Better Together

Praise for BETTER TOGETHER Better Together is certain to become the standard reference for churches that see mergers as a strategic tool for kingdom impact. Tomberlin and Bird give us useful language, a helpful guide to the opportunities and challenges of church mergers, and the tools to navigate a successful merger. -ANDY STANLEY, senior pastor, North Point Ministries, Alpharetta, Georgia As part of the Ginghamsburg team that engineered a merger to create a 'new', thriving, urban congregation, I deeply appreciate the information, inspiration, and practical toolkit in Better Together. It will help your church navigate the pitfalls and potholes that we had to discover the hard way. -KAREN SMITH, executive director, Missional Operations, Ginghamsburg Church, Tipp City, Ohio Better Together will become the go-to book on how to do mergers well-the kind of mergers that are about multiplication more than subtraction and expansion more than elimination. Jim Tomberlin and Warren Bird provide invaluable help through research, great examples, practical guidance, and helpful language. -ED STETZER, president, LifeWay Research; author and blogger, edstetzer.com As Mars Hill expands, we are experiencing exactly what Tomberlin and Bird are reporting-multisite churches have an opportunity to merge with existing churches to multiply gospel effectiveness. This is a very timely and helpful book for our church and many others. -MARK DRISCOLL, founding pastor, Mars Hill Church; founder, Resurgence; co-founder, Acts 29 Church Planting Network Jim Tomberlin and Warren Bird are on the front lines of a church world changing so rapidly most of us have a hard time keeping up. Better Together is the best kind of work: based on real-life facts, marked by thoughtful interpretation, and filled with a vision for the beauty and flourishing of the church. This book could open untold doors for your church and ministry. -JOHN ORTBERG, senior pastor, Menlo Park Presbyterian Church; author, The Me I Want to Be