Authors Dave and Jon Ferguson communicate a simple strategy that will engage millions of Christ followers and challenge every church leader to become a reproducing follower and leader. Exponential lays out a brief but solid theology for a reproducing strategy, giving practical “how-to’s” for reproducing Christ followers, leaders, artists, groups/teams, venues, sites, churches, and networks of churches. Weaved throughout this book is the amazing story of Community Christian Church, which was started by five friends who used the reproducing strategies found in Exponential to grow one of the most influential churches in the U.S. and develop a network of reproducing churches. Many of today’s Christians consider the missional challenge of Jesus—feed the hungry, comfort the lonely, bring people to God’s Word—as inspirational but not something that’s achievable. Or, they’ve heard the challenge of Jesus and are frustrated with how little they’ve done. Jesus gave his followers this mission because he wants them to hear it, be inspired, and then actually do it … Exponential will show them how. Exponential is the anchor book in the Exponential Series.

Exponential: How You and Your Friends Can Start a Missional Church Movement (Exponential Series)

Religion & Spirituality

Ferguson, Dave

Ferguson, Jon

Christian Books & Bibles

Zondervan

The church is on the verge of massive, category shifting, change. Contemporary church growth, despite its many blessings, has failed to stem the decline of Christianity in the West. We are now facing the fact that more of the same will not produce different results. Our times require a different kind of church―an apostolic, reproducing, movement where every person is living a mission-sent life.Many of the best and brightest leaders in the contemporary church are now making the shift in the way they think, lead, and organize. Motivated partly by a vision of the church as ancient as it is new, and with a driving desire to see Biblical Christianity establish itself in Western cultural contexts, we are indeed seeing a new form of the church emerge in our day. Hirsch and Ferguson call this “apostolic movement” because it is more resonant with the form of church that we witness in the pages of the New Testament and in the great missional movements of history. In this book, Hirsch and Ferguson share a rich array of theology, theory, and best practices, along with inspiring stories about leaders who have rightly diagnosed their churches’ failure to embrace a biblical model of mission and have moved toward a fuller expression of the gospel. On the Verge will help church leaders discover how these forerunners and their insights are launching a new apostolic movement―and how any church can get involved.

On the Verge: A Journey Into the Apostolic Future of the Church (Exponential Series)

Politics & Social Sciences

Hirsch, Alan

Sociology

How can you fulfill your calling as a ministry leader and help your church experience vitality? Learn from those who have gone before you.The Leadership Network Innovation Series Pack presents case studies and insights from leading practitioners and pioneering churches that are successfully navigating the ever-changing streams of spiritual renewal in modern society. Each book offers real stories about real leaders in real churches doing real ministry. Readers gain honest and thorough analyses, transferable principles, and clear guidance on how to put proven ideas to work in their individual setting. This value pack includes all 16 volumes in the Leadership Network Innovation Series.

Leadership Network Innovation Series Pack: Complete 16-Volume Set

Driscoll, Mark

Bird, Warren

Browning, Dave

Osborne, Larry

Harney, Kevin G.

Bishop, John

Pope, Randy

Rizzo, Dino

Beshore, Laurie

McBean, Teresa J.

Surratt, Geoff

Ligon, Greg

DeYmaz, Mark

Swanson, Elizabeth A.

Li, Harry

Gibbons,Dave

Sheppard, Jim

Willard, Chris

Bramlett, Eric

Everybody wants to be a hero, but few understand the power of being a hero maker.
In Hero Maker you will learn how to bring real change to your church and community by developing the practical skills to help others reach their leadership potential.
Drawing on five powerful practices found in the ministry of Jesus, Hero Maker presents the key steps of apprenticeship that will build up other leaders and provides strategies for how you can activate gifts, help others take ownership, and develop a simple scorecard for measuring your kingdom-building progress.
Besides rich insights from the Gospels, Hero Maker is packed with real-life ministry stories ranging from paid staff to volunteer leaders and from established churches to new church plants. A practical tool accompanies each of the five practices, with several illustrations for how to use it.
Whether you lead ten people or ten thousand, Hero Maker will not only help you maximize your leadership, but in doing so you will also help shift today's church culture to a model of reproduction and multiplication. Authors Dave Ferguson (a Chicago pastor and church planter) and Warren Bird (an award-winning writer) make a compelling case that God's power and purpose are best revealed when we train and release others, who in turn do likewise.
Become that rare breed of leader who brings change into our world by sacrificially investing in others who become the heroes. By becoming a hero maker, you will join a movement of influencers that are impacting hundreds, thousands and perhaps millions of people around the world.

