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Sue Nilson Kibbey follows up the Abingdon Press leadership classic, Ultimately Responsible<\/em>, with her latest experience-based research about how your congregation can make the shift from plateau or even decline \u2013 to opening the flood gates of spiritual upsurge.\u00a0 This resource is a practical \u201chow-to\u201d guide for pastors and church leaders who dream about releasing holy momentum in their current setting.<\/p>\n Whatever your church\u2019s history, setting or mission field, you can set the stage to unleash the floodgates of a Breakthrough Prayer Initiative, learn the skills of making an urgent case for change, shift your church\u2019s culture to \u201cubiquitous discipleship,\u201d identify and deploy new leaders and other key crucial catalysts. 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