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Why create this book?
With everyone getting on the missional bandwagon, and everyone talking "missional," and labeling so much as missional, there is a real danger that what it really means to be missional will become lost in the clutter. I wanted to write a book that distills the basic DNA of what
missional really is.
Second, I wanted to give church leaders a way to
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talk about missional in ways that people would "get it." Third, I wanted to help leaders develop a scorecard that rewarded their missional efforts. The church growth era certainly had a scorecard (one that we are still using) that declared winners and losers at that game. We need a scorecard that gives expression to the multi-dimensional facets of the missional church.
Where did your ideas come from?
The book grew out of the seminars and consultations I have conducted over the years since releasing The Present Future. In that book I gave people an idea that something big was up. As I have helped people work out transitioning their ministries in a missional direction, the
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language and metaphors emerged that framed the descriptions of the three shifts detailed in Missional Renaissance. |
The scorecard issue emerged in every congregation I consulted with as they worked to determine how they would measure their success at a new ministry agenda. As I raised this issue in seminars, I would inevitably be queried about what a missional scorecard would look. . .
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| Exponential 2009: National New Church Conference |
Along with some of the most dynamic church planting leaders from around the U.S., this year’s National New Church Conference will feature a number of international leaders who are experiencing “The Art of Movements.”
Q is a gathering where church leaders and cultural influencers from the fields of business, politics, media, education, entertainment and the arts are exposed to the future of culture and the church’s responsibility to advance the common good in society.
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| Children Attending Church Weekly Benefit Socially |
Young people aged 6-17 who attend religious services weekly are linked to positive developmental outcomes, according to a report entitled Marriage, Religion and the Common Good, which is based on the National Survey of Children’s Health.
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| Leadership Network Celebrates 25 Years |
Over 400 people filled a ballroom in Dallas on January, 28, 2009, to mark a quarter-century for Leadership Network’s ministry and to celebrate the lives of founders Bob and Linda Buford.
Tom Wilson, President and CEO, hosted an all-star cast of Randy Pope (Perimeter Church, Atlanta, GA), Dale Dawson (founder and CEO of Bridge2Rwanda, Little Rock, AR), and Robert Lewis (pastor, Fellowship Bible Church, Little Rock, AR) as they led an outstanding program highlighting the extraordinary ministry of Leadership Network and Halftime.
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As leading churches nationwide are developing multifaceted recovery ministries to address life-dominating issues, a language barrier may be developing that could hamper these vital ministries as people seek healing and restoration.
Through this concept paper, listen in on the conversation as innovative leaders in recovery ministry:
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Wrestle with the questions regarding recovery language, |
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Search for a voice that communicates to both churched and unchurched people, and |
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Forge ahead in the midst of their journey to create places of grace and authenticity. |
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