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• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• leadership network titles
• about Leadership Network
• foreword
• preface
• acknowledgments
• introduction: what about this book?
• upgrading the operating system
• the change is not just coming; it is already here
• what is this book about?
• part one: global changes demand a better church
• 1 what about the world we live in?
• a single and dominant superpower
• a single, global trade language
• technological advances create a global community
• relativistic philosophy
• pagan and occult activity
• sexual promiscuity, perversion, and chemical addictions
• aslan is on the move
• 2 what about our changing culture?
• what is postmodernism?
• neither a modern nor a postmodern church
• shifting values of an emerging world
• what postmodern culture values
• conclusion
• part two: structural issues
• 3 what about the church’s mission?
• what is the missional church?
• attractional versus missional
• what is a church?
• this scares the devil into hell
• 4 what about church growth?
• what is a movement?
• the seduction of addition
• the true test of multiplicative ministry
• ten essential principles of a spontaneous multiplication movement
• roadblocks to reproduction
• beware the institutional trap
• 5 what about church models? part one
• networks
• the formation of organic church networks
• new testament church models
• transitioning models
• 6 what about church models? part two
• awakening chapel’s development
• decentralized versus centralized expressions of organic church
• advantages and disadvantages of being centralized
• advantages and disadvantages of being decentralized
• accountability in decentralized networks
• 7 what about larger gatherings?
• the natural order of social groupings
• the base unit of life: two or three people
• the leadership team: four to seven people
• the family unit: twelve to fifteen people
• the training group: twenty-five to seventy-five people
• the relational network: 100 to 150 people
• the occasional public gathering: 200–500 people
• unlimited multitudes
• following christ’s pattern
• the perils of violating these natural patterns
• part three: pragmatic concerns
• 8 what about evangelism?
• apostolic genius
• the catalyst of movements
• six qualities of a good catalyst to ignite and accelerate movements
• the six catalytic qualities in cma
• 9 what about baptism and communion?
• the genius apostle behind apostolic genius
• on baptism
• communion
• the lord’s prayer
• 10 what about kids?
• integration is better than segregation for children
• integration is better than segregation for adults
• practical ideas
• 11 what about heresy?
• what is the true threat?
• the heretics in history are often heroes in the future
• 12 what about finances?
• old testament church practices
• new testament tithing
• offerings
• new testament church finances
• awakening chapel’s example
• conclusion: what about my church?
• notes
• the author
• index
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