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

by Mancini, Will; Lucado, Max

• ISBN13: 9780787996833
• ISBN10: 0787996831
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-03-21
• 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.

Author Biography

Will Mancini, a former pastor, is the founder of Auxano, a national consulting group that works with traditional and emerging churches and ministries of all types around the country. Their mission is to navigate leaders through growth challenges with vision clarity (auxano.com).
About Leadership Network
The mission of Leadership Network identifies and connects innovative church leaders, providing them with resources in the form of new ideas, people, and tools. Contact Leadership Network at www.leadnet.org.

Table of Contents

About Leadership Network	p. xvii
Foreword	p. xix
Introduction	p. xxi
Recasting Vision
Unoriginal Sin: Neglecting Uniqueness	p. 5
The Fall of Strategic Planning: Obscuring the Essence	p. 17
The Iniquity of Church Growth: Caging the Kingdom	p. 27
Lost Congregations: How Churches Adapt to the Vision Vacuum	p. 40
Clarifying Vision
The Good News of Clarity: Why Believe in Vision Today?	p. 51
Clarity Pre-Evangelism: Softening Your Heart for Clarity	p. 61
The Alpha and Omega of Clarity: The Ultimate Source of Vision	p. 69
Hear the Cloud of Witnesses: Learning from Vision Legacies	p. 75
Discover Your Kingdom Concept: How to Ascertain Vision	p. 83
Take a Closer Look: Navigating Your Discovery Process	p. 99
Articulating Vision
See with New Eyes: Defining Your Vision Frame	p. 111
Carry the Holy Orders: Mission as Missional Mandate	p. 119
Feel the Common Heartbeat: Values as Missional Motives	p. 128
Show Me the Way: Strategy as Missional Map	p. 136
Talk the Walk: Measures as Missional Life Marks	p. 151
Frame the Future: Preparing for a Vision Lifestyle	p. 164
Speak with New Tongues: Articulating Vision Proper	p. 178
Advancing Vision
Wage War Against the Status Quo: From Articulation to Traction	p. 197
Meet Long in the Upper Room: The Secret of Attunement	p. 207
Transform the Future: Delivering Vision Daily	p. 215
Parting Thoughts
Resurrect Your Uniqueness: If You Copy Someone Else's Vision, Who Will Accomplish Yours?	p. 234
Logos and Strategy Icon Examples	p. 237
Vision Path Examples	p. 243
Notes	p. 247
Bibliography	p. 255
Acknowledgments	p. 259
About the Author	p. 261
Index	p. 263
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