Gary McIntosh

Author of Overcoming the Dark Side of Leadership: The Paradox of Personal Dysfunction

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About the Author

Gary L. McIntosh (PhD, DMin, Fuller Theological Seminary) is president of the Church Growth Network and professor of Christian ministry and leadership at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University. He is an internationally known speaker and church consultant who has written more than twenty-five show more books, including Biblical Church Growth, Beyond the First Visit, What Every Pastor Should Know, and Building the Body. show less

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Works by Gary McIntosh

One Size Doesn't Fit All: Bringing Out the Best in Any Size Church (1999) 354 copies, 1 review

Beyond the First Visit: The Complete Guide to Connecting Guests to Your Church (2006) 219 copies

Evaluating the Church Growth Movement: 5 Views (Counterpoints: Church Life) (2004) 194 copies

One Church, Four Generations: Understanding and Reaching All Ages in Your Church (2002) 193 copies

Staff Your Church for Growth: Building Team Ministry in the 21st Century (2000) 193 copies, 2 reviews

Finding Them, Keeping Them: Effective Strategies for Evangelism and Assimilation in the Local Church (1991) 185 copies

What Every Pastor Should Know: 101 Indispensable Rules of Thumb for Leading Your Church (2013) 164 copies

The Issachar Factor: Understanding Trends That Confront Your Church and Designing a Strategy for Success (1994) 130 copies

Taking Your Church to the Next Level: What Got You Here Won't Get You There (2009) 126 copies

The Exodus Principle: A 5-Part Strategy to Free Your People for Ministry (1995) 106 copies

Biblical Church Growth: How You Can Work with God to Build a Faithful Church (2003) 105 copies

There's Hope for Your Church: First Steps to Restoring Health and Growth (2012) 96 copies

Three Generations: Riding the Waves of Change in Your Church (1995) 82 copies, 1 review

Growing God's Church: How People Are Actually Coming to Faith Today (2016) 77 copies

Church That Works: Your One-Stop Resource for Effective Ministry (2004) 77 copies

It Only Hurts on Monday: Why Pastors Quit and What You Can Do about It (1998) 56 copies

Thriving Churches in the Twenty-First Century: 10 Life-Giving Systems for Vibrant Ministry (2006) 45 copies

Building the Body: 12 Characteristics of a Fit Church (2018) 38 copies

Make Room for the Boom...or Bust: Six Church Models for Reaching Three Generations (1997) 33 copies

The 10 Key Roles of a Pastor: Proven Practices for Balancing the Demands of Leading Your Church (2021) 31 copies

Being the Church in a Multi-Ethnic Community: Why It Matters and How It Works (2012) 28 copies

Look Back, Leap Forward: Building Your Church on the Values of the Past (2001) 23 copies

Donald A. McGavran: A Biography of the Twentieth Centurys Premier Missiologist (2015) 13 copies

Solo Pastor (2023) 13 copies

Here Today, There Tomorrow: Unleashing Your Church's Potential (2010) 10 copies

Stufen des Gemeindewachstums (2013) 4 copies

Como Sobreponerse Al Lado Oscuro Del Liderazgo (Spanish Edition) (2005) 4 copies

The Ministry Answer Book for Pastors: Almost Everything You Need to Know to Lead a Church (2025) 3 copies

Arrows of Victory 2 copies

Connecting People to Church: Turn First-Time Guests into Lifelong Disciples (The Connected Church Series) 2 copies

How to develop a policy manual: To insure a consistent and orderly ministry (1992) 2 copies

War Diary (2004) 1 copy

How To Develop A Pastoral Compensation Plan, See 486 (1991) 1 copy

How to Start or Evaluate Small Groups: Workbook 1 copy

Set thine house in order By Gary McIntosh 1 copy

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Legal name: McIntosh, Gary L.
Birthdate: 1947-02-09
Gender: male

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w_bishop 173 reviews

Three Generations: Riding the Waves of Change in Your Church by Gary L. McIntosh

This book is a little dated at this point, but it offers great insight into how the builder, boomer and bridger generations view the world and interact with each other.

Feb 25, 2008

memlhd 563 reviews

Staff Your Church for Growth: Building Team Ministry in the 21st Century by Gary L. McIntosh

Maybe the worst book I've read since starting seminary. Why?
1. Poorly written
2. Disjointed
3. Corny, contrived dialogue in each chapter's opening illustrations
4. Too dependent upon a business model

Jan 23, 20161 other review

memlhd 563 reviews

Staff Your Church for Growth: Building Team Ministry in the 21st Century by Gary L. McIntosh

Jan 23, 20161 other review

semoffat 3,154 reviews

One Size Doesn't Fit All: Bringing Out the Best in Any Size Church by Gary L. McIntosh