We stand on the edge of an opportunity unlike any in history. Every moment we hesitate, the distance between irrelevance and influence grows exponentially. Our time is now.
Today’s culture is defined by four exponential growth trends: the population boom, the technology tsunami, the rising economy gap and the increasing polarization of worldviews. Rising like tides, these trends are leading us toward a crushing break.
Rising Tides is is a wake-up call for God’s people, who must act now to respond to the demands of these shifing tides if they hope to weather the storm. Time is short.
Neil Cole carefully lays out some simple ways we can catch up, and keep up, with this rapid change. With an unflinching appraisal of the challenges we face, coupled with tangible and achievable solutions, Rising Tides offers profound hope for the way forward.
We can future-proof our faith.
The Church will not be overcome, but our old ways must be if we hope to survive the rising tides.
Table of Content
CONTENTS
PREFACE: Time and Tide Wait for No One
INTRODUCTION: The Beginning of the End
PART ONE
NAVIGATING THE NOW:
FOUR TRENDS OF EXPONENTIAL CHANGE
Too Many Rats in this Race: The Rising Population
The Skynet is Falling: The Rising Technology Tsunami
Stuck in the (Shrinking) Middle with You: The Rising Economic Gap
All the Demons are on the Other Side: The Rising Polarization of Worldviews
PART TWO
SURVIVING THE SOON: PERCHED ON THE PRECIPICE
We Can No Longer Afford to Stay Where We Are
Vulnerabilities of the Church
PART THREE
DELIVERING ON OUR DESTINY: FINDING A FUTURE-PROOF FAITH
Being Different in this Different World: Excel in the Now
Some Good News: Chaos Ain’t So Bad
Riding the Exponential Waves: Catching Up and Keeping Up
Finding Better Ways: Upgrading Our Operating System
Untouchable and Unshakeable: Being Someone Worth Multiplying
CONCLUSION: The End of the Beginning
Acknowledgements
Notes
About the Author
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About the author
Neil Cole was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. While studying art as a freshman at California State University, Long Beach, he encountered the good news of Jesus Christ and turned his life over to Him, never looking back.
Neil’s journey in God’s Kingdom brought him to serve in a megachurch of over 3, 500 people, a local community church of 120, and now as a catalyst to help start thousands of small, rapidly multiplying, organic churches that meet in homes, campuses, prisons, dormitories, and places of business across the globe.
Neil has authored fourteen books and traveled to over forty-eight nations of the world, sowing the seeds of God’s Kingdom, catalyzing the development of organic church networks, and coaching thousands of leaders and churches.
Neil has been married for thirty-five years to Dana and has three adult children-Heather, Erin, and Zach-and three grandsons.
Neil Cole regularly contributes to the following websites:
www.Starling Initiatives.com
www.neilcole.blog
www.CMAResources.org
www.100movements.org
www.cole-slaw.blogspot.com
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