The Present Future

Six Tough Questions for the Church
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-470-45315-5
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 227 mm, Gewicht: 216 g

In this provocative book, author, consultant, and church leadership developer Reggie McNeal debunks these and other old assumptions and provides an overall strategy to help church leaders move forward in an entirely different and much more effective way. In The Present Future, McNeal identifies the six most important realities that church leaders must address including: recapturing the spirit of Christianity and replacing "church growth" with a wider vision of kingdom growth; developing disciples instead of church members; fostering the rise of a new apostolic leadership; focusing on spiritual formation rather than church programs; and shifting from prediction and planning to preparation for the challenges of an uncertain world. McNeal contends that by changing the questions church leaders ask themselves about their congregations and their plans, they can frame the core issues and approach the future with new eyes, new purpose, and new ideas.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mcneal, Reggie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About Leadership Network ix

Acknowledgments xi

Preface xiii

Introduction xv

New Reality Number One: The Collapse of the 1

Church Culture New Reality Number Two: The Shift from Church 20

Growth to Kingdom Growth New Reality Number Three: A New Reformation: 43

Releasing God’s People New Reality Number Four: The Return to Spiritual Formation 69

New Reality Number Five: The Shift from Planning 92

to Preparation New Reality Number Six: The Rise of Apostolic Leadership 120

Things I Didn’t Say 140

Conclusion 146

References 149

The Author 151

Über Autor(innen)

Reggie McNeal serves as the Missional Leadership Specialist for Leadership Network of Dallas, Texas. McNeal is the author of Missional Renaissance, A Work of Heart, and Practicing Greatness from Jossey-Bass.

Leadership Network fosters church innovation and growth through strategies, programs, tools, and resources consistent with their far-reaching mission. Contact Leadership Network at www.leadnet.org.