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| Foreword | |
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| Foreword | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| On the Verge of the Future (Alan and Dave) | |
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| Catalysts for Ecclesiological Shift | |
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| Dethroning Constantine | |
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| Verging the Church: Key Themes | |
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| A Model for Apostolic Movement | |
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| Imagine | |
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| The Silver Imagination (Alan) | |
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| It's Church, but Not As "We Know It | |
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| Changing the Game | |
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| The Verge-ination: Reimagining Church in Apostolic Perspective | |
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| An Imaginative Solution | |
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| Dave's Response to "The Silver Imagination" | |
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| Mission to the Mind and Heart (Alan) | |
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| What Got You Here Won't Get You There | |
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| Changing the Conversation | |
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| A Tithe to the Lord | |
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| From Here to There, Funny Things Are Everywhere | |
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| Dream On … | |
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| Dave's Response to "Mission to the Mind and Heart" | |
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| Part 2-Shift | |
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| Apostolic Genius: The Genetic Code of Movement (Alan) | |
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| Apostolic Genius | |
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| A Mindset, Not a Technique | |
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| Dave's Response to "Apostolic Genius: The Genetic Code of Movement" | |
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| Verge Vibe: The Operating System of Apostolic Movement (Alan) | |
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| Ethos As Pivot | |
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| The Turning Point: Aligning Ethos with Paradigm | |
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| Dave's Response to "Verge Vibe: The Operating System of Apostolic Movement" | |
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| Embodying Movement-Programming Practices (Alan) | |
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| Inside Out and Outside In | |
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| Acting Our Way into a New Way of Thinking (Outside-In Change) | |
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| From Core Values to Core Practices | |
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| Getting Into the Swing of Things | |
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| Examples of Verge Practices | |
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| Overview of Verge Process | |
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| Dave's Response to "Embodying Movement-Programming Practices" | |
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| Innovate | |
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| Innovate or Die (Dave) | |
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| Crisis Is the Birthplace of Innovation | |
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| Necessity, the Mother of Innovation | |
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| Innovation: Most Risky or Least Risky? | |
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| Imagination x Implementation = Innovation | |
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| Leadership That Values and Practices Innovation | |
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| Alan's Response to "Innovate or Die" | |
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| Out-of-the-Box Innovation (Dave) | |
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| Nine Characteristics of Out-of-the-Box Cultures | |
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| Process for Creating Out-of-the-Box Culture | |
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| Alan's Response to "Out-of-the-Box Innovation" | |
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| Move | |
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| Gaining Missional Momentum (Dave) | |
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| The Solution: Apostolic Movement | |
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| On the Verge of Movementum | |
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| A Categorization of Movement | |
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| Gaining Missional Momentum through the Verge Process | |
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| The Flywheel | |
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| Alan's Response to "Gaining Missional Momentum" | |
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| The Making of an Apostolic Movement (Dave) | |
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| Movement Blink | |
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| Eight Movement Rules | |
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| Alan's Response to "The Making of an Apostolic Movement" | |
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| Final Thoughts (Alan and Dave) | |
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| Appendix: Church Profiles | |
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| Notes | |
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| Resources for Verging the Church | |