McNeal Missional Communities

The Rise of the Post-Congregational Church
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-118-10760-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: J-B Leadership Network Series

The third book in the trilogy that explores the popularmissional movement
From Reggie McNeal, the bestselling author of The PresentFuture and Missional Renaissance, comes the third bookin the series that helps to define and illuminate the popularmissional movement. This newest book in the trilogy examines anatural outgrowth of the move toward a missional orientation: thedeconstruction of congregations into very small Christiancommunities. For all those thousands of churches and leaders whohave followed Reggie McNeal's bold lead, this book details the riseof a new life form in churches.
* Discusses how to move a church from an internal to an externalministry focus
* Reggie McNeal is a recognized leader in the missionalmovement
* Outlines an alternative to the program church model that isfocused on the projects and passions of the congregants
This book draws on McNeal's twenty years of leadership roles inlocal congregations and his work over the last decade withthousands of clergy and church leaders.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McNeal, Reggie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the Jossey-Bass Leadership Network Series xi
Foreword by Hugh Halter xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction xix
1 ''Let There Be . . . MissionalCommunities'' 1
2 The Missional Church Conversation 15
3 Missional Communities--European Style 39
4 Soma Communities: Missional Communities as OrganizingArchitecture 65
5 Campus Renewal UT: Missional Communities as CampusEvangelism Strategy 85
6 Future Travelers: Missional Communities as MegachurchStrategy 103
7 Mission Houston: Missional Communities for SpiritualFormation and Community Transformation 125
8 Looking Ahead 145
About the Author 155
Index 157

Über Autor(innen)

Reggie McNeal is the missional leadership specialist forLeadership Network. Drawing on twenty years of leadership roles inlocal congregations and his work over the last two decades withthousands of clergy and church leaders, McNeal counsels localchurches, denominational groups, seminaries and colleges, andparachurch organizations in their leadership development needs.
Leadership Network, a division of OneHundredX, seeks toaccelerate the impact of 100X leaders. Since 1996, LeadershipNetwork Publications has presented thoroughly researched andpractical concepts from leading thinkers, practitioners, andpioneering churches. www.leadnet.org