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The Shaping of Things to Come: Innovation and Mission for the 21 Century Church

The Shaping of Things to Come: Innovation and Mission for the 21 Century Church

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Cutting Edge Thinking on Mission for Today.
Review: If you want to be challenged in your thinking about how we do church and mission you have to read this book. Mike Frost and Alan Hirsch are among the foremost thinkers in the world on these areas. They describe the present state of the church acurately and they articulate a method of contextualization that is reproducable anywhere because they don't tell you to adopt their 'model', but instead give you the tools to incarnate the gospel in your own context. This is especially valuable as quite often many books on mission say "Do it our way". Often what works in one culture will not work in another. This book seeks to articulate the theology and methods that can be appplied as easily in North America as they could be in the middle of Africa.

Mike and Alan are evangelical in their theology and uncompromising on the gospel, but they will not hesitate to challenge and overthrow our sacred cows that hinder our mission to 'not yet Christians'. In their methods they are often radical, in their mission they are always passionate. This book will be a great read even if you don't agree with everything they say. If you want to start thinking outside the box, let me encourage you to read "The Shaping of things to Come".

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: read slowly, let it sink in
Review: this is one of those books which must be read a few pages at a time. At this point in the conversation, most "emerging church" books are saying much the same thing, recycling some already covered concepts or mired in criticism of "what is" without providing a clear vision of "what could be." Not this book- new ways of looking at things, excellent insights for leadership as well as solid, missional thinking add up to an inspiring book that you'll have to put down often, simply to think about what you've just read.


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