Guidance for church leaders in developing stronger, more vibrant, and more missional congregations Uses the metaphor of map-making to explain the perspective and skills needed to lead congregations and denominations in a time of radical change Written by Alan Roxburgh, a prominent expert and practitioner in the missional movement.
Guidance for church leaders in developing stronger, more vibrant, and more missional congregations Uses the metaphor of map-making to explain the perspective and skills needed to lead congregations and denominations in a time of radical change Written by Alan Roxburgh, a prominent expert and practitioner in the missional movement.
ALAN J. ROXBURGH, president of Roxburgh Missional Network, is a pastor, teacher, writer, and consultant with more than thirty years' experience in church leadership, consulting, and seminary education. He also works with the Allelon Missional Leadership Network in the formation of leaders for the missional church. He writes a weekly online newsletter (roxburghmis sionalnet.com) as well as directing an international research project, the Mission in Western Culture Project. He the coauthor of The Missional Leader from Jossey-Bass.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: An Uncertain Journey.
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 NewSpace and Doesn't Fit God's Purposes.
Chapter Six Eight Currents of Change and the Challenge of MakingNew Maps.
Chapter Seven Lessons from the Formation of the Internet forLeading in This New Space.
Part Two The Map-Making Process.
Chapter Eight Cultivating a Core Identity in a ChangedEnvironment.
Chapter Nine Cultivating Parallel Cultures of the Kingdom.
Chapter Ten Map-Making Partnerships Between a Local Church andNeighborhoods and Communities.
