Staying Alive: Why the Conventional Wisdom about Traditional Churches Is Wrong

The conventional wisdom says it's not possible to thrive today as a traditional congregation whether "traditional" means worship style or program structure. Staying Alive takes readers on a journey across America to look for best practices of thriving traditional congregations.

Mark Wingfield is a veteran religious journalist who is enjoying a second career in local church ministry. He serves as associate pastor of Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, which has been cited as a model congregation for creativity, excellence and intentionality. He has written thousands of articles for national news outlets, magazines and a variety of newspapers. In Staying Alive, he combines his skills as a veteran journalist with his experience as a parish minister to make a case that reports of the death of traditional congregations are premature.