The Art of Neighboring
Building Genuine Relationships Right Outside Your Door
What if Jesus meant that we should love our actual neighbors?
When Jesus was asked to sum up everything into one command, he said to love God with everything we have and to love our neighbors as ourselves. Most of us have turned this simple idea of loving our neighbors into a nice saying, putting it on bumper stickers and refrigerator magnets and then going on with our lives without actually putting it into practice.
What would happen if every follower of Jesus took the Great Commandment literally? Is it possible that the solution to our society's biggest issues has been right under our noses for the past two thousand years?
"Building relationships with our neighbors leads to better communities, better cities, and ultimately . . . a better world. I encourage you to read this book and to step outside your front door and start making a difference."--Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The One Minute Manager and Lead Like Jesus
"Our church spent a month studying and applying the principles found in The Art of Neighboring. It's simple yet powerful. I love this book and the impact it's had on our church."--John Ortberg, senior pastor of Menlo Park Presbyterian Church
"At the end of the day, community transformation is all about strategic neighboring. The Art of Neighboring is a great book and a useful tool that will help you engage your neighborhood in a meaningful way."--Bob Lupton, author of Toxic Charity
"The Art of Neighboring is a tool that is helping government and faith-based leaders work together to serve their communities."--Reggie McNeal, missional leadership specialist for Leadership Network
"Jay and Dave hold readers accountable to live out the Great Commandment in literal and creative ways. The Art of Neighboring is a unique and necessary addition to any serious Christian's missional library."--Ed Stetzer, author of The Subversive Kingdom
"Thought-provoking yet practical. The truths in the book have the potential to transform not only your life but also your entire community."--Margaret Feinberg, author of Scouting the Divine and The Sacred Echo
"The Art of Neighboring has united many of the churches in Duluth and has helped us to launch a neighboring movement. I'm excited about the influence it is having in my city and its potential to impact other cities around the country."--Don Ness, mayor of Duluth, Minnesota
"The Art of Neighboring is at the forefront of a national movement to renew local communities. This book reminds us all of the value of pursuing relationships with the people who live around us."--John McKnight, co-director of the Asset Based Community Development Institute, Northwestern University
Building Genuine Relationships Right Outside Your Door
What if Jesus meant that we should love our actual neighbors?
When Jesus was asked to sum up everything into one command, he said to love God with everything we have and to love our neighbors as ourselves. Most of us have turned this simple idea of loving our neighbors into a nice saying, putting it on bumper stickers and refrigerator magnets and then going on with our lives without actually putting it into practice.
What would happen if every follower of Jesus took the Great Commandment literally? Is it possible that the solution to our society's biggest issues has been right under our noses for the past two thousand years?
"Building relationships with our neighbors leads to better communities, better cities, and ultimately . . . a better world. I encourage you to read this book and to step outside your front door and start making a difference."--Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The One Minute Manager and Lead Like Jesus
"Our church spent a month studying and applying the principles found in The Art of Neighboring. It's simple yet powerful. I love this book and the impact it's had on our church."--John Ortberg, senior pastor of Menlo Park Presbyterian Church
"At the end of the day, community transformation is all about strategic neighboring. The Art of Neighboring is a great book and a useful tool that will help you engage your neighborhood in a meaningful way."--Bob Lupton, author of Toxic Charity
"The Art of Neighboring is a tool that is helping government and faith-based leaders work together to serve their communities."--Reggie McNeal, missional leadership specialist for Leadership Network
"Jay and Dave hold readers accountable to live out the Great Commandment in literal and creative ways. The Art of Neighboring is a unique and necessary addition to any serious Christian's missional library."--Ed Stetzer, author of The Subversive Kingdom
"Thought-provoking yet practical. The truths in the book have the potential to transform not only your life but also your entire community."--Margaret Feinberg, author of Scouting the Divine and The Sacred Echo
"The Art of Neighboring has united many of the churches in Duluth and has helped us to launch a neighboring movement. I'm excited about the influence it is having in my city and its potential to impact other cities around the country."--Don Ness, mayor of Duluth, Minnesota
"The Art of Neighboring is at the forefront of a national movement to renew local communities. This book reminds us all of the value of pursuing relationships with the people who live around us."--John McKnight, co-director of the Asset Based Community Development Institute, Northwestern University
The Mobilization Flywheel
Creating a Culture of Biblical Mobilization
by Larry Walkemeyer and Todd Wilson
The Mobilization Flywheel contains a powerful new framework which every Christian and church needs to implement in their lives and ministries. Larry Walkemeyer and Todd Wilson reveal the kind of church that will empower believers to become everyday missionaries where they live, work, and play.
The authors describe how every believer can life a fully mobilized life as they serve in the sweet spot of their calling. They assert that most believers can start gatherings, and many of these gatherings can become new churches.
Today churches want to make a greater kingdom impact. Believers are longing to live out their kingdom calling. Our culture is waiting for new expressions of the church. This resource offers a model for moving forward, a model which can create ever-increasing momentum for the multiplication of the church. It's call the mobilization flywheel.
Creating a Culture of Biblical Mobilization
by Larry Walkemeyer and Todd Wilson
The Mobilization Flywheel contains a powerful new framework which every Christian and church needs to implement in their lives and ministries. Larry Walkemeyer and Todd Wilson reveal the kind of church that will empower believers to become everyday missionaries where they live, work, and play.
