Three Priorities for a Strong Local Church

What is the secret of a vital, growing church? The answer Dr. Ortlund suggests in this book is deceptively simple - and life-changing. In thirty years of working with churches big and small, he has come to believe that the church comes closest to being what God intended when it structures itself around three priorities: Priority One: Christ Priority Two: The Body of Christ Priority Three: The World And he draws on wide reading, extensive Bible Study, and years of personal experience to show 'how' rediscovering and using these three priorities can make a tangible difference in the life of any church. 'Three Priorities for a Strong and Local Church' is a must reading for ministers, but also for church staffers, vestry, elders, counselors, teachers, small-group leaders - anyone who cares deeply about the church of Jesus Christ and what it can be.

Raymond C. Ortlund, D.D., was born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and has degrees from the University of Puget Sound, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Talbot School of Theology. Following four pastorates spanning 31 years, including twenty years at the Lake Avenue Church in Pasadena, California, Dr. Ortlund served as speaker of the ""Haven of Rest"" radio broadcast for seventeen years. He and his wife Anne have four children; have between them authored 26 books; and have spoken frequently on every continent of the world. The Ortlunds now live in Newport Beach, California.