A church's culture is the launchpad for everything a church does, the starting point for every ministry. If the culture is "off," everything else will be out of kilter. Church Culture equips every pastor and leader with the tools necessary for culture change. Authors Ozier and Thibodeaux, both experts in this area of church leadership, teach the basic concepts so readers can understand what culture is and why it's so crucial. Even more importantly, they provide a step-by-step process leaders can use to diagnose and gently shift the culture in their church. For some churches, wholesale change is in order, but most need only to make some crucial adjustments. The book provides a full set of tools for implementing the process in any setting. These include: Checklists and self-assessment tools to reveal your church's culture, Exercises to capture your Culture Words, Diagrams illustrating culture, for you to share with your congregation, An example of how to put your church's culture values in writing, A culture change action plan template, The pastor's top priority is creating and maintaining the church's culture.

Ozier and Thibodeaux make the tasks easy to understand and show leaders how to proceed capably and carefully.