The externally focused quest: becoming the best church for the community

The Externally Focused Quest: Becoming the Best Church for the Community willhelp readers understand the ten changes necessary to becoming externally focused. The changes are not about changes in degree but changes in kind that affect the very idea of what it means to be church. This book is not about gettingall churches to have an annual day of community service as a tactic but changing the core of who they are and how they see themselves. This is not about 40days of purpose but more like 40 years of re-purposing. It is a highly practical approach that shows readers the major shifts that are needed to become externally focused.Eric Swanson (Louisville, CO) and Rick Rusaw (Longmont, CO) are co-authors ofThe Externally Focused Church and Living a Life on Loan and frequently speak at externally focused church seminars and conferences. Eric has several published articles in Leadership Journal, Rev, Outreach, and elsewhere on churches that are transforming communities. In the past four years he has led nearly 70 churches in six different Leadership Communities for Externally Focused Churches with Leadership Network. Eric is also co-director, with Reggie McNeal, of Leadership Network's Missional Renaissance Leadership Community. Rick Rusaw (Longmont, CO) is the senior pastor at LifeBridge Christian Church and an innovative leader, speaker, author and trainer. With Eric he is the co-founder of theExternally Focused Network.

• ISBN: 978-0-470-50078-1
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 272
• Fecha Publicación: 26/04/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés