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Culture Shift
Transforming Your Church from the Inside Out
"Like snowflakes and fingerprints, every church’s culture is unique. Learning the art of cultural analysis and cultural formation shown in Culture Shift is indispensable for church leaders." "If you are looking for a quick fix, don’t buy this book. But if you’re looking for the secret to a faithful, thriving church, then buy out the store." "We desperately need this learn-and-listen approach to changing your world by changing your culture. The authors’ mantra of ‘it’s easier to duplicate than incarnate’ is destined to become an open sesame to new directions for churches of all sizes, and new outpourings of the Spirit." "This book is to the church world what the best corporate culture book is to the business world. It doesn’t tell you to copy the best practices from corporate America. Instead, it invites you to create your own authentic culture." "Culture Shift is exactly what happens to all healthy churches. The authors are like expert cultural geneticists. They skillfully model how to adjust the culture of your church until it births kingdom values in accordance with the Holy Spirit." "Every local church has a unique calling and a unique DNA. The leader is responsible for creating the culture that activates God’s calling and replicates apostolic DNA in the congregation. This is a must read for twenty-first century leaders." "We often need to re-language our problems in order to get better solutions. Culture Shift provides us with a vocabulary to reshape the leadership discussion. You won’t think about your congregation or your leadership challenge the same way after reading this book." "Every church I’ve seen that’s effective in reaching people has a leader who intentionally or instinctively understands what this book shows you—the importance of creating a kingdom culture. Robert Lewis and Wayne Cordeiro are the best leaders I know for changing their own church culture into one of incarnational ministry that transforms lives." "This book is an awesome tool for everyone involved in ministry. It will empower the body of Christ to look past ethnic differences and to embrace the needs of the different people that make up the modern church. It’s thoroughly enjoyable and thought provoking form cover to cover."
--John Ortberg, teaching pastor, Menlo Park Presbyterian Church, and author, If You Want to Walk on Water, You’ve Got to Get Out of the Boat, and The Life You’ve Always Wanted
--Bill Easum, president, Bandy & Associates; author, Leadership on the Other Side
--Leonard Sweet, Drew Theological School, George Fox University; author, Post-Modern Pilgrims
--Bob Buford, founder, Leadership Network; author, Finishing Well and Halftime
Kirbyjon Caldwell, senior pastor, Windsor Village United Methodist Church; coauthor, Entrepreneurial Faith
--Michael Slaughter, senior pastor, Ginghamsburg United Methodist Church; author, Spiritual Entrepreneurs
--Reggie McNeal, director of leadership development, South Carolina Baptist Convention (ww.scbbaptist.org)
--Dale Galloway, dean, Beeson Institute for Advanced Church Leadership (www.beesoninstitute.org)
--Matthew Barnett, senior pastor, Los Angeles Dream Center (www.dreamcenter.org)
Robert Lewis (Author), Wayne Cordeiro (Author), Warren Bird (With)
9780787975302, Wiley
Hardback, published 13 May 2005
256 pages
24.2 x 16.4 x 2.6 cm, 0.435 kg
Culture Shift, written for church leaders, ministers, pastors, ministry teams, and lay leaders, leads you through the process of identifying your church’s distinctive culture, gives you practical tools to change it from the inside-out, and provides steps to keep your new culture aligned with your church’s mission. Real transformation is not about working harder at what you’re already doing or even copying another church’s approach but about changing church culture at a foundational level.
About Leadership Network. Foreword (Erwin Raphael McManus). Preface. PART ONE: Awakening to Culture. 1. Why Culture Matters. 2. Your Destiny in Seed Form. 3. What You Think Is What You See. PART TWO: Birthing the Culture. 4. Totems: Identifying Your Church’s Culture. 5. How to Shift Your Church’s Culture. 6. Divine Partnership. PART THREE: Growing the Culture at New Hope O’ahu. 7. Identifying New Hope’s Totems. 8. Culture Setters. 9. Plug-and-Play Subculture vs. Authentic Culture. 10. Creating and Re-Creating Culture. PART FOUR: Growing the Culture at Fellowship Bible Church. 11. Identifying Fellowship Bible’s Totems. 12. The Power of a Disciplined Vision. 13. Learning to Spot Opportunity. 14. Courageous Adjustments to Safeguard the Values. PART FIVE: Advancing the Culture. 15. Irresistible Culture. Notes. Appendix One: Involvement and Satisfaction Survey. Appendix Two: Sample Pages from a Life Journal. Bibliography. Acknowledgments. About the Authors. Index.
Subject Areas: Religion & beliefs [HR]
