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Why did you write this book?
We wrote The Tangible Kingdom primarily because we found that our story seemed to be helpful to leaders who were struggling to create a "missional church." There had been a lot of authors philosophizing or theorizing about missional church, while others had been content to deconstruct past forms of church without creating an alternative way forward. We wanted to bridge the gap between the two by focusing on the ancient examples of incarnational community.
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What has your focus on incarnational community taught you?
I'd actually say there's one main lesson with three overarching threads. The lesson is the power of incarnational community in conversion, in spiritual formation, and as the basic structure of any church.
In conversion, we come from the perspective that the power and witness of the early faith communities were not just in their doctrine, but also in their collective lives together. Others were intrigued, |
intimidated, and compelled not so much by words of doctrine as they were by how "they" lived life together, sacrificed
together, suffered
together, died together, and loved together.
In a culture that has already heard and seen what they think our religion is all about, they need to see a growing wave of people who live a different story that they can relate to . . . |
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The Church Uniting Like Never Before
Go to www.oneprayer.com to hear Pastor Craig Groeschel of lifechurch.tv share the vision behind "One Prayer," a one-of-a-kind experience linking pastors and churches worldwide . . .
The ‘Real' Value of Service
In 2007, volunteers from churches in Leadership Network's Externally Focused Churches Leadership Community gave more than 1.8 million hours to kingdom-building service -- from tutoring school children to supporting single parents to feeding hungry neighbors to innumerable other acts of charity . . .
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One in Four American Adults Not Attached to Church
The Barna Research Group has introduced the term Unattached to describe people who attended neither a conventional church nor an organic faith community (e.g., house church, simple church, intentional community) during the past year. This segment represents one out of every four adults (23%) in America . . . |
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Author presents "The Healthy Leader" Webinar
Success in leadership goes far beyond having a set of skills and following best-business practice. Effective leadership emanates from a healthy inner life.
Join the Leadership Network team with Kevin Harney, author of Leadership from the Inside Out, for this one-hour webinar that will investigate how to strengthen the inner life in ways that will strengthen outer leadership.
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A growing number of church leaders today are taking bold steps to help their people become truly generous. These leaders are gripped with a sense of accountability before God for the enormous wealth we enjoy in our culture. This paper presents a number of passionate and theologically consistent churches as case studies in generosity.
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Visit Leadership Network Advance Archives for valuable information on a variety of ministry topics, including the links to recent issues listed below. Select VIEW ARCHIVES LIST for the full list of Advance archives.
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