In this provocative book, author, consultant, and church leadership developer Reggie Mc Neal debunks these and other old assumptions and provides an overall strategy to help church leaders move forward in an entirely different and much more effective way.
In The Present Future, Mc Neal identifies the six most important realities that church leaders must address including: recapturing the spirit of Christianity and replacing church growth with a wider vision of kingdom growth; developing disciples instead of church members; fostering the rise of a new apostolic leadership; focusing on spiritual formation rather than church programs; and shifting from prediction and planning to preparation for the challenges of an uncertain world.
Mc Neal contends that by changing the questions church leaders ask themselves about their congregations and their plans, they can frame the core issues and approach the future with new eyes, new purpose, and new ideas.
Also available: The Present Future DVD Collection (978-0-7879-8673-5), Reggie Mc Neal's DVD presentation of the ideas and insights featured in his best-selling book.
