Small churches.<br/>Kerkopbouw.<br/>Kerk.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BV 637.8  / .T83 2006