Title: Bursting the bubble : rethinking conventional wisdom about church leadership /
Authors: Dick, Dan R.
Publisher: Abingdon Press,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Christian leadership.
Contents: Introduction: Could everything we know be wrong? -- Section I: Getting with the times -- Lacking a sense of history -- Boomer boo-boo : the problem with generational theory -- Postmodernism : the day after tomorrow yesterday -- Critics, critics everywhere, but not a thought to think -- Section II: Mine is bigger than yours -- Megachurch megamyths -- The pastor : direct line to the man (person) upstairs -- How low can you go? (expectations, that is) -- Cloning Pastor Happy -- Mortgaging the mission -- Section III: Getting the Word out -- The medium is the message -- Vampire Christianity -- Faith shoving : the new evangelism -- Überfaith versus interfaith -- Section IV: Missing the point -- Emergent detergent -- Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue -- Conclusiion: Getting over ourselves.