Shaped By God’s Heart
by Milfred Minatrea Minatrea has given us a ground level, insiders’ view of what many leaders today are calling the Missional Church – “a reproducing community of authentic disciples, being equipped as missionaries sent by God, to live and proclaim His Kingdom in the World.” Drawing on numerous examples of some of the finest churches in the U.S., […]
Kim Miller, Designing Worship
Miller, KimDesigning Worship Designing Worship: Creating and Integrating Powerful God Experiences (Loveland, CO, Group Publishing, Inc. 2004), 159 pages, paperback, $22.00 (Obtain from Group Publishing, PO Box 481, Loveland, CO 80539.) You can’t get more down-to-earth and useful than Kim Miller’s conversational and challenging writing. Designing Worship is a smorgasbord that can satisfy the appetite of […]
Donald E. Miller, Reinventing American Protestantism
Miller, Donald E.Reinventing American Protestantism (University of California Press, 1997) 245 pages, hardback, $27.50. Obtain from University of California Press, 2120 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA 94720, 510-643-0682. Few books like this one come along in a lifetime. Anyone interested in reaching and discipling unchurched or pre-Christian people born between 1945 and 1970 (anti-institutional Baby Boomers) […]
McNeil, Missional Communities
I’ve been watching the missional movement now ever since Alan Hirsch landed on our shores and spent a couple of days at my place. And I’ve watched the evolution of the movement during that time. The one thing that has concerned me is the whether or not the movement is fact or a mere hope […]
Reggie McNeal, Revolution in Leadership
McNeal, ReggieRevolution in Leadership (Abingdon Press, 1998). McNeal sees Christianity at a crossroads that requires a new form of leadership …. apostolic leadership, the kind of leadership exhibited by the first church disciples. McNeal recognizes the present lack of such leadership and offers a solution… the learning community. This book not only offers a clear […]
Reggie McNeal, The Present Future
McNeal, ReggieThe Present Future: Six Tough Questions It is not often a book plows new grounds. McNeal has succeeded in doing so. McNeal shares his thoughts on six emerging trends occurring today. While the trends are not new, the depth to which he develops them is new and powerful. This book is one of the […]