In Sticky Church (Zondervan), pastor Larry Osborne describes how North Coast Church has grown from 128 to more than 7,000–not through marketing but through developing authentic relationships. Their effective linkage of small groups to the weekly message is a model that can be helpful to other churches.
Larry Osborne is lead pastor of North Coast Church in Vista, Calif., and his new book, Sticky Church (Zondervan), is a guide to keeping the people who start coming to your church. This innovative pastor offers a boat-load of great ideas and insights that will help church leaders, including how to develop a sermon-based small-group ministry.