Que hace falta para liderar iglesias multiculturales? Moises salio de Egipto con una multitud mixta, y los primeros seguidores de Jesus tuvieron que aprender que el Espiritu Santo los estaba llevando a cruzar los limites entre las distintas culturas de su tiempo. Esta obra se centra sobre todo en las iglesias de los Estados Unidos y la forma en que pueden ser plenamente fieles al llamado de Dios dentro de su contexto actual. Vivimos en una nacion culturalmente diversa, y casi todas nuestras ciudades y nuestros vecindarios son testigos de esa diversidad. Esta se hace evidente en los medios de...

Using stories, interviews with pastors and a look at common preconceived notions of church planting in the West, this guide brings together resources of the missional church conversation with the creativity and energy of those who are experimenting with diverse planting activities and practices across the country. Curated by a pastor and a professor, this work highlights diverse modern examples of congregations focused on reaching their communities with a missional mindset. Learn from these stories how to build a vibrant, engaging church--one that generates redemptive witness in our...

In this updated edition of Memories, Hopes, and Conversations, Mark Lau Branson outlines a process that any congregation can utilize to harness the energies of the congregation at all levels of its common life. Branson first leads readers through the foundations of Appreciative Inquiry and bracingly explores biblical texts for understanding the practice in a faith context. He then outlines and illustrates a four-step process Initiate, Inquire, Imagine, Innovate that creatively employs constructive conversations and questions to evoke storytelling and spur imaginations. Branson persuasively...

In this updated edition of Memories, Hopes, and Conversations, Mark Lau Branson outlines a process that any congregation can utilize to harness the energies of the congregation at all levels of its common life. Branson first leads readers through the foundations of Appreciative Inquiry and bracingly explores biblical texts for understanding the practice in a faith context. He then outlines and illustrates a four-step process Initiate, Inquire, Imagine, Innovate that creatively employs constructive conversations and questions to evoke storytelling and spur imaginations. Branson persuasively...

For many congregations, change creates discomfort. Pastoral leaders are often expected to be experts who manage and control realities beyond their expertise, experience, and ability. That expectation, a product of modern approaches to leadership, views the pastor as responsible for maintaining the status quo. Transforming Pastoral Leadership responds to this context by challenging readers to rediscover key biblical themes around the shepherding metaphor as well as key theological themes steeped in our historical faith narratives. Readers are challenged to consider the origins of our dominant...