TY - BOOK AU - Minatrea,Milfred TI - Shaped by God's heart: the passion and practices of missional churches SN - 0787971111 AV - BV 601.8.M57 2004 BV 601.8.M57 2004 U1 - 253 22 PY - 2004/// CY - San Francisco, CA PB - Jossey-Bass KW - Mission of the church N1 - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/wiley047/2004006648.htmlhttp://www.loc.gov/ca- tdir/description/wiley041/2004006648.htmlhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0- 416/2004006648.html Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-202). From maintenance to missional : the church in a world of change -- Be church and be changed : how missional churches live their passion -- The nine essential practices of missional churches -- Missional practice #1 : have a high threshold for membership -- Missional practice #2 : be real, not real religious -- Missional practice #3 : teach to obey rather than to know -- Missional practice #4 : rewrite worship every week -- Missional practice #5 : live apostolically -- Missional practice #6: expect to change the world -- Missional practice #7 : order actions according to their purpose -- Missional practice #8: measure growth by capacity to release, not retain -- Missional practice #9 : value sectarian accomplishments but value kingdom more -- Structures and strategies for becoming missional -- They run rapids in rubber rafts : church structures that can survive the rapids of cultural change -- Seeing beyond the horizon : new leaders for new times -- Moving to missional : becoming a new kind of church. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/wiley047/2004006648.htmlhttp://www.loc.gov/ca- tdir/description/wiley041/2004006648.htmlhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0- 416/2004006648.html; http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/wiley047/2004006648.htmlhttp://www.loc.gov/ca- tdir/description/wiley041/2004006648.htmlhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0- 416/2004006648.html Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-202). From maintenance to missional : the church in a world of change -- Be church and be changed : how missional churches live their passion -- The nine essential practices of missional churches -- Missional practice #1 : have a high threshold for membership -- Missional practice #2 : be real, not real religious -- Missional practice #3 : teach to obey rather than to know -- Missional practice #4 : rewrite worship every week -- Missional practice #5 : live apostolically -- Missional practice #6: expect to change the world -- Missional practice #7 : order actions according to their purpose -- Missional practice #8: measure growth by capacity to release, not retain -- Missional practice #9 : value sectarian accomplishments but value kingdom more -- Structures and strategies for becoming missional -- They run rapids in rubber rafts : church structures that can survive the rapids of cultural change -- Seeing beyond the horizon : new leaders for new times -- Moving to missional : becoming a new kind of church. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/wiley047/2004006648.htmlhttp://www.loc.gov/ca- tdir/description/wiley041/2004006648.htmlhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0- 416/2004006648.html ER -