Church Turned Inside Out : A Guide for Designers, Refiners, and Re-Aligners

by Bergquist, Linda; Karr, Allan

• ISBN13: 9780470383179
• ISBN10: 0470383178
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-10-19
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

A practical, creative guide for planting or redesigning a church and developing leadersWritten by Linda Bergquist and Allan Karr, two experienced church planters and mentors/teachers, Church Turned Inside Out offers church leaders a new way to think about how their churches are run. Taking cues from the world of business and offering a multi-disciplined and leading-edge approach, the authors stress the importance of incorporating the design process when establishing a new church or planning the ongoing future of an established church. This groundbreaking book also includes ideas for becoming a more effective church leader. Offers a practical perspective and a multi-disciplinary approach to establishing a new church or running an existing one Includes important lessons for nurturing church leadership skills Shows how to honor a church's purpose while embracing its unique culture Contains a wealth of illustrative models, examples, charts, and other visual aides

Author Biography

Linda Bergquist has been a church planter and church planting teacher for twenty-five years. She also has experience in the area of church consultations and urban ministry to the poor and assists her husband, who is a ministry center director in the Lower Haight district of San Francisco.

Allan Karr is currently an associate professor of missional/church planting at Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary and a practitioner of church planting and community development. Allan has also served for ten years as a national missionary of the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention.

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Table of Contents

Figures and Tables	p. ix
About Leadership Network	p. xi
Foreword	p. xiii
Preface	p. xvii
The Once and Future Church	p. 1
Acknowledging Self	p. 17
Cultivating Community	p. 33
Patterns That Honor God	p. 51
Designing Around Beliefs	p. 67
Releasing Communitas	p. 79
Designing in Culture	p. 95
Embracing Culture	p. 113
A Palette of Models	p. 125
Discovering Congruency	p. 145
Organizing by Design	p. 159
A New Way of Organizing	p. 177
Notes	p. 191
Acknowledgments	p. 201
About the Authors	p. 205
Index	p. 207
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