Church Unique : How Missional Leaders Cast Vision, Capture Culture, and Create Movement

by Will Mancini

• ISBN13: 9780470435342
• ISBN10: 0470435348
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2010-06-01
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Written by church consultant Will Manciniѡn expert on a new kind of visioning process to help churches develop a stunningly unique model of ministry that leads to redemptive movement. He guides churches away from an internal focus to emphasize participation in their community and surrounding culture. In this important book, Mancini offers an approach for rethinking what it means to lead with clarity as a visionary. Mancini explains that each church has a culture that reflects its particular values, thoughts, attitudes, and actions and shows how church leaders can unlock their church's individual DNA and unleash their congregation's one-of-a-kind potential.

Table of Contents

About Leadership Network

Foreword

Introduction

Recasting Vision

Unoriginal Sin: Neglecting Uniqueness

The Fall of Strategic Planning: Obscuring the Essence

The Iniquity of Church Growth: Caging the Kingdom

Lost Congregations: How Churches Adapt to the Vision Vacuum

Clarifying Vision

The Good News of Clarity: Why Believe in Vision Today?

Clarity Pre-Evangelism: Softening Your Heart for Clarity

The Alpha and Omega of Clarity: The Ultimate Source of Vision

Hear the Cloud of Witnesses: Learning from Vision Legacies

Discover Your Kingdom Concept: How to Ascertain Vision

Take a Closer Look: Navigating Your Discovery Process

Articulating Vision

See with New Eyes: Defining Your Vision Frame

Carry the Holy Orders: Mission as Missional Mandate

Feel the Common Heartbeat: Values as Missional Motives

Show Me the Way: Strategy as Missional Map

Talk the Walk: Measures as Missional Life Marks

Frame the Future: Preparing for a Vision Lifestyle

Speak with New Tongues: Articulating Vision Proper

Advancing Vision

Wage War Against the Status Quo: From Articulation to Traction

Meet Long in the Upper Room: The Secret of Attunement

Transform the Future: Delivering Vision Daily

Parting Thoughts

Resurrect Your Uniqueness: If You Copy Someone Else?s Vision, Who Will Accomplish Yours?

Logos and Strategy Icon Examples

Vision Path Examples

Notes

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Index

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