In this provocative book, author, consultant, and church leadership developer Reggie Mc Neal 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, Mc Neal 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. Mc Neal 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.
Spis treści
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
O autorze
Reggie Mc Neal serves as the Missional Leadership Specialist for
Leadership Network of Dallas, Texas. Mc Neal 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.
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