Premise of the book:
Congregations can change, grow or pivot, once they goes through self-examination and analysis, then, to strategic decision making.

What this book does:
The Adept Church is an excellent resource for congregations willing to define their challenges/reality and be prepared to work through a strategic decision-making process leading to change. Throughout the book, the author explores Howard Thurman’s powerful metaphors of swamp, reservoir, and canal, applying them in the context of a church and leading the readers through a process. The story of Esther is shared as an interlude between chapters, laying inspirational scriptural foundation, while each chapter offers questions for leaders to consider for strategic discernment and decision-making.

Contents:

Introduction
Chapter One: Swamp, Reservoir, or Canal
Chapter Two: Adept Congregation
Chapter Three: Influence
Chapter Four: Missional Characteristics
Chapter Five: Navigating
Conclusion

What are some important insights:
The author of this resource offers great insights into the congregational decision-making process and leadership. Leaders must look into a mirror and hold the mirror for others. We must learn to be adept by creating something new while still maintaining the original intent of the ministry. An adept congregation discerns, connects, evaluates, and makes good decisions making a matter of habit.

Possibilities as a resource for churches:
This is a great congregational resource for strategic discernment/planning, and decision-making, that will lead to growth and missional engagement.