Alan Hirsch with Darryn Altclass, The Forgotten Ways Handbook: A Practical Guide for Developing Missional Churches. Brazos Pres, 2009.
Companion volume: Hirsch, The Forgotten Ways
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LifeandLeadership.com Summary
This builds on Hirsch’s volume, The Forgotten Ways (see summary), and presents how to translate the “Apostolic Genius” and “mDNA” into one’s own situation. It affirms these changes are in the category of Ron Heifetz’ “adaptive change,” or change that challenges people on a very deep, core level. Chapters are divided according to the six components of mDNA as described in the original volume:
- Jesus Is Lord
- Disciple Making
- Missional-Incarnational Impulse
- Apostolic Environment
- Organic Systems
- Communitas, Not Community
Those who resonate with the original volume will greatly appreciate this inspiring and practical guide.
From the Publisher
In his bestselling missional book The Forgotten Ways, internationally known missional church expert Alan Hirsch offered a vision for the future growth of the church coming about by harnessing the power of the early church. Now The Forgotten Ways Handbook moves beyond theory to practice, offering ways for any missionally minded person to apply the ideas contained in The Forgotten Ways to their life and ministry. This intensely practical handbook includes many helpful tools:
- Summary sections encapsulating the ideas contained in each chapter in a popular way;
- Suggested practices to help readers embed missional paradigms concretely;
- Adult learning-based techniques and examples from other churches and organizations that enable readers to process and assimilate the ideas in a group context.
About the Authors
Alan Hirsch is the founding director of Forge Mission Training Network and a sought-after speaker and trainer who travels the world extensively sharing his missional church experience. He is coauthor of The Shaping of Things to Come: Innovation and Mission for the 21st-Century Church.
Darryn Altclass is a practitioner with direct, current experience in initiating and developing the incarnational approach in difficult social settings in Australia.
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