In the burgeoning missional church movement, churches are seeking to become less focused on programs for members and more oriented toward outreach to people who are not already in church. This fundamental shift in what a congregation is and does and thinks is challenging for leaders and congregants. Using the metaphor of map-making, the book explains the perspective and skills needed to lead congregations and denominations in a time of radical change over unfamiliar terrain as churches change their focus from internal to external.
Offers a clear guide for leaders wanting to transition to a missional church model
Written by Alan Roxburgh, a prominent expert and practitioner in the missional movement
Guides leaders seeking to create new maps for leadership and church organization and focus
This book is written to be accessible to all Christian congregational styles and denominations.
Chapters
PART ONE When Maps No Longer Work
CHAPTER ONE Maps Shaping Our Imaginations in Modernity
CHAPTER TWO Leading in an In-Between Time
CHAPTER THREE When Common Sense Is No Longer Common
CHAPTER FOUR From Playing Pool to Herding Cats
CHAPTER FIVE Why Strategic Planning Doesn’t Work in This New Space and Doesn’t Fit God’s Purposes
CHAPTER SIX Eight Currents of Change and the Challenge of Making New Maps
CHAPTER SEVEN Lessons from the Formation of the Internet for Leading in This New Space
PART TWO The Map-Making Process
CHAPTER EIGHT Cultivating a Core Identity in a Changed Environment
CHAPTER NINE Cultivating Parallel Cultures of the Kingdom
CHAPTER TEN Map-Making Partnerships Between a Local Church and Neighborhoods and Communities
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