Participant's Guide to the DVD Collection for the Present Future: Six Tough Questions for the Church

ISBN-13: 9780787991708 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 48 str.

Reggie McNeal

Opis

In this accompanying Participant's Guide to The Present Future DVD Collection, best-selling author Reggie McNeal offers a hands-on workbook for church leaders to use throughout the DVD sessions and their own church development. The Participant's Guide includes the following: A brief introduction to the main issues the DVDs address, to help orient you to the questions and challenges it raises. -Conversation Starters, - questions designed to spark thinking and insight (as well as conversations with your fellow participants) as you ponder your responses to viewing the DVD sessions. Questions that you may consider between sessions. *The Present Future DVD Collection: Six Tough Questions for the Church by Reggie McNeal contains 1 copy of the Participant's Guide.

Spis treści

Preparing for the Future!

Introduction to the DVD Curriculum: What Are You Looking At?

New Reality Number One: Generational Cultures and the Collapse of the Church Culture.

New Reality Number Two: The Shift from Church Growth to Kingdom Growth.

New Reality Number Three: A New Reformation: Releasing God s People.

New Reality Number Four: The Return to Spiritual Formation.

New Reality Number Five: The Shift from Planning to Preparation.

New Reality Number Six: The Rise of Apostolic Leadership.

What s Next?

The Author.

O autorze

Reggie McNealis the director of leadership development at the South Carolina Baptist Convention. His past experience involves twenty years in local church leadership, ten years in various staff roles, and ten years as a founding pastor of a new church. Reggie has lectured or served as adjunct faculty for multiple seminaries, including Southwestern Baptist (Ft. Worth, TX), Golden Gate Baptist (San Francisco, CA), Fuller Theological (Pasadena, CA), Trinity Divinity School (Deerfield, IL), and Columbia International (Columbia, SC).
In addition, Reggie has served as a consultant to local church, denomination, and para–church leadership teams, and as a seminar developer and presenter for thousands of church leaders across North America. He has also provided resources to the United States Army Chief of Chaplains Office, Air Force chaplains, and the Air Force Education and Training Command. Reggie s work also extends to the business sector, including The Gallup Organization.
Reggie has contributed to numerous denominational publications and church leadership journals, including Leadership and Net Results. His books include Revolution in Leadership (Abingdon Press, 1998), A Work of Heart: Understanding How God Shapes Spiritual Leaders (Jossey–Bass, 2000), The Present Future: Six Tough Questions for the Church (Jossey–Bass, 2003), and Practicing Greatness: Seven Disciplines of Extraordinary Spiritual Leaders (Jossey–Bass, 2006).
Reggie s education includes a B.A. degree from the University of South Carolina and the M.Div. and Ph.D. degrees, both from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Blurb

Join Reggie McNeal in person in this lively video presentation, based on his best–selling book, The Present Future: Six Tough Questions for the Church. In the ten sessions on the four DVDs, you′ll accompany Reggie and his studio audience as they explore the new realities of being and doing church in North America, realities that challenge models of church growth, acknowledge generational shifts, and provide stimulating new ways of thinking about the missional possibilities of the church about YOUR church.

The Participant′s Guide includes the following:

• A brief introduction to the main issues the DVDs address, to help orient you to the questions and challenges it raises.
• "Conversation Starters," questions designed to spark thinking and insight (as well as conversations with your fellow participants) as you ponder your responses to viewing the DVD sessions.
• Questions that you may consider between sessions.