From a recovering “leadershipaholic": our best model is the first one.

With all our sleek ministry models, it’s a wonder our churches are declining—until we read Acts 6:4, “But we will give ourselves continually to prayer and the ministry of the word.”

After a long, sometimes trying ministry journey, Daniel Henderson was relieved to discover what the apostles knew from the start: The main thing must stay the main thing. It worked in their pagan times, and it will in ours.

Old Paths, New Power: Reviving Our Churches through Prayer and the Ministry of the Word calls us back to the tried-and-true: pray and proclaim the word.

Henderson, who leads a growing church revival ministry, guides you through the essentials of sparking a spiritual renaissance:

• Be a leader who walks with the Lord
• Develop a strong prayer culture in your life and ministry
• Preach with unction, dependence, and integrity
• Equip every saint for the work of the ministry
• Embrace the sufficiency of the gospel

Our churches don’t need fresh models and fancy things; they need the Holy Spirit, and He rains down when we pray and proclaim the word. Read Old Paths, New Power and follow God’s master plan.

Introduction: Imagine!

On the Path to Power: Revival or Recession? by John S. Dickerson

Part 1: Christ's Sufficiency in the Old Paths

1. Current Drift - Future Sift

2. An Urgent "Leadership" Renovation

3. Vision: Received or Achieved?

4. Overcoming Weapons of Mass Distraction

On the Path to Power: Fruit that Lasts by Francis Chan

An Old Paths Profile: Robbie Symons

Part 2: Praying Leaders and the Sufficiency of God's Spirit

5. Finding the Conviction to Make a Change

6. Leading a Powerful Culture of Prayer

7. How to Lead Life-Giving Prayer Experiences

8. A New Movement of Praying Churches

On the Path to Power: Contemporary America and a Call to Prayer by John Piper

An Old Paths Profile: Jim Leggett

Part 3: Preaching Leaders and the Sufficiency of the Truth of God

9. Preaching with Understanding, Unction, and Utterance

10. Men to Match the Message

11. "God Is Truly Among You"

On the Path to Power: The Acts 6:4 Balance by Alistair Begg

An Old Paths Profile: Pastor Jeff Wells

Part 4: Faithful Leaders and the Hope of an Awakening of God

12. A New Unleashing of Missional Agents

13. 100,000 Points of Light

On the Path to Power: A Dream of Organic Revival Among a New Generation by Kyle Martin

An Old Paths Profile: Pastor Jon Hoekema

Afterword: A Hunger for Something More