Launching March 25, 2025
Future-Focused Church
Leading Through Change, Engaging the Next Generation, & Building a More Diverse Tomorrow
By Kara Powell, Jake Mulder, Raymond Chang
What if your church’s best days are ahead?
In the past few decades, the church has experienced rapid and distressing change. Hard-working pastors and leaders often know they need to embrace diversity, creatively engage younger generations, and equip their people to love their neighbors. But since they don't know how to make the changes needed, they feel stuck and wonder:
"What do I do now?"
"What steps can I take to lead our church purposefully and prayerfully into a more hopeful future?"
For these dedicated yet drained church leaders, this research-informed resource from the team at the Fuller Youth Institute offers a clear roadmap to faithfully and effectively navigate change that will revitalize your church.
Proven principles from over 1,000 churches worldwide
Let church leadership and change experts Kara Powell, Jake Mulder, and Raymond Chang be your companions as you construct a map unique to your ministry context that will help your congregation pursue vibrancy and vitality. Through research-based insights and stories from churches like yours, you’ll learn to:
Activate a transformation team
Discern God’s leading when the future is unclear
Lead change like Jesus
With Future-Focused Church, you’ll gain tangible steps to transform your congregation into a group of Jesus followers who seek God’s direction together.
The ultimate guide to leading change in your church
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About the authors
Kara Powell, PhD, is Chief of Leadership Formation and Executive Director of the Fuller Youth Institute at Fuller Theological Seminary and coauthor of Growing Young, Sticky Faith, and 3 Big Questions That Change Every Teenager. Learn more about Kara.
Jake Mulder is Fuller's Executive Director of Leadership Formation Division. He oversees business administration, coordinates new research, develops resources and trainings, and is a coauthor of Growing Young. Learn more about Jake.
Raymond Chang is Executive Director of TenX10, the president of the Asian American Christian Collaborative, a pastor, and writer. He regularly preaches God’s Word and speaks throughout the country on issues pertaining to Christianity and culture, race and faith. Learn more about Ray.
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Praise for Future-Focused Church
In an era of breathtaking change, Future-Focused Church provides leaders with a compass as well as guardrails for navigating our way forward. Practical insight combined with a hopeful vision for the church make this an essential resource for all of us.
Andy Stanley
North Point Ministries
I am a firm believer that the best days for the church are ahead of us, not behind us. Future-Focused Church should be required reading for every pastor and leader. It provides the insights and practical tools needed to navigate through current realities and move into the hope-filled future that awaits. We have a generation to reach and a mandate to fulfill. This book shows us how.
Christine Caine
Founder of A21 and Propel Women
The experience and research in this book combine to deliver a compelling resource for a new breed of leaders. It’s no secret that future-focused leaders need practical gifting and skills to lead diverse communities. In your hands are the words that will transform you into a most effective generational leader.
Rev. Charles Dates
Senior Pastor, Progressive Baptist Church and Salem Baptist Church
By drawing from their varied experiences and expertise, the authors of Future-Focused Church have done the extraordinary. This team has given us a map with compelling destinations and clear directions, while simultaneously making room for God’s Spirit to take us on detours of his design. Reflections from Scripture are made concrete with real-life stories of churches in process and research from social science. This book will equip your church to get to the future, not with resigned reluctance but joyful anticipation.
Walter Kim
President, National Association of Evangelicals
In a world of constant change and uncertainty, Future-Focused Church is a must-have for church leaders looking to foster a vibrant and thriving church or ministry. Packed with valuable insights and practical strategies, this book provides a step-by-step roadmap for transformational change across all faith traditions, with a particular emphasis on empowering young people. It will inspire you to embrace adaptive thinking and confidently believe that the best days of ministry are yet to come.
Christina Lamas
Executive Director, National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry