Beyond the Walls

""The Community Minister's Network spent three years researching local outreach ministry and connecting hundreds of community ministers across the country. In that time, we've identified a critical gap: while passion for community impact is abundant, practical training on HOW to mobilize churches effectively is rare. That's why Kris Eldridge's Beyond the Walls is such a gift to the Church. We invited Kris to train our network members. His framework-grounded in Nehemiah's six-step model-provided exactly what community ministers need: biblical foundation combined with nuts-and-bolts implementation. Members tell us that Kris's teaching on assessment, asset mapping, and partnership development helped them with how they lead. This book captures that same practical wisdom in a format leaders can return to again and again. If you're a community minister-or training one-this is the playbook you've been searching for."" Kent Singletary, Founder & Director, Community Minister's Network ""Kris Eldridge has collected decades of experience and wisdom and turned them into a clear, step-by-step guide for leaders to mobilize churches toward community outreach. The examples and strategies he provides are practical and practicable for churches of all sizes and contexts. Beyond the Walls is a rich playbook, an essential tool for churches and ministry leaders who are ready to take the next steps toward reaching their communities with the gospel."" Dr. Angie Ward, Director of the Doctor of Ministry, Denver Seminary ""Kris Eldridge writes like a pastor with boots on the ground and a map in his hand. Beyond the Walls treats mission as the church's normal life, not an extra program, and it shows you how to translate conviction into coordinated, durable action. If you want your people to live sent, and your outreach to outlast a season of enthusiasm, this is the guide."" Brody Lumpkins, Local Outreach Director, Fellowship Bible Church, Topeka, Kansas ""Kris has been in this work for over twenty-five years, and we learned from each other while he was living in the Atlanta area. This book has practical, nuts-and-bolts guidance and training materials that are a gift to the local church. It truly is a ""Playbook"" or ""Training Manual"" for mobilizing the people of your church and beyond for kingdom community impact. Whether you are new in this work or have been doing it for many years in the local church context, this book will be a go-to resource for you."" Chip Sweney, Executive Director of Greater Atlanta Transformation, Perimeter Church, Atlanta, Georgia ""In his book Beyond the Walls: Mobilizing Your Church for Community Outreach, Kris Eldridge has given pastors and church leaders a gift.What separates this from other books on the subject is Kris gives you actual tools and strategies to better impact those in your communities. This should be on every community pastor's bookshelf and serve as a go-to resource.Thank you, Kris, for your investment in Christian leaders everywhere!!! I can't wait to see the multiplicative value of this book."" Brian Dodd, Senior Ministry Consultant, INJOY Stewardship Solutions ""In Beyond the Walls, church, local missions, and outreach leaders finally have a detailed and proven game plan to follow. Kris Eldridge has taken his ministry experiences and has created a manual that will work for any church, anywhere, with people that love the Lord above all and love their neighbors as themselves."" Gus Hernandez Sr., Local Missions Pastor, Silverdale Baptist Church, Chattanooga Tennessee