The externally focused quest
Subtitle: becoming the best church for the community
By: Eric Swanson and Rick Rusaw.
Contributors: Rusaw, Rick, 1959-
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Leadership network titles
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2010
Place of publication: San Francisco, CA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780470500781
Subjects: Communities -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Mission of the church; Church growth
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / by Alan Hirsch; title: What kind of day is today?; title: Focus : they choose the window seat, not the aisle seat; title: Purpose : they practice weight training, not bodybuilding; title: Story : they-live-in-the-Kingdom story, not a church story; title: Missions : the few send the many, not the many send the few; title: Partnering : they build wells, not walls; title: Systems : they create paradigms, not programs; title: Evangelism : they deploy Kingdom laborers, not social workers; title: Creativity : they innovate, not replicate; title: Outcomes : it's about the game, not the pregame talk.