Woodward, J. R.,  1963- <br/><br/>
Creating a missional culture  equipping the church for the sake of the world /  [electronic resource] : 
JR Woodward. 
 - Downers Grove, IL :  IVP Books,  c2012. 
 - 1 online resource (256 p.) 
 - Praxis .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-256). 
<br/><br/>Power of culture -- What is missional culture and why does it matter? -- How culture works -- What's going on in the culture of the church you serve? -- Polycentric leadership and missional culture -- Leadership imagination that shapes missional culture -- Facing today's challenges -- Hearing the story -- Deepening theological roots -- Embracing emotional health -- Relinquishing the need to control -- Five culture creators -- Jesus the archetypical culture creator -- Apostles: dream awakeners -- Prophets: heart revealers -- Evangelists: story tellers -- Pastors: soul healers -- Teachers: light givers -- Embodying a missional culture -- Cultural web and the neighborhood church -- Cultivating missional environments -- Cultivating an equipping ethos -- Polycentric leadership at work -- Equippers and their roles -- Equipper candidate reference form -- Equipper candidate interview. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781461937517 (electronic bk.) 1461937515 (electronic bk.) 0830866795 (electronic bk.) 9780830866793 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Church.<br/>Church renewal.<br/>Mission of the church.<br/>Missional church movement.<br/>Emerging church movement.<br/>Postmodernism--Religious aspects--Christianity.<br/>Church.<br/>Church renewal.<br/>Emerging church movement.<br/>Mission of the church.<br/>Missional church movement.<br/>Postmodernism--Religious aspects--Christianity.<br/>RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ecclesiology
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BV600.3  / .W66 2012eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>262.001/7