ChurchNext: Quantum Changes in How We Do MinistryA 2001 Christianity Today Book of the Year! What will the church be next? CHANGE IS NOW. Competition from nontraditional and Eastern religions join with the pressures of both modernism and postmodernism to squeeze Christianity. While new church models have sprung up to meet these challenges, they each have strengths and limitations. Eddie Gibbs, a well-known church strategist and practitioner, candidly analyzes these models while proposing nine areas in which the church will need to transform to be biblically true to its message and its mission to the world. With vigor and insight Gibbs shows how we can move from living in the past to engaging the present from being market driven to being mission oriented from following celebrities to encountering saints from holding dead orthodoxy to nurturing living faith from attracting a crowd to seeking the lost Here is a book that brings together deep understanding of the quantum shifts taking place in our culture along with concrete suggestions for implementing a proactive mission strategy. |
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Contents
Acknowledgments | 7 |
Introduction | 9 |
From Living in the Past to Engaging with the Present | 13 |
From Market Driven to Mission Oriented | 36 |
From Bureaucratic Hierarchies to Apostolic Networks | 65 |
From Schooling Professionals to Mentoring Leaders 92 4 From Schooling Professionals to Mentoring Leaders 5 From Following Celebrities to Enco... | 125 |
From Dead Orthodoxy to Living Faith | 146 |
From Attracting a Crowd to Seeking the Lost | 172 |
From Belonging to Believing | 193 |
From Generic Congregations to Incarnational Communities | 217 |
Notes | 240 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | ChurchNext: Quantum Changes in How We Do Ministry |
| Author | Eddie Gibbs |
| Publisher | InterVarsity Press, 2000 |
| ISBN | 0830822615, 9780830822614 |
| Length | 252 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Christian Church / Growth Religion / Christian Ministry / Missions Religion / Christian Ministry / Pastoral Resources |
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