![]() ![]() Reeder, who had several times led churches to grow from in the thirties and fifties in attendance on Sunday morning into hundreds and thousands, was waxing eloquent about practical ways to bring biblical, organic, growth to struggling, indeed, dying, congregations. ![]() It was about church growth, but unlike much of the “church growth movement,” it was about natural, organic growth by means of church health. The book was about biblical, organic church revitalization and growth. Here at last was a book by a veteran church revitalizer that put into words the things I had striven to commit myself to as a pastor and teacher of pastors but could never articulate as artfully as he had done. I received an announcement about a new book from P&R Publishers, From Embers to a Flame: How God Can Revitalize Your Church. It was about fifteen years ago, fairly early in my tenure as president of Welch College, that I stumbled onto Dr. He was a wonderful friend and supporter of Welch College and of Free Will Baptists who was always a favorite speaker in conferences, commencement ceremonies, and chapels at Welch. Reeder was killed in a tragic car accident this morning. Reeder III, senior pastor of Briarwood Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Today one of my dearest friends passed from this life, Dr. ![]()
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