03051nam a2200553Ii 4500001001300000003000600013005001700019006001900036007001500055008004100070040002700111020003400138020003100172020001800203020001500221035002100236035001800257050002400275072002500299082002500324049000900349100002200358245011200380264004400492264001100536300003900547336002600586337002600612338003600638504005900674520106700733588002601800650005001826650002301876650002001899650001901919650004501938650004901983650004602032650007602078650005302154655002202207776009402229856010502323938002802428910001202456994001202468999001702480ocn892913090OCoLC20200709060214.0m        d        cr cnu---unuuu141014s2013    oru     ob    000 0 eng d  aN$TbengerdaepncN$T  a9781630872762qelectronic bk.  a1630872768qelectronic bk.  z9781625642035  z1625642032  a(OCoLC)892913090  a834266b(N$T) 4aBV625b.R684 2013eb 7aRELx0940002bisacsh04a280/.40973090511222  aN$TA1 aRothery, Francis.10aMissional impossible! :bthe death of institutional Christianity and the rebirth of G-d /cFrancis Rothery. 1aEugene, Oregon :bResource Pubnsc2013. 4c©2013  a1 online resource (xvi, 225 pages)  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [221]-224).  aMainline 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."0 aPrint version record. 0aCommunitiesxReligious aspectsxChristianity. 0aChurch membership. 0aChurch renewal. 0aChurch growth. 7aChurch growth.2fast0(OCoLC)fst00860726 7aChurch membership.2fast0(OCoLC)fst00860802 7aChurch renewal.2fast0(OCoLC)fst00860921 7aCommunitiesxReligious aspectsxChristianity.2fast0(OCoLC)fst01430106 7aRELIGION / Christianity / Denominations2bisacsh 4aElectronic books.08iPrint version:aRothery, Francis.tMissional impossible!z9781625642035w(OCoLC)868644743403EBSCOhostuhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=834266  aEBSCOhostbEBSCn834266  acpp2010  a02bN$T  c55336d55336