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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Western Christianity's "Corinthian" Future | |
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| An Urban Society, with Many Cultures | |
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| A Dysfunctional Church, with a Mission | |
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| Paul's Prescription for Church Renewal | |
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| Lessons from the Snook, Texas, Foxhunting Club | |
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| The Great Commission Manual | |
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| A Short History of "Apostolic Ministry" | |
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| How Church People Misperceive Lost People | |
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| Jesus' Ministry with "Impossible" People | |
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| Mission of the Apostles to Impossible People and Peoples | |
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| The Church's (Reluctant) Mission to Rural Peoples | |
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| The Church's (Reluctant) Mission to "Barbarian" Peoples | |
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| Three Cases - Two Global, One Local | |
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| Apostolic Ministry Through "Cultural Relevance" | |
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| The Unconscious Pathology of Old East Side Church | |
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| Six Indicators That Old East Side Is in "Deep Weeds" | |
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| Old East Side's Losing Game Plan | |
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| Recovering a More "Apostolic Way" of "Doing Church" | |
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| Insights for an "Indigenous Strategy" | |
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| Culture Communicates | |
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| Form and Meaning | |
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| The Periodic Loss and Recovery of Indigenous Christianity | |
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| Top Ten Insights Supporting Culturally Relevant Christianity | |
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| FECs (Frequently Expressed Challenges) | |
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| Apostolic Ministry Through an Empowered Laity | |
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| The Early Christian Lay Movement | |
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| The Priesthood of All Priests | |
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| The "Celtic" Exception | |
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| The Priesthood of All Believers - Proposed | |
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| Richard Baxter As Newton and Darwin for Traditional Protestants | |
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| The Priesthood of All Believers - Implemented! | |
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| The Emerging Revolution in Lay Ministries | |
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| On Either Side of the Mainline (Old line, Sideline) Denominations | |
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| The Indispensable Role of Small Groups | |
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| Recovery Ministries As a Prototype for Outreach Ministries | |
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| Addiction, As (Mis)understood, in Historical Perspective | |
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| The Multiple (Known) Causes of Addiction | |
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| Addiction and Recovery in Informed Perspective | |
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| The Story, the Steps, and the Serenity Prayer | |
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| Addiction and Recovery in Theological Perspective | |
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| Opportunities in Recovery Ministries | |
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| The "Underground Awakening" | |
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| First Baptist Church, Leesburg, As a Church for Everyone | |
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| To "All the People We Can Find That No Other Church Seems to Want" | |
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| The "Roesel Revolution" | |
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| "Proactive Outreach" Begins, and Then Multiplies | |
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| "Ministry Village" | |
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| Insights from the Women's Care Center | |
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| First Baptist Church's Emerging Future | |
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| "Positioning" First Baptist Church, Leesburg, Within an Apostolic Perspective | |
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| Critique for an Even Greater Mission | |
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| Witness Through Ministry, Hospitality, and Conversation | |
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| The First Disciples of Jesus (John 1:35-42) | |
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| The "Chain" of Experiences, and the Sources of the "Links" | |
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| Jesus and the Woman of Samaria (John 4) | |
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| Five Questions for a Congregation Considering Radical Outreach | |
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| Five Approaches to Reaching People Like the Samaritan Woman | |
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| Communicating in Many Ways, Especially Through Conversation | |
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| Postscript: Old East Side's Enormous Challenge: The "Cultural Enclave" | |
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| Notes | |
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| Index | |