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When Jesus commissioned his followers, he was not just inaugurating
the historical church, he was founding a missionary
movement.Originally released by Missional Press and now revised and
expanded to include a multi-session discussion guide, Steve
Addison's Movements That Change the World draws from biblical,
historical and contemporary case studies to isolate the essential
elements of a dynamic missionary movement. The church fulfills its
mission today to the extent that it honors these essential
elements, modelled perfectly in Jesus? missionary enterprise:
white-hot faith commitment to the cause contagious relationships
rapid mobilization adaptive methods Throughout the ages Jesus'
followers have been called to continue his movement in the power of
the Holy Spirit. Like many such movements, it changed the world.
Unlike most movements, which have their historical moment and then
fade away, Christianity is actively, continually changing the world
for the better.
The mission of God has a church. So the church needs to be in sync
with the mission of God. This is the guiding philosophy of the
Forge Missions Training Network, which has helped church leaders
and laypeople alike all over the world to reach their neighbors,
their neighborhoods and their communities with the gospel. In these
guides you and your friends will be equipped to be missionaries
where you are--which is why God has a church in the first place. In
Vision: Living Under the Promises of God you and your friends will
explore the role of the future on our theology of everyday
living--our decision making, our action taking, our life and faith
sharing. The more we believe in and hope for what God has declared
he will accomplish in the world, you'll discover, the more we will
be motivated to organize our lives around God's mission. Other
volumes in the Forge Guides for Missional Conversation: Community:
Living as the People of God Culture: Living in the Places of God
Mission: Living for the Purposes of God Power: Living by the Spirit
of God
Our world is hungry for salvation, but we don't always know how to
talk about it. Christians agree that God cares about people's lives
both in this world and into eternity. But the ways we describe
salvation often separate the spiritual from the material. Many
groups emphasize one at the expense of the other, limiting the
picture of what God has to offer. Mark Teasdale works to bridge the
gaps by taking up Jesus' language of abundant life. This life is
something Jesus invites us to participate in-to seek both for
ourselves and for others. It's rich and multidimensional, not
splitting spirits and minds from bodies and material needs. By
connecting biblical perspectives of holistic salvation to
contemporary concepts of well-being, Teasdale also shows how
Christians can both better communicate in secular settings as well
as partner with all people regardless of their faith to seek the
common good. Incorporating concepts of material standard of living
and subjective quality of life, Teasdale argues, gives Christians
common language to share the promise of abundant life with those
who hold to secular commitments. Yet we must also boldly present
Jesus' invitation to eternal life and discipleship. For churches,
ministry leaders, and laypeople Teasdale offers ideas to improve
and measure methods of promoting all dimensions of salvation for
the good of others.
For too long church leaders have focused on increasing the size of
their church rather than increasing their reach outside of the four
walls of the church building. The result? Church life becomes a
predictable set of routines with predictable results. Church
members struggle to reach the neighborhoods they drive through on
their way to church programs, unable to penetrate their surrounding
communities in a meaningful way. Reaching the Unreached recounts
the stories, struggles, and triumphs of individuals and churches
that have reinvented themselves to meet the world where it is,
working to reach the ones that no one else is reaching. The search
for the "silver bullet" of success has diverted us from tapping
into the timeless principles found in the book of Acts, says
author, pastor, and front-line church planter Peyton Jones. Yet the
spiritual climate that Paul and the Apostles stepped into is not
all that different from the brave new world the church faces today.
From accidentally planting a church in a Starbucks in Europe, to
baptizing members of the Mexican mafia in Long Beach Harbor, Jones
has been on the frontlines of today's missional movement and has
lived to tell the tale. In Reaching the Unreached, he teaches
church planters, pastors, and church leaders how to convert pew
jockeys into missionaries and awake the sleeping giant of Christ's
church, one person at a time. Today there are two types of
churches: those who put their proverbial heads in the sand, and
those who champion 1st century principles, meet the challenges head
on, and embrace the adventure of mission in community. Tomorrow,
only one type of church will survive-those that accept the
challenge to reach the unreached.
Our goal as Christians is never simply to build our own tribe.