Hero Maker: Five Essential Practices for Leaders to Multiply Leaders (Exponential Series)

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

Everybody wants to be a hero, but few understand the power of being a hero maker. In Hero Maker you will learn how to bring real change to your church and community by developing the practical skills to help others reach their leadership potential. Drawing on five powerful practices found in the ministry of Jesus, Hero Maker presents the key steps of apprenticeship that will build up other leaders and provides strategies for how you can activate gifts, help others take ownership, and develop a simple scorecard for measuring your kingdom-building progress. Besides rich insights from the Gospels, Hero Maker is packed with real-life ministry stories ranging from paid staff to volunteer leaders and from established churches to new church plants. A practical tool accompanies each of the five practices, with several illustrations for how to use it. Whether you lead ten people or ten thousand, Hero Maker will not only help you maximize your leadership, but in doing so you will also help shift today's church culture to a model of reproduction and multiplication. Authors Dave Ferguson (a Chicago pastor and church planter) and Warren Bird (an award-winning writer) make a compelling case that God's power and purpose are best revealed when we train and release others, who in turn do likewise. Become that rare breed of leader who brings change into our world by sacrificially investing in others who become the heroes. By becoming a hero maker, you will join a movement of influencers that are impacting hundreds, thousands and perhaps millions of people around the world.

We all have regrets. Many of them come from our attempts to fulfill unmet longings. The problem is many of us get stuck in in an endless cycle of longing and regret, unable to move forward. In this guide, Dave and Jon Ferguson want to help people recognize specific regrets, release them to God, and learn to see regrets as an opportunity to start over. There are three types of regret:

Starting Over Participants Guide

Big Idea Resources

Spoiler alert: Talking about Jesus is awkward. We love to share good news with the world. We tweet about a great new restaurant, we share pictures of our newborn child and we celebrate about receiving that sought-after promotion. We are evangelists for many great things. So why don't we do the same with Jesus? It's not hard to see that we bring our own anxieties and awkwardness into every evangelistic conversation. Not to mention the often vast differences between our experiences of God and religion and those of the people around us. And then there's the inner awkwardness of our conversation partners, who are actively contending, even unconsciously, with the work of the Holy Spirit in their lives. Evangelism is awkward, yes. But on the other side of that awkwardness is something amazing: transformed lives, healed relationships, new vision, eternal life. After spending years working with college students and churchgoers, Beau Crosetto hasn't solved the problem of awkwardness in evangelism. But he's learned how to push through it and how we can set ourselves and those we love at ease as we enter into conversations of eternal consequence. Read this book and move beyond awkward into the most awesome privilege of God's people: proclaiming the good news of Jesus Christ.

Beyond Awkward: When Talking About Jesus Is Outside Your Comfort Zone (Forge Partnership Books)

Self-Help

Crosetto, Beau

Relationships

God's mission needs movement leaders. Jesus pioneered something completely new in human history―a dynamic missionary movement intent on reaching the world. His mission is as clear and as relevant today as in the days of the early church: to make disciples everywhere, baptizing them and teaching them to obey everything Jesus has commanded. But the potential of the church remains untapped. What does it take to lead movements that successfully carry out this mission? In Pioneering Movements, Steve Addison identifies what it takes to follow Jesus' example. Building on his previous books Movements That Change the World and What Jesus Started, he reveals the apostolic qualities and behaviors of biblical, historical, and contemporary pioneers who can guide church and ministry leaders today. This is a book for those who are called to embrace the mission-driven work that Jesus and his disciples began―making disciples of all nations, in all places.

Pioneering Movements: Leadership That Multiplies Disciples and Churches

Addison, Steve

Tremadog: Climbers' Club Guide

Arton, Jones Iwan

Littlejohn, Pat

Sports & Outdoors

Climbers' Club

Creador de Héroes&nbsp;de los autores Dave Ferguson y Warren Bird, comparte una visión completa del liderazgo, mostrando que más allá anhelar ser héroe (líder), es importante tener una mentalidad de multiplicación y desarrollo, es decir lograr crecimiento y progreso en conjunto con los demás. Es un libro de gran utilidad en el que los autores no solo ofrecen la información al lector, sino que también lo guían paso a paso para convertirse en un creador de héroes. Es una herramienta crucial para personas que deseen hacer suya la misión de ayudar a los demás a desarrollarse y para aquellos en la búsqueda de llevar un liderazgo efectivo. Incluye: <ul> <li>Contenido de liderazgo y religión.</li> <li>Tablas, diagramas, preguntas de discusión, consejos prácticos, anécdotas.</li> <li>Ideal para líderes religiosos e incluso no religiosos que buscan ampliar su conocimiento, crecimiento y cambiar al mundo convirtiéndose en creadores de líderes.</li> <li>Citas Bíblicas: la Nueva Versión Internacional (NVI)</li> </ul> Hero Maker Hero Maker&nbsp;by authors Dave Ferguson and Warren Bird, shares a complete vision of leadership, showing that beyond yearning to be a hero (leader), it is important to have a multiplication and development mindset, that is, to achieve growth and progress together with the others. It is an especially useful book in which the authors not only offer the information to the readers, but also guides them step by step to become a hero maker. It is a crucial tool for individuals wishing to grow the mission of helping others in them and for those seeking effective leadership. It includes: <ul> <li>Leadership and religion content.</li> <li>Tables, diagrams, discussion questions, practical tips, anecdotes.</li> <li>Ideal for religious and even non-religious leaders seeking to broaden their knowledge, growth, and change the world by becoming leader-makers.</li> <li>Biblical quotes: The New International Version (NIV).</li> </ul>

Creador de héroes: Cinco prácticas esenciales para la formación de líderes (Exponential Series) (Spanish Edition)

Vida

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