Shaped by God's Heart The Passion and Practices of Missional Churches

Name: Shaped by God's Heart The Passion and Practices of Missional Churches
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ISBN: 9780787971113

ISBN-10: 0787971111

ISBN-13: 9780787971113

Edition: 2004

Authors: Milfred Minatrea

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Discover the tools to create a new kind of church and move from merely surviving to thriving. Drawing on an extensive two-year field study of 200 churches from a variety of denominations and geographic regions, Milfred Minatrea--a missiologist, urban strategist and practioner in minister--presents the best practices for re-energizing Christian spirituality in a congregational setting. He provides readers with the tools for assessing their congregation's position on the continuum between maintenance and mission and for determining the actions that will move them toward becoming a missional community. He also outlines key strategies that successful churches have used to become relevant in a…

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/12/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 6.20" wide x 9.10" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.880



Preface: A Personal Letter to the Reader


Acknowledgments


Introduction: Sending the Church into the World



The Church in a New and Changing World



From Maintenance to Missional: The Church in a World of Change



Be Church and Be Changed: How Missional Churches Live Their Passion



The Nine Essential Practices of Missional Churches



Missional Practice Number One: Have a High Threshold for Membership



Missional Practice Number Two: Be Real, Not Real Religious



Missional Practice Number Three: Teach to Obey Rather Than to Know



Missional Practice Number Four: Rewrite Worship Every Week



Missional Practice Number Five: Live Apostolically



Missional Practice Number Six: Expect to Change the World



Missional Practice Number Seven: Order Actions According to Purpose



Missional Practice Number Eight: Measure Growth by Capacity to Release, Not Retain



Missional Practice Number Nine: Place Kingdom Concerns First



Structures and Strategies for Becoming Missional



They Run Rapids in Rubber Rafts: Church Structures That Can Survive the Rapids of Cultural Change



Seeing Beyond the Horizon: The Nature and Task of Missional Leadership



Moving to Missional: Becoming a New Kind of Church



Missional Church Cultural Assessment


Notes


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