A design-thinking book for planting or redesigning churches and incubating a new generation of leaders. Written by Linda Bergquist and Allan Karr, two experienced church planters and mentors, the book is full of wisdom, practical advice, and creative counsel. Instead of a business-model-as-usual approach, the authors challenge readers to begin with the raw materials of beliefs, values, individuals, teams, and culture, and to then move outwards to draw from a rich palette of real and potential church paradigms. This book is meant to provoke church leaders to think outside of the box and to imagine how their churches might better reflect the image and the mission of God in the world. Contains a wealth of illustrative examples, charts, and other visual aides Offers a creative practical perspective and a multi-disciplinary approach to establishing a new church or leading an existing one Shows how to honor a church's purpose while embracing its unique culture Includes important lessons for nurturing church leadership skills

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

Figures and Tables ixAbout Leadership Network xiForeword by Alan Hirsch xiiiPreface xvii1 The Once and Future Church 12 Acknowledging Self 173 Cultivating Community 334 Patterns That Honor God 515 Designing Around Beliefs 676 Releasing Communitas 797 Designing in Culture 958 Embracing Culture 1139 A Palette of Models 12510 Discovering Congruency 14511 Organizing by Design 15912 A New Way of Organizing 177Notes 191Acknowledgments 201About the Authors 205Index 207