Eddie Gibbs, LeadershipNext: Changing Leaders in a Changing Culture. InterVarsity Press, 2005. Referenced in: Missional Philosophy Missional Leadership Strategies From the Publisher Our culture is constantly changing, often faster than we can adapt to it. Christian leaders struggle not only to acquire new skills and insights but also to unlearn what they already know. As
George R. Hunsberger and Craig Van Gelder, Editors, The Church Between Gospel and Culture: The Emerging Mssion in North America. (Gospel and Our Culture Series). Eerdmans, 1996. Referenced in: Missional Philosophy LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is one of a series of volumes published by Eerdmans in association with the Gospel and Our Culture Network. As the
Darrell Guder, Editor, Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America. Eerdmans, 1998. Referenced in: Ecclesiology, Contextualized Missional Philosophy LifeandLeadership.com Summary Relative to the missional movement, this collection of essays is regarded as the book that started it all. It is another of several volumes published by Eerdmans in association
Craig Van Gelder and Dwight J. Zscheile, The Missional Church In Perspective: Mapping Trends and Shaping the Conversation (Allelon Missional Series). Baker Academic, 2011. Referenced in: Missional Philosophy LifeandLeadership.com Summary This is a thorough review of the missional movement from its inception until now. Better than any book before, it explains the common terms, the
Alan J. Roxburgh and M. Scott Boren, Introducing the Missional Church: What It Is, Why It Matters, How to Become One. Baker Books, 2009. Referenced in: Missional Philosophy Missional Communities, Convergent With Attractional Missional Leadership/Strategies by Alan Roxburgh LifeandLeadership.com Summary Alan Roxburgh is one of most significant leaders in the missional conversation through his books,
Phyllis Tickle, The Great Emergence: How Christianity is Changing and Why. Baker Books, 2008. Seqel: Tickle, Emergence Christianity Referenced in: Missional Philosophy LifeandLeadership.com Summary Tickle provides a very helpful discussion of the magnitude of the missional/emergent shift. She may overstate the case by seeing emergents as the “once every 500 years” sort of change. She
Robert E. Webber, The Younger Evangelicals: Facing the Challenges of the New World (Baker Books, 2002). Referenced in: Ecclesiologies – Comparative Generational Issues Missional Philosophy LifeandLeadership.com Summary See the essay for definitions. Webber is a comparative ecclesiology, drawing a distinction between three different eras/types of evangelicals. Summary: Webber describes three different eras/types of evangelicals. The
Robert Webber, Ancient-Future Worship: Proclaiming and Enacting God’s Narrative (Ancient-Future Series). Baker, 2008. Prequels: Ancient-Future Faith: Rethinking Evangelicalism for a Postmodern World (1999) Ancient-Future Evangelism: Making Your Church a Faith-Forming Community (2003) Ancient-Future Time: Forming Spirituality through the Christian Year (2004) Referenced in: Theology and Practice of Evangelism – Missional/Missio Dei Missional Philosophy – Recent
Robert Webber, Ancient-Future Time: Forming Spirituality through the Christian Year (Ancient-Future Series). Baker, 2004. Prequels: Ancient-Future Faith: Rethinking Evangelicalism for a Postmodern World (1999) Ancient-Future Evangelism: Making Your Church a Faith-Forming Community (2003) Sequel: Ancient-Future Worship: Proclaiming and Enacting God’s Narrative (2008) Referenced in: Theology and Practice of Evangelism – Missional/Missio Dei Missional Philosophy –
Robert Webber, Ancient Future Series, Ancient-Future Evangelism: Making Your Church a Faith-Forming Community. Baker Books, 2003. Prequel: Ancient-Future Faith: Rethinking Evangelicalism for a Postmodern World (1999) Sequels: Ancient-Future Time: Forming Spirituality through the Christian Year (2004) Ancient-Future Worship: Proclaiming and Enacting God’s Narrative (2008) Referenced in: Theology and Practice of Evangelism – Missional/Missio Dei Missional