The authors describe how every believer can life a fully mobilized life as they serve in the sweet spot of their calling. They assert that most believers can start gatherings, and many of these gatherings can become new churches.
Today churches want to make a greater kingdom impact. Believers are longing to live out their kingdom calling. Our culture is waiting for new expressions of the church. This resource offers a model for moving forward, a model which can create ever-increasing momentum for the multiplication of the church. It's call the mobilization flywheel.
People to be Loved
Why Homosexuality Is Not Just an Issue
by Preston Sprinkle
Christians who are confused by the homosexuality debate raging in the US are looking for resources that are based solidly on a deep study of what Scripture says about the issue. In People to Be Loved, Preston Sprinkle challenges those on all sides of the debate to consider what the Bible says and how we should approach the topic of homosexuality in light of it.
In a manner that appeals to a scholarly and lay-audience alike, Preston takes on difficult questions such as how should the church treat people struggling with same-sex attraction? Is same-sex attraction a product of biological or societal factors or both? How should the church think about larger cultural issues, such as gay marriage, gay pride, and whether intolerance over LGBT amounts to racism? How (or if) Christians should do business with LGBT persons and supportive companies?
Simply saying that the Bible condemns homosexuality is not accurate, nor is it enough to end the debate. Those holding a traditional view still struggle to reconcile the Bible’s prohibition of same-sex attraction with the message of radical, unconditional grace.
This book meets that need.
Why Homosexuality Is Not Just an Issue
by Preston Sprinkle
Christians who are confused by the homosexuality debate raging in the US are looking for resources that are based solidly on a deep study of what Scripture says about the issue. In People to Be Loved, Preston Sprinkle challenges those on all sides of the debate to consider what the Bible says and how we should approach the topic of homosexuality in light of it.
In a manner that appeals to a scholarly and lay-audience alike, Preston takes on difficult questions such as how should the church treat people struggling with same-sex attraction? Is same-sex attraction a product of biological or societal factors or both? How should the church think about larger cultural issues, such as gay marriage, gay pride, and whether intolerance over LGBT amounts to racism? How (or if) Christians should do business with LGBT persons and supportive companies?
Simply saying that the Bible condemns homosexuality is not accurate, nor is it enough to end the debate. Those holding a traditional view still struggle to reconcile the Bible’s prohibition of same-sex attraction with the message of radical, unconditional grace.
This book meets that need.
Recalibrate Your Church
How Your Church Can Reach Its Full Kingdom Impact
by Troy Jones
Recalibrate Your Church is not about church growth, fancy programs, or parroting some novel approach to doing church that you saw online. This book doesn’t provide quick, silver bullet answers. Instead, it helps you confront the status quo in your congregation, infuse your church with a new cultural DNA, and then courageously lead it into a far more effective future.
How Your Church Can Reach Its Full Kingdom Impact
by Troy Jones
Recalibrate Your Church is not about church growth, fancy programs, or parroting some novel approach to doing church that you saw online. This book doesn’t provide quick, silver bullet answers. Instead, it helps you confront the status quo in your congregation, infuse your church with a new cultural DNA, and then courageously lead it into a far more effective future.
You Are What You Love
The Spiritual Power of Habit
by James K. A. Smith
You are what you love. But you might not love what you think.
In this book, award-winning author James K. A. Smith shows that who and what we worship fundamentally shape our hearts. And while we desire to shape culture, we are not often aware of how culture shapes us. We might not realize the ways our hearts are being taught to love rival gods instead of the One for whom we were made. Smith helps readers recognize the formative power of culture and the transformative possibilities of Christian practices. He explains that worship is the "imagination station" that incubates our loves and longings so that our cultural endeavors are indexed toward God and his kingdom. This is why the church and worshiping in a local community of believers should be the hub and heart of Christian formation and discipleship.
The Spiritual Power of Habit
by James K. A. Smith
You are what you love. But you might not love what you think.
In this book, award-winning author James K. A. Smith shows that who and what we worship fundamentally shape our hearts. And while we desire to shape culture, we are not often aware of how culture shapes us. We might not realize the ways our hearts are being taught to love rival gods instead of the One for whom we were made. Smith helps readers recognize the formative power of culture and the transformative possibilities of Christian practices. He explains that worship is the "imagination station" that incubates our loves and longings so that our cultural endeavors are indexed toward God and his kingdom. This is why the church and worshiping in a local community of believers should be the hub and heart of Christian formation and discipleship.
The Organic Church:
A New Hope for the Church in the West
by Tom Johnston and Mike Chong Perkinson.
The Church in the West is in trouble- but the Church of Jesus Christ as depicted in the New Testament Scriptures is not! We notice all around us that the Church in the West is in rapid decline, with a shrinking percentage of the population identifying themselves as "Christians." Yet around the world, the revolutionary movement of Jesus continues to expand at an amazing rate. So we know there is yet hope for the Western Church, but much must change to see that hope realized in the lives of people - and.
A New Hope for the Church in the West
by Tom Johnston and Mike Chong Perkinson.
The Church in the West is in trouble- but the Church of Jesus Christ as depicted in the New Testament Scriptures is not! We notice all around us that the Church in the West is in rapid decline, with a shrinking percentage of the population identifying themselves as "Christians." Yet around the world, the revolutionary movement of Jesus continues to expand at an amazing rate. So we know there is yet hope for the Western Church, but much must change to see that hope realized in the lives of people - and.