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Church on the Other Side : Doing Ministry in the Postmodern Matrix

by: Brian D. McLaren

Church on the Other Side : Doing Ministry in the Postmodern Matrix

by: Brian D. McLaren

ISBN 13:
9780310252191
ISBN 10:
0310252199
Edition: Revised
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/01/2003
Publisher: Harpercollins Christian Pub

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Thirteen strategies for navigating the modern/postmodern transitionToday's breakthroughs in communication, education, travel, cultural diversity, science, economics, politics, and philosophy are creating a new matrix in which Christians will live, worship, work, and pursue their mission. This book will help you think differently; see church, life, and these revolutionary times in a new way; and act with courage, hope, and an adventurous spirit.

Preface	p. 7
Introduction (If you have a new world, you need a new church. You have a new world)	p. 11
Maximize Discontinuity (Distinguish between renewed, restored, and reinvented churches, and focus on the last)	p. 19
Redefine Your Mission (Clarify and simplify to "more Christians, better Christians" in authentic missional community, for the good of the world)	p. 27
Practice Systems Thinking (See the church program in terms of interrelated systems rather than quick fixes)	p. 41
Trade Up Your Traditions for Tradition (Distinguish between church traditions and the Christian Tradition, and move emphasis from the former to the latter)	p. 53
Resurrect Theology As Art and Science (Stop thinking of theology as a matter of technical training, in which answers are already known, and rejuvenate theology through a quest for truth and beauty)	p. 65
Design a New Apologetic (Find fresh ways to communicate the gospel to the postmodern mind)	p. 73
Learn a New Rhetoric (Realize that old communication patterns are less and less effective in the new world, and discover new, appropriate modes of discourse)	p. 87
Abandon Structures As They are Outgrown (Adopt a new paradigm for church structure that allows for routine reengineering based on changes in size, constituency, resources, and strategy)	p. 95
Save the Leaders (Recognize the terrible toll that the transition time is taking on leaders; recognize their immense value to the church at this time; help them to be "saved" for their needed work)	p. 109
Subsume Missions in Mission (Understand the crisis in world missions, and help launch a new missionary movement)	p. 121
Look Ahead, Farther Ahead (Anchor your hope in the future rather than the past, and explore a new eschatology)	p. 145
Enter the Postmodern World--Part A: Understand It (Understand postmodernism, and learn to see it from the inside)	p. 159
Enter the Postmodern World--Part B: Engage It (Engage postmodernism, and maximize the opportunities it presents)	p. 171
Enter the Postmodern World--Part C: Get Ready for Revolution (Prepare to de-bug your faith from the viruses of modernity)	p. 189
Add to This List (Help your church become a learning organization that discovers and implements its own new strategies)	p. 203
Strategy Specifics	p. 209
Notes	p. 223
About the Author	p. 229
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Church on the Other Side : Doing Ministry in the Postmodern Matrix

Church on the Other Side : Doing Ministry in the Postmodern Matrix

9780310252191

0310252199

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