Hirsch / Catchim / Breen The Permanent Revolution

Apostolic Imagination and Practice for the 21st Century Church
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-118-17358-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: J-B Leadership Network Series

A new brand of apostolic ministry for today's world
The Permanent Revolution is a work of theologicalre-imagination and re-construction that draws from biblicalstudies, theology, organizational theory, leadership studies, andkey social sciences. The book elaborates on the apostolic rolerooted in the five-fold ministry from Ephesians 4 (apostles,prophets, evangelists, shepherds, and teacher), and itssignificance for the missional movement. It explores how theapostolic ministry facilitates ongoing renewal in the life of thechurch and focuses on leadership in relation to missionalinnovation and entrepreneurship.The authors examine the nature oforganization as reframed through the lens of apostolicministry.
* Shows how to view the world through a biblical perspective andcontinue the "permanent revolution" that Jesus started
* Outlines the essential characteristics of apostolic movementand how to restructure the church and ministry to be moreconsistent with them
* Alan Hirsch is a leading voice in the missional movement of theChristian West
This groundbreaking book integrates theology, sociology, andleadership to further define the apostolic movement.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hirsch, Alan

Catchim, Tim

Breen, Mike

Weitere Mitwirkende

Guder, Darrell L.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the Jossey-Bass Leadership Network Series xiii
Foreword by Darrell L. Guder xv
Preface: A Briefing for the Journey xix
Introduction: The Crisis of Infertility and What to Do About Itxxvii
PART ONE Ephesians 4:1-16: Frameworks forMinistry
1 Activating the Theo-Genetic Codes of APEST Ministry 3
2 An Elegant Solution: Distributed Intelligence in the Body ofChrist 27
3 Better Together: The Synergy of Difference 55
4 Missional Ministry for a Missional Church: A Church WhereEveryone Gets to Play 73
PART TWO Apostolic Ministry
5 Custody of the Codes: Mapping the Contours of ApostolicMinistry 97
6 Come Back, Peter; Come Back, Paul: The Relation Between Nuanceand Impact 119
7 Living from the Center: Apostolic Ministry and the Renewal ofChristianity 137
PART THREE Apostolic Leadership
8 The Enterprise of Movement and the Movement of Enterprise159
9 The Spirit of Innovation: Creating New Futures for the JesusMovement 183
PART FOUR Apostolic Organization
10 Movements R Us: Thinking and Acting Like a Movement 205
11 Apostolic Architecture: The Anatomy of Missional Organization227
Conclusion 249
Afterword by Mike Breen 251
Appendix: A Question of Legitimacy: The Restoration of theApostolic Ministry 255
Notes 273
The Authors 307
Index 309

Über Autor(innen)

Alan Hirsch is the founding director of Forge Mission TrainingNetwork. Currently he co-leads Future Travelers, an innovativelearning program helping megachurches become missional movements.Known for his innovative approach to mission, Alan is considered tobe a thought-leader and key mission strategist for churches acrossthe Western world. Hirsch is the author of The Forgotten Ways;co-author of The Shaping of Things to Come, ReJesus, and The Faithof Leap (with Michael Frost); Untamed (with Debra Hirsch); RightHere, Right Now (with Lance Ford), and On the Verge (with DaveFerguson). Alan is associate professor for the M.A in ApostolicMovements at Wheaton College (Illinois), as well as adjunctprofessor at Fuller Seminary, and George Fox Seminary. He is serieseditor for Baker Books' Shapevine series and an associate editor ofLeadership Journal.
Tim Catchim is a grassroots church planter experimenting withinnovative forms of mission. While working as a church plantingassistant and evangelist with the Montgomery (Alabama) Inner CityMinistry, he started a mentor program for at-risk youth that gainedstate recognition. He also started an intensive summer internshipthat trained students to do missional-incarnational forms ofministry among the urban poor. He is currently planting a networkof missional communities in Clarksville, Tennessee. He also servesas the founder and director of Generate, a coaching and consultancyagency for apostolic ventures.