Adapt to thrive
Subtitle: how your church must identify itself as a unique species, modify its dysfunctional behaviors, and multiply its transformational influence in your community
By: John Flowers and Karen Vannoy
Contributors: Vannoy, Karen
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Nashville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 141
ISBN-13: 9781426786341; 9781426773037
Subjects: Church renewal; Change; Christianity
Table of contents: title: Organizations, organisms, and Christian identity. The loss of identity, and missional drift; title: Adapt to your unique environment. Survival of the fittest ; The need for leaders ; Leaders use the power of alignment ; Not all churches are alike; title: Ten cultural adaptations for the church. Adaptation #1 : from scarcity to abundance ; Adaptation #2 : from entitlement to egalitarianism ; Adaptation #3 : from somberness to playfulness ; Adaptation #4 : from limited access to trust ; Adaptation #5 : from ignoring the neighbors to embracing the neighbors ; Adaptation #6 : from predictability to freedom ; Adaptation #7 : from marginal members to deep disciples ; Adaptation #8 : from baby steps to giant leaps ; Adaptation #9 : from suspicion to grace ; Adaptation #10 : from a generic culture to a self-defined culture; title: The culture of transformation. Churches can practice variance ; How will we know?