Church Unique: How Missional Leaders Cast Vision, Capture Culture, and Create Movement

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John Wiley & Sons, Jun 15, 2010 - Religion - 304 pages
Written by church consultant Will Mancini expert on a new kind of visioning process to help churches develop a stunningly unique model of ministry that leads to redemptive movement. He guides churches away from an internal focus to emphasize participation in their community and surrounding culture. In this important book, Mancini offers an approach for rethinking what it means to lead with clarity as a visionary. Mancini explains that each church has a culture that reflects its particular values, thoughts, attitudes, and actions and shows how church leaders can unlock their church's individual DNA and unleash their congregation's one-of-a-kind potential.
 

Contents

PART
xxvi
Obscuring the Essence
17
Caging the Kingdom
27
How Churches Adapt
40
Why Believe in Vision Today? 6 Clarity PreEvangelism Softening Your Heart for Clarity 51
51
The Ultimate
69
7 Disciplines of Extraordinary Spiritual Leaders
74
Learning from Vision Legacies
75
Strategy as Missional Map
136
Measures as Missional Life Marks
151
Preparing for a Vision Lifestyle
164
Articulating Vision Proper
178
From Articulation
197
The Secret of Attunement
207
Delivering Vision Daily
215
Parting Thoughts
234

Leading Congregational Change Workbook by James H Furr Mike
77
How to Ascertain Vision
83
Navigating Your Discovery Process
99
Defining Your Vision Frame
111
Mission as Missional Mandate
119
Values as Missional Motives
128
Appendix A Logos and Strategy Icon Examples
237
Appendix B Vision Path Examples
243
Transforming Your Church from the Inside Out
247
Bibliography
255
About the Author
261
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WILL MANCINI, a former pastor, is the founder of Auxano, a national consulting group that works with traditional and emerging churches and ministries of all types around the country. Their mission is to navigate leaders through growth challenges with vision clarity (auxano.com).

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