Conents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. From living in the Past to Engaging with the Present
2. From Market Driven to Mission Oriented
3. From Bureaucratic Hierarchies to Apostolic Networks
4. From Schooling Professionals to Mentoring Leaders
5. From Following Celebrities to Encountering Saints
6. From Dead Orhodoxy to Living Faith
7. From Attracting a Crowd to Seeking the Lost
8. From Belonging to Beieving
9. From Generic Congregations to Incarnational Communities
Notes
Index of Names
Index of Subjects

What will the church be next?
CHANGE IS NOW. Competition from nontraditional and Eastern religions join with the pressures of both modernism and postmodernism to squeeze Christianity.
While new church models have sprung up to meet these challenges, they each have strengths and limitations. Eddie Gibbs, a well-known church strategist and practitioner, candidly analyzes these models while proposing nine areas in which the church will need to transform to be biblically true to its message and its mission to the world.
With vigor and insight Gibbs shows how we can move
from living in the past to engaging the present
from being market driven to being mission oriented
from following celebrities to encountering saints
from holding dead orthodoxy to nurturing living faith
from attracting a crowd to seeking the lost
Here is a book that brings together deep understanding of the quantum shifts taking place in our culture along with concrete suggestions for implementing a proactive mission strategy.