03051nam a2200553Ii 4500 ocn892913090 OCoLC 20200709060214.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 141014s2013 oru ob 000 0 eng d N$T eng rda pn N$T 9781630872762 electronic bk. 1630872768 electronic bk. 9781625642035 1625642032 (OCoLC)892913090 834266 (N$T) BV625 .R684 2013eb REL 094000 bisacsh 280/.40973090511 22 N$TA Rothery, Francis. Missional impossible! : the death of institutional Christianity and the rebirth of G-d / Francis Rothery. Eugene, Oregon : Resource Pubns 2013. ©2013 1 online resource (xvi, 225 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-224). Mainline Christianity in the West is dying. Addiction to hierarchical and bureaucratic power is killing it. A management-god and a mission-god have usurped the Way of Christ. In the midst of decline the missional movement is attempting to reboot the church. Its goal is to remake a New Christian West through mission, leadership, mapping, and planning. Yet it is trapped in the language and methods of modernity. Its final solution is a polarizing vision of cultural domination by one social group, the Christians. The Way of Life and Truth has been forgotten. Christ is not a conquering King, a written Word, or an absolute Idea, but a divine Human Being. Social wholeness can only be realized through a rediscovery of Conversation, Reconciliation, and Empowerment. These reflect Christ's practices of eternal dialogue and reciprocal giving in small communities. Through this mutual Way of Life people of all faiths (and none) can discover deep within themselves Our Un/Known G-d. A gentle voice is whispering in the heart of all humanity, "I am . . . the Way." Print version record. Communities Religious aspects Christianity. Church membership. Church renewal. Church growth. Church growth. fast (OCoLC)fst00860726 Church membership. fast (OCoLC)fst00860802 Church renewal. fast (OCoLC)fst00860921 Communities Religious aspects Christianity. fast (OCoLC)fst01430106 RELIGION / Christianity / Denominations bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Rothery, Francis. Missional impossible! 9781625642035 (OCoLC)868644743 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=834266 EBSCOhost EBSC 834266 cpp2010 02 N$T 55336 55336