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Deep & Wide
- Creating Churches Unchurched People Love to Attend
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity
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Publisher's Summary
Create a church unchurched people absolutely love to attend.
Deep and Wide provides church leaders with an in-depth look into North Point Community Church and its strategy for creating churches unchurched people absolutely love to attend. Andy Stanley shares his strategy for preaching and programming to both mature believers and cynical unbelievers, essential ingredients for creating irresistible environments, and North Point's spiritual formation model (The Five Faith Catalysts).
If you want to know how you can create a movement in your local community that can impact the entire world, Stanley points the way to create irresistible leadership, irresistible environments, and an irresistible culture with in your church.
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- Will
- 11-22-12
Good Content
Is there anything you would change about this book?
Having heard Andy Stanley speak it is a little awkward listening to Tom Parks.
Would you be willing to try another book from Andy Stanley? Why or why not?
Yes, Andy Stanley is a good writer.
How could the performance have been better?
Have Andy Stanley read the book.
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- Mario
- 05-03-14
Pastoring a church is a lot of work
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Yes. There are many things about pastoring that are not taught in a seminary. This audiobook illuminates some of those things.
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- MeliDe
- 09-25-13
Eye-Opening
What did you like best about this story?
I liked hearing how Stanley arrived at God's will for his life, how he related how he, his wife, and his church went through to arrive at a place that is bringing glory to God and leading many people into a growing relationship with Jesus.
What three words best describe Tom Parks’s voice?
Not Andy Stanley
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I laughed, I cried, I thought deeply.
Any additional comments?
I wish Andy Stanley had read the book because I kept having to translate his voice into the story.
1 person found this helpful
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- Brien
- 07-25-13
A Must Read For Church Leaders!!!
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Andy's insights into church structure are brilliant. While his model of doing church is not for everyone, this process to discovering/deciding the model is for anyone. It's a must read for any church leader.
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- Ben Anderson
- 07-19-13
Amazing insight!
What did you love best about Deep & Wide?
This book would serve as a great resource for any church leader. In general, there are many life lessens to take away from this book. As with most books, there will be parts that may not be applicable to everyone's situation. However, you will not regret the time spent listening. This, like many good books, was compelling to the point that I subsquently bought the print copy so that I could go back and study it in depth! Enjoy.
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- Kyle
- 03-18-13
Excellent!!!
Would you consider the audio edition of Deep & Wide to be better than the print version?
It is a very easy listen. Nice to be able to listen in the car.
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- Eric
- 02-19-13
Taking my staff through this
Would you consider the audio edition of Deep & Wide to be better than the print version?
I found the audible version to be a convenient way to go through the book and have additionally picked up a print version that is helpful for referencing and reviewing areas. While I can bookmark areas on the audible copy, it gets difficult to see charts and other appendices right away. I listen on my phone while I drive.
What does Tom Parks bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
The book is a personal look at ministry and methods and listening to it brings that personal touch to the experience.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
I was in tears at the end when Andy shared a story of the work of a teenage volunteer leader in a younger child's life because of similar experiences. I took it to our children's ministry leader right away and said "you are having an impact. Keep it up."
Any additional comments?
Yesterday was discussing the book with a lay leader at another church and she said it was the most moving book she's read in a very long time.
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- Aaron B. Donnelly
- 12-08-21
Excellent
Helped me tremendously with my research saving time. Comprehension was great I recommend for any Post grad
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-07-21
Positively challenging
The content of this book was both positive and challenging to me.
The audio version was well done too.
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- Grady F. Griffin
- 01-17-21
This is Not a Religious Book
I am a 65-year-old white guy from Georgia. I LOVE CHARLES STANLEY! I LOVE ANDY STANLEY! How do I reconcile that? How did they reconcile that? I still do not know. They Love God. They Love each other. I think that is a good answer for us all! There is no LEADER in any Organization that will not benefit from reading this book! Base your "Template" on Andy's example, constantly reevaluate your model and be open to change. Put your people in positions that let their talents shine. Know and communicate you Vision. I like it. Great job Andy. You should have read it yourself though. Just Saying.
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- Christina Coombes
- 03-17-20
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This is a really helpful and challenging listen, with a useful balance of analysis and practical application.
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- JJ Bird
- 02-08-19
Best book on Church vision
I’m 17. Any young people questioning their church model or vision then this is a must read.
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- C
- 12-30-17
A must for any church leader
Would you listen to Deep & Wide again? Why?
Yes, I think there are so many great ideas and challenging thoughts I need to listen to it again to catch the ones I missed. You have to listen to it from a non-american view point, strip out the principals opposed to the exact practice.
What other book might you compare Deep & Wide to, and why?
I don't think I've come across a book that compares to this, possible the Advantage by Patrick Lencioni or Searching for Sundays by Rachel Held Evans are equally as helpful when thinking about the structure of church
Have you listened to any of Tom Parks’s other performances? How does this one compare?
First one
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
no because it's to long & to much to take in
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- Anonymous User
- 05-25-17
Great Listen
Challenging stuff when you have to ask the question is what I am doing working? Andy does well to make the listener reflect on the methodology, principals and practices for those in church leadership.