Instead, we seek the peace and prosperity of the city or community
in which we live through a gospel movement led by the Holy Spirit,
a movement united by the gospel of Jesus Christ, a common mission
to reach and serve others, and a commitment to be gracious and
generous to those who disagree with you. In Serving a Movement,
best-selling author and pastor Timothy Keller looks at the nature
of the church's mission and its relationship to the work of
individual Christians in the world. He examines what it means to be
a "missional" church today and how churches can practically equip
people for missional living. Churches need to intentionally
cultivate an integrative ministry that connects people to God, to
one another, to the needs of the city, and to the culture around
us. Finally, he highlights the need for intentional movements of
churches planting new churches that faithfully proclaim God's truth
and serve their communities. This new edition contains the third
section of Center Church in an easy-to-read format with new
reflections and additional essays from Timothy Keller and several
other contributors.
What If the Church Truly Empowered People to Engage in God's
Mission? Something extraordinary has been happening in Tampa,
Florida. A new expression of the church has been quietly growing.
It's something of an experiment, but over the last ten years the
church has been validating its ideas with sustained and growing
results. At The Underground, being the church is not focused around
a weekly gathering or church programs. It's about empowering
individuals to respond to God's call to ministry and mission,
especially to the poor and disadvantaged in our midst. While many
churches talk about discerning calling and engaging in mission,
very few are structured to make this their ministry focus.
Underground Church is a new vision for the church rooted in its
biblical mission to share the love of God and serve the poor.
Sanders explores how to make structural changes, how to think about
leadership, how to fund ministries, and how to truly engage people
in God's mission. Filled with creative insights, he explains what
it means to center the mission of the church around the callings of
individuals to outward ministry - whether that involves leading
Bible studies in the workplace, feeding the homeless, or working to
free women and children from sex trafficking. This book will both
tell the inspiring story of a church that is rethinking what church
looks like while also outlining and uncovering the principles that
transfer for every church and Christian community that hopes for
more. It's the true story of a 10-year experiment that unpacks the
possibilities of a church structured and streamlined for mission.
A new brand of apostolic ministry for today's world
"The Permanent Revolution" is a work of theological
re-imagination and re-construction that draws from biblical
studies, theology, organizational theory, leadership studies, and
key social sciences. The book elaborates on the apostolic role
rooted in the five-fold ministry from Ephesians 4 (apostles,
prophets, evangelists, shepherds, and teacher), and its
significance for the missional movement. It explores how the
apostolic ministry facilitates ongoing renewal in the life of the
church and focuses on leadership in relation to missional
innovation and entrepreneurship.The authors examine the nature of
organization as reframed through the lens of apostolic
ministry.Shows how to view the world through a biblical perspective
and continue the "permanent revolution" that Jesus startedOutlines
the essential characteristics of apostolic movement and how to
restructure the church and ministry to be more consistent with
themAlan Hirsch is a leading voice in the missional movement of the
Christian West
This groundbreaking book integrates theology, sociology, and
leadership to further define the apostolic movement.
In a time when the need for and the relevance of the Gospel has
seldom been greater, the relevance of the church has seldom been
less. "The Shaping of Things to Come" explores why the church needs
to rebuild itself from the bottom up. Frost and Hirsch present a
clear understanding of how the church can change to face the unique
challenges of the twenty-first century. This missional classic has
been thoroughly revised and updated.
Imagine an organizational model for church leadership that enables
the entire team to unleash their full potential. The joy and vigor
coming from a collective strength, intelligence, and skill in the
community of leaders not only brings greater potency but better
yields for your ministry. What would it be like to see this kind of
healthy leadership reproduced into the second, third, and fourth
generation, on multiple strands? Leveraging the metaphor Ori
Brafman popularized in his NYT best-selling book, The Starfish and
the Spider, Rob Wegner, Lance Ford, and Alan Hirsch show: How to
take a close look at your church's organizational structure and how
to adapt instead of simply adopt a certain kind of structural
approach. How churches can function without a rigid central
authority, making them nimbler in reacting to external forces. How
seeding starfish networks inside today's churches will prepare the
church of tomorrow to be agile while maintaining the accountability
to be effective. The Starfish and the Spirit is about creating a
culture where church leaders view themselves as curators of a
community on a mission, not the source of certainty for every
question and project. It's about creating a team of humble leaders
"in the middle" of the church, not at the top--leaders who
naturally reproduce multiple generations of leaders, from the
middle out.
2016 IVP Readers' Choice Award Many people have given up on the
church. But that doesn't mean that they've given up on God or
Christianity. In many cases, it was merely that local church
congregations were not the best context for missional people to
live out their sense of God's call. The good news is that God is
raising up vibrant movements of Christians in a vast array of
vocations around the world: disciple-making ministries, missions,
relief and development, social activism, advocacy and much more.
