Chris Sonksen

Every pastor wants their church to grow, but the reality is that most churches are stagnant or shrinking, leaving most pastors frustrated, weary, and discouraged. They continue to search for answers at conferences, in books, and on websites, but they don't find them. They don't realize that the answers that can actually make a difference in their ministry are the ones they need to give themselves.

When Your Church Feels Stuck poses seven unavoidable questions church leaders must answer before they can chart the unique path to growth for their church. These challenging questions address the key subjects of mission, strategy, values, metrics, team alignment, culture, and services, and the way pastors answers these questions will help them discover the real reasons their churches are stuck--and what steps to take to facilitate real growth.

“I truly believe that Christ’s church is the hope of the world. For the sake of mankind, we’ve got to keep the lighthouses burning brightly.”

The church is in decline for the first time in America’s history. For many reasons, fewer people walk through church doors and make meaningful connections. The church has lost its steam. If you have questions regarding what to do about this, Chris Sonksen—pastor and founder of ChurchBOOM, an organization dedicated to church growth—has some answers.

In his latest book, Traction, through the paradigm of a steam locomotive, you’ll explore the importance of the following five facets affecting most churches today:

• Engine: Growth Strategies
• Fuel: Leadership and Finances
• Tracks: Staying on Course
• Conductor: The Essential Role of the Pastor
• Cars: Alignment of Staff, Leaders, and the Congregation

If barriers have left you feeling stuck, let Traction bring you up to speed, so you can gain moment

Self-doubt will kill more dreams than failure ever will.

ome visions never make it past the spark of inspiration. They start as bold dreams, only to fizzle out under the weight of obstacles, confusion, or lack of support. But every great breakthrough shares the same secret: the ability to turn imagination into implementation. Vision only becomes reality when you gather the right people, build the right plan, and fuel the right momentum.In Making Vision Happen, leadership coach Chris Sonksen reveals a practical framework to move from inspiration to execution. Packed with tools, stories, and strategies, this book equips you to lead with clarity, align your team, and see your vision fulfilled.You'll discover how to:

• Gather the right people at every stage of the vision process.
• Maximize the six "vision gifts" every team needs.
• Align core values with your mission.
• Turn obstacles into breakthroughs.
• Lead with confidence when challenges arise.

Your vision was never meant to stay a dream. It's time to make it happen.

Let's face it. Church isn't working. We hear sermons about the abundant life Jesus promised, but how many of us are actually living it? How many of our churches are thriving? How many people in our congregations are experiencing God's blessings? Maybe it's time to call it quits.

Quit church? Well, not exactly.

Drawing from his experience coaching hundreds of churches toward true growth, Chris Sonksen calls on us to quit our casual, cultural commitment to church as we know it. No more half-hearted attempts to win the favor of God and other people by doing the right thing. No more doing things out of a sense of duty. Instead, Sonksen reveals the spiritual habits that release the blessings of God, both on each individual and on the church. He explains why we struggle to put these practices into action and gives practical solutions to move us forward into health, growth, and maturity.

As a coach and mentor to hundreds of pastors, Chris Sonksen has had a front-row seat to the unfortunate outcomes when a team member begins to drift from the vision of the church and the leader they serve. But the good news is, these situations never come out of left field. There are always warning signs that, if heeded, allow church leaders to rise to the challenge of keeping their team healthy, unified, and moving forward together.

In this powerfully practical book, Sonksen unpacks six subtle behaviors that undermine team unity and lead to problems that can derail your ministry and even split your church, including

- pride
- artificial harmony
- isolation
- a critical spirit
- divisiveness
- disrespect

Beyond merely identifying the problems, this book offers you a blueprint for what to do when you see or feel evidence of these behaviors creeping into team dynamics.

Alignment of vision and purpose doesn't happen by accident, and it isn't maintained without careful attention and proactive strategies. But with Chris Sonksen's help, you can save your church from itself.

You have a passionate desire to take the church outside its four walls and make the love of Jesus practical, visible, and lived out in daily life. But how? How do you put into action what is stirring in your heart?

Indispensable Church provides you and your church real-world, hands-on steps to create a revolution of service to your local community in the name of Christ. By exploring the life of Jesus and the strategic ways he modeled serving the people around him, pastor Chris Sonksen shows you how to put love into action in your neighborhood and your city. The step-by-step instructions, biblical challenges, and teaching resources will help you take love to the streets and make an impact right where you live.

Chris Sonksen identifies the timeless principles that will help anyone who desires to reach the top in this book. As a motivator, author, and speaker he has taught these principles to thousands of people but more importantly he has put them into practice in his own personal success story.

When I was fifteen, I had the pleasure of meeting a man I greatly admired. His Handshake changed my life forever. That handshake, so many years ago, made me believe that greatness was possible for anyone who wanted it.

It wasn t the handshake itself that left the impact; it was the quality of confidence with which it was given. This book examines the biographies and qualities of various highly successful people, and the choices that made them great. In each of their lives it was not primarily their talent but their choices that made all the difference. As with these great individuals, it is not our talent but our choices that lead to greatness.