Alan Roxburgh & Fred Romanuk. The Missional Leader: Equipping Your Church to Reach a Changing World. Jossey-Bass, 2006. 240 pp.
Introduction
The question is familiar: “What do you mean by missional church?” Even though the term is now used everywhere, there is still confusion about it. As we begin this book, here is a brief description of what we mean by the phrase.
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Brian Bailey & Terry Storch. The Blogging Church. Jossey-Bass, 2007. 199 pp.
Why Blog?
During the past decade, churches have faced ever more decisions about the role technology should play in the local church. Should we have a website? Can technology help us measure the growth of your church? Can it help us decide who we are reaching and make sure no one falls through the cracks? Should we start a blog?
How does a church make these decisions? How does it decide whether to embrace a new piece of technology?
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Earl Creps. Off-Road Disciplines: Spiritual Adventures of Missional Leaders. Jossey-Bass, 2006. 240 pp.
There are two key dynamics that scholars of the church have labored for years to discover: (1) leaders with a missional heart find a way, no matter how unconventional, to connect to culture; and (2) this heart is present (and absent) in every conceivable model of ministry.
Missional leaders see the world through the eyes of Jesus and see Jesus in the world. They assume the role of helping the body of Christ understand itself and make of it much more than a missionary sending agency, as if the “mission field” existed only somewhere else to be reached by someone else. Rather, these leaders cannot conceive of the church apart from living the mission of God to touch the world with redeeming love in Christ. . . .
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