Figures and Tables ix
About Leadership Network xi
Foreword by Alan Hirsch xiii
Preface xvii
1 The Once and Future Church 1
2 Acknowledging Self 17
3 Cultivating Community 33
4 Patterns That Honor God 51
5 Designing Around Beliefs 67
6 Releasing Communitas 79
7 Designing in Culture 95
8 Embracing Culture 113
9 A Palette of Models 125
10 Discovering Congruency 145
11 Organizing by Design 159
12 A New Way of Organizing 177
Notes 191
Acknowledgments 201
About the Authors 205
Index 207

A design-thinking book for planting or redesigning churches andincubating a new generation of leaders.
Written by Linda Bergquist and Allan Karr, two experiencedchurch planters and mentors, the book is full of wisdom, practicaladvice, and creative counsel. Instead of a business-model-as-usualapproach, the authors challenge readers to begin with the rawmaterials of beliefs, values, individuals, teams, and culture, andto then move outwards to draw from a rich palette of real andpotential church paradigms. This book is meant to provoke churchleaders to think outside of the box and to imagine how theirchurches might better reflect the image and the mission of God inthe world.
* Contains a wealth of illustrative examples, charts, and othervisual aides
* Offers a creative practical perspective and amulti-disciplinary approach to establishing a new church or leadingan existing one
* Shows how to honor a church's purpose while embracing itsunique culture
* Includes important lessons for nurturing church leadershipskills