These are all strategic ways to live for the kingdom-in venues
beyond the local church. Wherever movements of the gospel have
occurred, visionary people and apostolic structures have been
essential. Mission leader Sam Metcalf shows how God has always
worked through entrepreneurial individuals and organizations that
launched out in fresh ways. He gives biblical and missiological
foundations for missional movements, showing that what has often
been called "parachurch" is an equally valid manifestation of the
church. Affirming the strengths of apostolic personalities, Metcalf
shows how they can be deployed to cross cultural barriers, renew
secular societies and transform the nations with the power of the
gospel. God may be inviting you to join what he is doing around the
world. Answer the call and discover how God can use you beyond your
imagination.
Alan Hirsch's paradigm-shifting classic remains the definitive
statement of the church as dynamic missional movement. The
bestselling first edition ignited a conversation about how to
harness the power of movements for the future growth of the church.
In this major update, Hirsch shares significant insights gained
along the way, provides fresh new examples of growing churches, and
reflects on the last ten years of the missional movement. The new
edition has been thoroughly updated and revised throughout and
includes charts, diagrams, an expanded glossary of terms, new
appendices, an index, a new foreword by Ed Stetzer, and a new
afterword by Jeff Vanderstelt. Known for his innovative approach to
mission, Hirsch is widely acknowledged as a thought leader and
mission strategist for churches across the Western world. He
considers The Forgotten Ways the guiding work to all of his other
writings. The book explores the factors that come together to
generate high-impact, exponentially explosive, spiritually vibrant
Jesus movements in any time and context. This extensive update to
Hirsch's influential work offers a system of six vital keys to
movements that will continue shape the future of the missional
movement for years to come.
An urgent primer on what can be done to combat emerging threats to
the core of U.S. Democracy-presidential elections. In 2000, we
learned that an exceptionally close presidential election can
produce chaos, because we have no reliable Constitutional mechanism
for resolving disputes. Joe Biden just won a presidential election
that was extremely close in a number of states. Trump-and his many
supporters-refuse to accept the legitimacy of those vote results,
leading to an insurrection at the Capitol Building. Where do we go
from here? In A Short History, Constitutional scholar Alan Hirsch
presents a concise history of presidential elections that resulted
in crises and advocates clear, common-sense solutions, including
abolishing the Electoral College and the creation of a permanent,
non-partisan Presidential Election Review Board to prevent or
remedy future crises. "Hirsch does a very good job of offering
historical context to illuminate the present-and the terrifying
future. His imaginative proposals are probably too sensible to be
implemented in an age of parochial partisanship."-David Shipler,
former reporter for the New York Times and Pulitzer Prize winner
"Democracy is broken, but as Alan Hirsch explains, it really
doesn't have to be. This is the real story of how our voting system
became so vulnerable to attacks from within and without, told with
precision, verve, and even hope. This is the way out."-Douglas
Rushkoff, author of Team Human "This is a must-read for anyone who
cares about safeguarding presidential elections which should be
everyone."-Evan Caminker, Professor and former Dean, University of
Michigan Law School "The noted law historian, author of Impeaching
the President, examines the handful of seriously problematic
presidential elections in American history and what the
Constitution elucidates about the process of undoing such an
event-namely, nothing. . . . A highly relevant study featuring much
food for thought and prospects for change."-Kirkus Reviews, Starred
Review " [A] seminal work of meticulous and informative scholarship
that should be considered as an essential and unreservedly
recommended addition to community, college, and university library
Contemporary Political Science collections. It should be noted for
the personal reading lists of students, academia, political
activists, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in
the subject."-Midwest Library Review
When the African National Congress inherited an economy in 1994
that had been shrinking for 5 years, and that had not grown in per
capita terms for almost 15, it was also one of the most unequal
societies in the world. The government deficit had risen to 9.5 per
cent of GDP, and inflation had been in double figures for 20 years.
How could an organisation with no previous experience of governing
and a history of socialist rhetoric accomplish both a peaceful
transition to democracy and set South Africa on a path toward
sustained economic growth and development? How did they do it and
where are they going? These are the questions addressed in this
book. Very little has been written on South African economic reform
since 1994, and there are no booklength studies at all. This study,
written by an insider who is a former economic historian, offers an
insight into the circumstances under which the policies were
developed, implemented and reviewed, as well as a thorough study of
the outcomes. South Africa today enjoys an economy which is booming
and this is providing support for expanded options required for the
delivery of social policy goals.
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