One of the church's primary responsibilities is to foster genuine
spiritual growth in people's lives. Today's pastors bring tremendous
effort and passion to this task, but they are often disappointed by
people who sit in the pews for years, knowing about Jesus but never
really knowing him.
In 2004, Willow Creek Community Church in suburban
Chicago undertook a three-year study to measure spiritual growth called
the REVEAL Spiritual Life Survey. Over the next six years, additional
data was collected from over a quarter million people in well over a
thousand churches of every size, denomination, and geographic area. Move
presents verifiable, fact-based, and somewhat startling findings from
the latest REVEAL research, drawing on compelling stories from actual
people congregation members of varying spiritual maturity, as well as
pastors who are equally candid as they share their disappointments and
their successes. It provides a new lens through which church leaders can
see and measure the evidence of spiritual growth. The local church is
uniquely equipped to foster spiritual growth and challenge people to
pursue a life of full devotion to Christ. Move helps pastors and church
leaders inspire and direct that challenge with confidence as they lead
their congregations to move closer to Christ.
