Shifting Our Thinking - Part 3

Continuing on through the three shifts highlighted in the book Missional Renaissance by Reggie McNeal, I am up to the second shift, from program development to people development. This shift seems very subtle at first glance, but once you fully grasp this concept you will see that this is a monumental shift in current church thinking and actions. "The key idea is moving away from a program-driven church culture... [where] the church takes its measure from the quality of its programs rather than the quality of its people... In the program-driven church, you begin with programs and look for people to make them happen. In a people development-driven culture, you begin with people and then use established programs or whatever else it takes to help them grow."

Shifting Our Thinking - Part 2

Last time I introduced the subject covered in the book Missional Renaissance by Reggie McNeal. I highlighted the 3 shifts that he says people and churches are going to make if they are going to join the missional movement that is spreading across the world. This time I want to introduce the first shift: from an internal to an external ministry focus.

Shifting Our Thinking - Part 1

I've been reading a book by Reggie McNeal called Missional Renaissance that is absolutely awesome! I would love to claim that he plagiarized me, but most of what he has published I never wrote down, it just kept swirling around in my head. As my kids used to say, maybe he has E-S-P-N. Anyway, I'm not very far along in the book, but he addresses a few issues that really struck a chord with me and I wanted to pass them along to you. My apologies to Reggie if I use so many quotes that you decide not to read the book for yourselves.