The Present Future: Six Tough Questions for the Church

by Reggie McNeal (Columbia, South Carolina)

• ISBN13: 9780787997922
• ISBN10: 0787997927
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-07-01
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

In this provocative book, author, consultant, and church leadership developer Reggie McNeal debunks these and other old assumptions and provides an overall strategy to help church leaders move forward in an entirely different and much more effective way. In The Present Future, McNeal identifies the six most important realities that church leaders must address including: recapturing the spirit of Christianity and replacing "church growth" with a wider vision of kingdom growth; developing disciples instead of church members; fostering the rise of a new apostolic leadership; focusing on spiritual formation rather than church programs; and shifting from prediction and planning to preparation for the challenges of an uncertain world. McNeal contends that by changing the questions church leaders ask themselves about their congregations and their plans, they can frame the core issues and approach the future with new eyes, new purpose, and new ideas.Also available: The Present Future DVD Collection (978-0-7879-8673-5), Reggie McNeal's DVD presentation of the ideas and insights featured in his best-selling book.

Table of Contents

About Leadership Network

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

New Reality Number One: The Collapse of the Church Culture

New Reality Number Two: The Shift from Church Growth to Kingdom Growth

New Reality Number Three: A New Reformation: Releasing God's People

New Reality Number Four: The Return to Spiritual Formation

New Reality Number Five: The Shift from Planning to Preparation

New Reality Number Six: The Rise of Apostolic Leadership

Things I Didn't Say

Conclusion

References

The Author

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