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Issues Encountered in Growing Churches
Willow Creek Community Church
And
New Hope Missionary Baptist Church

Overview Willow Creek Community Church
The case studies on Willow Creek discussed several issues that were addressed by the leadership. Those issues included burnout of the leadership, overloaded ministries, and the need to expand the buildings for a growing membership. Willow Creek tackled the leadership burnout issue by sharing the teaching duties among several teaching pastors. The explosive growth of the church brought about additional issues such as overloaded ministries and a need for more physical space. The overstressed ministries were relieved by restructuring the leadership over the ministries. This restructuring brought about a means of organically producing additional leaders within the ministries themselves.
History of New Hope Missionary Baptist Church
New Hope Missionary Baptist Church (NHMBC) began in 1987 in the living room of Reverend and Mrs.......

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