A new brand of apostolic ministry for today's world The Permanent Revolution is a work of theological re-imagination and re-construction that draws from biblical studies, theology, organizational theory, leadership studies, and key social sciences.
A new brand of apostolic ministry for today's world The Permanent Revolution is a work of theological re-imagination and re-construction that draws from biblical studies, theology, organizational theory, leadership studies, and key social sciences.
The Authors Alan Hirsch is the founding director of Forge Mission Training Network. Currently he co-leads Future Travelers, an innovative learning program helping megachurches become missional movements. Known for his innovative approach to mission, Alan is considered to be a thought-leader and key mission strategist for churches across the Western world. Hirsch is the author of The Forgotten Ways; co-author of The Shaping of Things to Come, ReJesus, and The Faith of Leap (with Michael Frost); Untamed (with Debra Hirsch); Right Here, Right Now (with Lance Ford) and On the Verge (with Dave Ferguson). Alan is associate professor for the M.A in Apostolic Movements at Wheaton College (Illinois), as well as adjunct professor at Fuller Seminary; and George Fox Seminary. He is series editor for Baker Books' Shapevine series and an associate editor of Leadership Journal. Tim Catchim is a grassroots church planter experimenting with innovative forms of mission. While working as a church planting assistant and evangelist with the Montgomery (Alabama) Inner City Ministry, he started a mentor program for at-risk youth that gained state recognition. He also started an intensive summer internship that trained students to do missional-incarnational forms of ministry among the urban poor. He is currently planting a network of missional communities in Clarksville, Tennessee. He also serves as the founder and director of Generate, a coaching and consultancy agency for apostolic ventures.
Inhaltsangabe
About the Jossey-Bass Leadership Network Series xiii
Foreword by Darrell L. Guder xv
Preface: A Briefing for the Journey xix
Introduction: The Crisis of Infertility and What to Do About Itxxvii
PART ONE Ephesians 4:1-16: Frameworks forMinistry
1 Activating the Theo-Genetic Codes of APEST Ministry 3
2 An Elegant Solution: Distributed Intelligence in the Body ofChrist 27
3 Better Together: The Synergy of Difference 55
4 Missional Ministry for a Missional Church: A Church WhereEveryone Gets to Play 73
PART TWO Apostolic Ministry
5 Custody of the Codes: Mapping the Contours of ApostolicMinistry 97
6 Come Back, Peter; Come Back, Paul: The Relation Between Nuanceand Impact 119
7 Living from the Center: Apostolic Ministry and the Renewal ofChristianity 137
PART THREE Apostolic Leadership
8 The Enterprise of Movement and the Movement of Enterprise159
9 The Spirit of Innovation: Creating New Futures for the JesusMovement 183
PART FOUR Apostolic Organization
10 Movements R Us: Thinking and Acting Like a Movement 205
11 Apostolic Architecture: The Anatomy of Missional Organization227
Conclusion 249
Afterword by Mike Breen 251
Appendix: A Question of Legitimacy: The Restoration of theApostolic Ministry 255
