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Off-Road Disciplines
Spiritual Adventures of Missional Leaders
"This is one of the most exciting books I have read in years. It shifts our focus from doing church to being church and promises to be a standard reference in all future discussions of missional leadership." "If you are trying to figure out what is going on in contemporary culture, you've got to read Off-Road Disciplines. Creps not only knows what is going on today, he teaches us how to engage today's people as well. The chapter on "reverse mentoring" is worth the price of the book. No one can be effective in ministry today without the skills and attitudes associated with listening and conversation. Off-Road Disciplines gives us the map and points us in the right direction." "No matter how hard the leadership industry tries to refine the key ingredient in effectiveness, a transformed leader is always the precursor to a transformed church or organization. Because Earl Creps actually listens to the hearts of emerging leaders, he has discovered spiritual pathways that are being more traveled these days. Here's a leadership book that actually believes substance trumps style!" "Earl Creps has written a deeply personal and challenging book—one that caused me to think about my own spiritual journey. Too many of us have made spiritual formation a series of activities and programs; Earl takes us off the map of common practice and into the places where the Spirit is at work. It reminds us that true spiritual formation pervades our lives and the ministries we serve, providing a helpful balance of being and doing. It will be a great encouragement to all who read it."
—Leonard Sweet, Drew University, George Fox University; author, Out of theQuestion . . . Into the Mystery: Getting Lost in the GodLife Relationship
—Todd Hunter, national director, Alpha USA, former national director, Vineyard USA
—Byron D. Klaus, president, Assemblies of God Theological Seminary
—Ed Stetzer, author, Breaking the Missional Code
Earl Creps (Author), Dan Kimball (Foreword by)
9780787985202, Wiley
Hardback, published 3 October 2006
240 pages
23.1 x 15.5 x 2.3 cm, 0.272 kg
In Off-Road Disciplines, Earl Creps reveals that the on-road practices of prayer and Bible reading should be bolstered by the other kinds of encounters with God that occur unexpectedly—complete with the bumps and bruises that happen when you go “off-road.” Becoming an off-road leader requires the cultivation of certain spiritual disciplines that allow the presence of the Holy Spirit to arrange your interior life. Earl Creps explores twelve central spiritual disciplines—six personal and six organizational—that Christian leaders of all ages and denominations need if they are to change themselves and their churches to reach out to the culture around them.
About Leadership Network ix Foreword xi Introduction: Off-Road Disciplines xiii Part One: Personal Disciplines 1. Death: The Discipline of Personal Transformation 3 2. Truth: The Discipline of Sacred Realism 15 3. Perspective: The Discipline of POV 27 4. Learning: The Discipline of Reverse Mentoring 41 5. Witness: The Discipline of Spiritual Friendship 55 6. Humility: The Discipline of Decreasing 71 Part Two: Organizational Disciplines 7. Assessment: The Discipline of Missional Efficiency 87 8. Harmony: The Discipline of Blending Differences 99 9. Reflection: The Discipline of Discernment 123 10. Opportunity: The Discipline of Making Room 139 11. Sacrifice: The Discipline of Surrendering 157 Preferences 12. Legacy: The Discipline of Passing the Baton 173 Epilogue: Three Coffee Houses 185 Notes 187 Acknowledgments 203 The Author 205 Index 207
Subject Areas: Religion & beliefs [HR]
