Christians and their institutions are stuck, says Michael Foss,
stuck in the thinking and dilemmas of the past. This short volume
is a plea for Christians to rethink their point and purpose in
light of larger cultural changes and a crisis in leadership. Foss
detects a crisis in leadership in declining rates of church
participation, stagnant levels of students preparing for ministry,
and burnout among clergy. To energize a new generation of leaders
able to transcend yesterday's thinking, Foss encourages a new style
of ecclesial thinking. He first traces the larger cultural shifts
that affect the church's position in the world and styles of
leadership. He then diagnoses church thinking as largely
reproductive of past successes and ineffective in this new context.
Advancing to productive thinking empowers Christians to leave
behind the most important and frustrating dichotomies or polarities
in today's church: evangelism vs. social justice, control vs.
freedom, growth vs. discipleship. Foss's model of moving from
issues into conversation and then into compassion is a blueprint
for new leadership "equipped to think productively for the sake of
the reign of our God in the world." A Servant's Manual is aimed in
part at bringing the key ideas and energy of Foss's earlier book,
Power Surge, to a wider audience of concerned Christians, potential
leaders for the next generation.
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