Making the leap from yesterday to today if you're a church leader or committed member and you're tired of easy steps and facile formulas for church health, growth, and renewal, then this book points the way to thoughtful action and profound, liberating change. Discover the importance of redefining your mission, finding fresh ways to communicate the gospel, and engaging today's culture with understanding. Brian McLaren shows you thirteen practices for navigating towards a vibrant church that can reach out and serve the conviction and confidence in today's changing new world.
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"Another book that was hard to read - but only because there were so many great thoughts. It was like McClaren was reading my mind. "
— Gary (5 out of 5 stars)
" Another book that was hard to read - but only because there were so many great thoughts. It was like McClaren was reading my mind. "
— Gary, 6/1/2013" I would loved to attend this church! "
— Billy, 7/5/2012" Not quite. "
— Jay, 11/9/2010" He tries to explain how culture is shifting - as significantly as the renaissance. He says the shift from modernism to postmodernism is really huge, and it is, but perhaps it's more complex than that, and not so black and white :) (spoken like a true postmodern). "
— Tim, 5/16/2010" This was an interesting book that i will have to reread. I am not sure whetver i agree with the emerging church or not. "
— Justin, 3/11/2009" I would loved to attend this church! "
— Billy, 3/18/2008Brian D. McLaren is the author of fifteen books. A former college English teacher and former pastor for twenty-four years, he is an author, activist, public theologian, and frequent guest lecturer for gatherings in the United States and internationally. His work has been covered in Time magazine, and many other media outlets. He is a faculty member of the Living School at the Center for Action and Contemplation.
Maurice England moved to the Chicago area in the fall of 2006, after a twelve year run as a long-haul trucker, to continue the cultivation of his lifelong interest in the expressive arts and oral interpretation. A veteran audiophile, Maurice listened to well over one thousand audiobooks while on the road and fell in love with the genre. From his past experience in broadcasting, community theater, music performance, and ministry he saw narrating as a means to merge his love for books, ideas, learning, and spiritual evolution with his interest in artistic expression. While his narration experience has primarily been nonfiction, personal development, and spiritual-growth titles, Maurice anticipates using his authentically warm and folksy southern style to entertain and inspire through storytelling. Inspired most by the behind-the-scenes artists who engineer, direct, edit, and master the audiobook productions we hear, Maurice has become an absorbed student and participant in the process.