Rethinking the Church: A Challenge to Creative Redesign in an Age of Transition

by James Emery White

Publisher:

Baker

, 2003

Overview

Many leaders focus on making their ministries more efficient. But according to James Emery White, the foundational question should be, “Why do we have this ministry?” White helps pastors and lay leaders work through questions that will help them evaluate the effectiveness and purpose behind every aspect of their ministry. He gives leaders the tools they need to rethink evangelism, discipleship, ministry, worship, community, and the structure of the church. He challenges his readers to break old molds, check assumptions, and be sensitive. He uses the language and aims of “seeker-targeted” churches, but urges readers not to tie themselves to any model without understanding the individual purpose of their church. This thoroughly revised and expanded edition emphasizes how to move from rethinking to transition, pointing to the early church in the book of Acts as the ultimate example.

Product Details

• Title: Rethinking the Church: A Challenge to Creative Redesign in an Age of Transition
• Author: James Emery White
• Edition: Revised and Expanded
• Publisher: Baker
• Print Publication Date: 2003
• Logos Release Date: 2017
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Church renewal
• ISBNs: 9781493401307, 0801091659, 9780801090394, 1493401300, 9780801091650, 0801090393
• Resource ID: LLS:RTHNKNGCHRCHDTN
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T02:49:14Z

About James Emery White

James Emery White is the founding and senior pastor of Mecklenburg Community Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is also adjunct professor of theology and culture at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, where he previously served as the school's fourth president. Dr. White holds MDiv and PhD degrees from Southern Seminary, where he was awarded a Garrett Teaching Fellowship in both New Testament and theology. He has also done advanced university study at Vanderbilt University in American religious history, and continuing education at Oxford University in England. He currently serves on the Board of Reference at Union University, and as the adjunct professor of Christian Theology and Culture at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary/Charlotte. An international speaker and consultant, White is the author of over a dozen books, including such Gold Medallion nominees as Serious Times and A Search for the Spiritual, Christianity Today Book of the Year award-winner Wrestling with God, as well as The Prayer God Longs For and A Mind for God. White also served as the consulting editor as well as contributing author to The Holman Bible Handbook and The Holman Concise Bible Commentary.