Kricher - For a New Generation

Lee Kricher is the first person I know who transitioned a struggling and aging church into one that unchurched people love to attend. Hes the expert I point people to with questions about transitioning a church. Now hes sharing the principles he learned. If you want to ensure that your church is positioned to reach the next generation, For a New Generation is a great place to start.

ANDY STANLEY, Senior Pastor, North Point Ministries

Rich in insight, difficult to put down, courage-inspiring, practical, and brutally honest, For a New Generation makes church revitalization seem invitingly doablebecause it can be!

WARREN BIRD, Ph.D., Research Director, Leadership Network; coauthor of twenty-eight books

Over 90 percent of American churches are either declining or growing more slowly than the community in which they are located. Here is the story of a church that went counter to the norm. Here is the story of a church that started reaching a new generation. Here is the story of a church where the seemingly impossible became possible in Gods power. Read Lee Krichers powerful story of Amplify Church for encouragement and insights. But above all, read it with the prayer that God will do a similar work in your church.

THOM S. RAINER, President and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources; author, I Am a Church Member and Who Moved My Pulpit?

I firmly believe that Jesus and his Church are the hope of the world. But what if a church no longer meets the needs of a younger generation and is at risk of irrelevance in its local community? I deeply admire Lee Kricher and his courageous leadership at Amplify Church to make the difficult but necessary changes to become the successful multigenerational church it is todaya place that seeks to shepherd its attendees toward an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ and lasting life transformation. For a New Generation tells a powerful leadership story that will resonate deeply with any pastor or church member who longs to be part of life-giving community of Jesus followers!

SANTIAGO JIMMY MELLADO, President and CEO of Compassion International; coauthor, Small Matters

The challenge for most church leaders is that they listen to church planters talk at conferences, and then go home to a church that they need to transition. As someone who has both planted a church and transitioned a church, I can attest to the reality that they are not the same thing. Lee Kricher knows what hes talking about when it comes to church transition. Youll love his practical, inspiring approach and come to value him as a leader who really understands the dynamics in your church.

CAREY NIEUWHOF, author, Leading Change Without Losing It; Founding Pastor, Connexus Church, Toronto

Becoming a true change maker requires not just the insight that change is needed but also a sound approach and the courage to take action. For a New Generation is an inspiring story of a church filled with courageous people committed to turning their church around. Its a unique guide that will help church leaders and members apply sound organizational change strategies to their own situations.

BRAD LOMENICK, author, H3 Leadership and The Catalyst Leader

You will not be disappointed in this book! Lee Kricher is a seasoned church revitalizer and one who knows how to regrow a church. With the success of Amplify Church in Pittsburgh as his lab, Lee has developed a great book that will encourage you, challenge you, and lead your church to begin the effort of revitalization. The five practical strategies offered within these pages will help every church in need of revitalization. For the Church Revitalizer, this could be the most important book you purchase this year and there is none better to guide you than Lee Kricher.

TOM CHEYNEY, Executive Director of Missions, Greater Orlando Baptist Association; Founder, Renovate National Church Revitalization Conference; author, The Church Revitalizer as Change Agent

I have known Lee Kricher for almost thirty years and have always respected his leadership excellence and pastors heart. Within the last few years, I have watched as he stepped into an older church that had been in several years of decline, and he transitioned that organization not only into a rapidly growing church with multiple campuses but also into one of the leading churches in our city in reaching the next generation. As you read this book, you are reading Lees observationswhich are both sound and proven to work.

JEFF LEAKE, Lead Pastor, Allison Park Church (Assembly of God); Founder, Reach Northeast church planting network

Through real life application, Lee Kricher faces and addresses the challenges that not only the local church but many denominations are faced with today. He has embodied principles that are universal to every successful organization while balancing those with Gods leading through the Holy Spirit, resulting in a ministry that is impacting the community. Theres a takeaway for every leader who takes the time to read For a New Generation!

GERRY HINDY, President and CEO, AG Financial

Jesus said, New wine must be put in fresh wineskins. For A New Generation answers the question, How do you make an old wineskin fresh? It contains principles and answers that many of us have been searching for. The journey of Amplify Church demonstrates that both the old and the new can be preserved. Every leader should be grateful for Lee Krichers chronicling of this amazing journey.

BISHOP JOSEPH L. GARLINGTON, Sr., Presiding Bishop, Reconciliation! International Network of Churches and Ministries

If the church does not gain the heart and needed skill set to transition to the next generation, the consequences will be devastating. Lee Kricher has not written a book of theory, but a practical guide to getting it done. He has not only led a church back from the dead but has placed it into the hands of next generation leaders. Jesus prayed that our fruit would remain. This book is an answer to this heart cry of our Savior.

JOHN NUZZO, Founding Pastor, Victory Family Church; Faculty, Rhema Bible Training College

We get the same impression when reading For a New Generation that we did when Lee Kricher spent a day with over a hundred church leaders from our conference. He has a humble approach that insists on the need for change without leaving people feeling judged or vilified. Lee does a masterful job of sharing the experiences, challenges, and delights that come with helping a church grow young. Dont be surprised if For a New Generation becomes a reference book that you return to repeatedly!

ALMA AND BRENT THOMPSON, Superintendents, Ohio Conference of the Free Methodist Church

When I started my journey as a second career pastor seven years ago, Id had decades of experience as a leader in the Air Force. Id even taught leadership to senior officers at the Air War College. Yet I was unprepared for the challenge of leading transformation in a historic church. Im grateful for Lee Krichers unswerving commitment to bringing new life to churches like ours. For a New Generation is clear and focused and outlines an approach that pastors and lay leaders can work through together. I pray that it will lead many, many churches into Gods better future.

TOM HALL, Senior Pastor, First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh

In writing out of his own experience, Lee Kricher has given us a tremendous gift in For A New Generation. Many churches want to grow but do not know how. Instead of seeking out new ways they continue to do what theyve always done with greater sincerity. The results are still the samecontinued decline. Lee writes from his experience of turning a declining congregation back to a place of effective growth by leading them to think and act differently. I know I will use this resource with churches under my supervision.