Movements That Change the World – Five Keys to Spreading the Gospel

Steve Addison, Alan Hirsch, Bob Roberts Jr. (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

191 Seiten

2011
Inter-Varsity Press,US (Verlag)
978-0-8308-3619-2 (ISBN)

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Steve Addison gleans the characteristics of the dynamic missionary movement from biblical, historical and contemporary case studies. Addison shows how these factors recur in every period of Christian expansion, and suggests that Christianity's distinction as a historical movement lies in its power to outlast the centuries.

When Jesus commissioned his followers, he was not just inaugurating the historical church, he was founding a missionary movement.Originally released by Missional Press and now revised and expanded to include a multi-session discussion guide, Steve Addison's Movements That Change the World draws from biblical, historical and contemporary case studies to isolate the essential elements of a dynamic missionary movement. The church fulfills its mission today to the extent that it honors these essential elements, modelled perfectly in Jesus? missionary enterprise:

white-hot faith
commitment to the cause
contagious relationships
rapid mobilization
adaptive methods

Throughout the ages Jesus' followers have been called to continue his movement in the power of the Holy Spirit. Like many such movements, it changed the world. Unlike most movements, which have their historical moment and then fade away, Christianity is actively, continually changing the world for the better.

Steve Addison serves as Australian director of Church Resource Ministries. He travels the world regularly as part of his calling to spark church-planting movements--everywhere. Alan Hirsch is the founding Director of Forge Mission Training Network. He is the co-founder of shapevine.com, an international forum for engaging with world transforming ideas. He leads Future Travelers, a learning journey applying missional-incarnational approaches to established churches and is an active participant in The Tribe of LA, a Jesus community among artists and creatives in Los Angeles. Known for his innovative approach to mission, Hirsch is a teacher and key mission strategist for churches across the western world. His popular book The Shaping of Things to Come (with Michael Frost) is widely considered to be a seminal text on mission. Alan's recent book The Forgotten Ways, has quickly become a key reference for missional thinking, particularly as it relates to movements. His book ReJesus is a radical restatement about the role that Jesus plays in defining missional movements. Untamed, his latest book (with his wife Debra) is about missional discipleship for a missional church. His experience in leadership includes leading a local church movement among the marginalized as well as heading up the Mission and Revitalization work of his denomination. Hirsch is an adjunct professor at Fuller Seminary and lectures frequently throughout Australia, Europe, and the U.S.

Forewords by Alan Hirsch and Bob Roberts Jr.

Acknowledgements

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Introduction: Why Movements Matter

1 White-Hot Faith

2 Commitment to a Cause

3 Contagious Relationships

4 Rapid Mobilization

5 Adaptive Methods

Conclusion: The Future Is Already Here

Study Guide

Appendix 1: Gospel Presentations

Appendix 2: Discovery Bible Study

Recommended Reading on Movements

Notes

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.4.2011
Verlagsort	Illinois
Sprache	englisch
Maße	139 x 210 mm
Gewicht	249 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10	0-8308-3619-5 / 0830836195
ISBN-13	978-0-8308-3619-2 / 9780830836192
Zustand	Neuware