Missional Reset
Capturing the Heart for Local Missions in the Established Church
by Desmond Barrett and Charlotte P. Holter
Foreword by Rodney Reed
Imprint: Resource Publications
Desmond Barrett is the lead pastor at Summit Church of the Nazarene in Ashland, Kentucky, where he is married to his wife, Julie, and has four children. He is a former district mission president for the Kentucky District Church of the Nazarene, and is the author of Revitalizing the Declining Church: From Deaths Door to Community Growth (2021), Addition Through Subtraction: Revitalizing the Established Church (2022), and co-author of Revitalize to Plant: Reshaping the Established Church to Plant Churches (2023). He is a host of the podcast Revitalizing the Declining Church with Dr. Desmond Barrett.
Charlotte P. Holter is an adjunct professor in the school of education at Liberty University, district mission president for the Virginia District Church of the Nazarene, and a retired veteran elementary school teacher of thirty years. She is the coauthor of Linking Literature to Structures: Grades 3–5 (2015) and Linking Literature to Structures: Grades K–2 (2015).
“This book is a must-read for every local church leader, both clergy and laity. It challenges the reader to action with simple and direct ways to be the hands and feet of Jesus around the world and around the neighborhood. It will help the reader to think and act missional in every aspect of their lives.”
—Sharon E Kessler, managing director, Fawn Grove Compassion Center, Inc.
“This timely book will be instructive and inspirational for these days of missional challenges and unparalleled opportunities for kingdom advancement. These authors walk the talk.”
—Nina G. Gunter, general superintendent emerita, Church of the Nazarene
“In a 2022 Mission Conference, Carla Sunberg, general superintendent for the Church of the Nazarene, shared evangelism is ‘better caught rather than taught.’ This book helps us to realize that very concept. It shows us what we need to do to get that passion back, as well as how to share it with others. This is a must-read book for mission leaders today.”
—Debbie Moody, NMI president, Georgia District