Cole Church 3.0

Upgrades for the Future of the Church
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-470-58454-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: J-B Leadership Network Series

An expert practitioner answers to questions about the burgeoningorganic church movement
Neil Cole's best-selling book Organic Church describedthe fastest growing segment of contemporary Christianity-theso-called organic church. Now in this next-step book, he answersquestions about how to deal with theological and organizationalissues that come up. He talks about issues such has what to do withfinances, children, heresy, leader training, and rituals andordinances. Without the top-down structure of a denomination, evenpeople who are proponents of this small, house-church model worrythat they are not doing it right.
* Offers an important resource for anyone involved with orthinking of starting an organic or house church
* Addresses practical issues of theology, rituals, doctrinalheresy, how to handle children, finances, and other importantquestions
* Written by an acknowledged expert who is now and has been forover twenty years an organic church planter and practitioner
* A new Leadership Network title and follow-up to OrganicChurch
Church 3.0 offers solid information about organicchurches based on Cole's extensive experience in starting,nurturing, and mentoring in the organic church movement.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cole, Neil

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About Leadership Network
Foreword.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction: What About This Book? Shifting from Church 2.0 to3.0.
Part One: Global Changes Demand a Better Church.
1. What About the World We Live In? From a Village Church to aGlobal Village.
2. What About Our Changing Culture? From Ministry in a ModernWorld to Postmodern.
Part Two: Structural Issues.
3. What About the Church's Mission? From Coming to Going.
4. What About Church Growth? From Incremental toExponential.
5. What About Church Models? Part One: From Congregations toNetworks.
6. What About Church Models? Part Two: From Centralized toDecentralized.
7. What About Larger Gatherings? From One-Size-Fits-All toTailored Groups for Effective Function.
Part Three: Pragmatic Concerns.
8. What About Evangelism? From Drawing Converts to CatalyzingMovements.
9. What About Baptism and Communion? From Sacerdotal Rituals toApostolic Genius.
10. What About Kids? From a Scholastic Model to a SpiritualFamily.
11. What About Heresy? From Better-Trained Pastors toBetter-Trained People.
12. What About Finances? From Ten Percent to the WholeEnchilada.
Conclusion: What About My Church? From Being Educated to Being.Empowered.
Notes.
The Author.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

neil cole is an experienced and innovative church planter and pastor. He is the founder of the Awakening Chapels, which are reaching young postmodern people in urban settings, and a founder and executive director of Church Multiplication Associates. He is the author of Organic Church as well as Search and Rescue, Organic Leadership, and Cultivating a Life for God.