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[The Present Future] Epilogue: Things I Didn’t Say
03 years ago
It’s Over for the Church
What I did say is that unless significant shifts occur in attitudes and practices, the institutional church in North America is in deep trouble – an it should be, because it has lost its mission
We Need a Postmodern Church
The reason to get in touch with the culture is not [...]
[The Present Future] New Reality Number Six: The Rise of Apostolic Leadership
03 years ago
Wrong Question: How Do We Develop Leaders for Church Work?
Tough Question: How Do We Develop Leaders for the Christian Movement?
[The Present Future] New Reality Number Five: The Shift from Planning to Preparation
03 years ago
Wrong Question: How Do We Plan for the Future?
Tough Question: How Do We Prepare for the Future?
[The Present Future] New Reality Number Four: The Return to Spiritual Formation
03 years ago
Wrong Question: How Do We Develop Church Members?
Tough Question: How Do We Develop Followers of Jesus?
[The Present Future] New Reality Number Three: A New Reformation: Releasing God’s People
03 years ago
The first Reformation was about freeing the church. The new Reformation is about freeing God’s people from the church (the institution).
Congregations that identify with individual beievers’ values are the ones who stand to win.
Wrong Question: How Do We Turn Members into Ministers?
This myopic [...]
[The Present Future] New Reality Number Two: The Shift from Church Growth to Kingdom Growth
03 years ago
Wrong Question: How Do We Grow This Church? (How Do We Get Them to Come to Us?)
Tough Question: How Do We Transform Our Community? (How Do We Hit the Streets with the Gospel?)
The Present Future
03 years ago
Recently, I read a very thought-provoking book that my friend Tom recommended to me. The book is called The Present Future by Reggie McNeil, and it offered some very good insights into what we, as the church, should be all about. My church is more "missional" than others I know of, but like many things there is always room for improvement. I think there are still FAR too many people that believe our church is the building where we come to sing songs, hear a good message, and chat with some friends/acquaintances. That is NOT what Jesus started, and he's called us to so much more.
