The Forgotten Ways by Hirsch, Alan -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Copyright Page Endorsements Dedication Contents Foreword by Leonard Sweet Section One: The Making of a Missionary

Introduction

A Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins with a Single Question A Sneak Preview Method in the Madness

1. Setting the Scene, Part 1: Confessions of a Frustrated Missionary

“South” Phase 1: From Death to Chaos Phase 2: Becoming a Church-Planting Church Phase 3: From a Church to an Organic Movement

2. Setting the Scene, Part 2: Denominational and Translocal Perspectives

A View from the Chopper Christendom-schmissendom A Missionary’s Take We’ve Always Done It This Way . . . er . . . Haven’t We? “It’s Church, Jim, but Not as We Know It” Who Put the M in the EMC?

Section Two: A Journey to the Heart of Apostolic Genius

Introduction 3. The Heart of It All: Jesus Is Lord

Distilling the Message Hear, O Israel Jesus Is Lord The Heart of Things How Far Is Too Far?

4. Disciple Making

“Little Jesus“ in Disneyland The Conspiracy of “Little Jesus” Embodiment and Transmission Inspirational Leadership Leadership as an Extension of Discipleship Hitting the Road with Jesus

5. Missional-Incarnational Impulse

Theological Roots Missional-Incarnational Missional Ecclesiology or . . . Putting First Things First

6. Apostolic Environment

If You Want Missional Church, Then . . . An Apostolic Job Description Field of Dreams Creating Webs of Meaning A Stroke of (Apostolic) Genius The Final Word

7. Organic Systems

Get a Life: The Church as a Living System The Problem of Institutions A Movement Ethos Networked Structures Viruslike Growth Let’s Talk about Sex Finally

8. Communitas, Not Community

“The Community for me”? or “Me for the Community”? Liminality and Communitas The Bible and Communitas It’s Everywhere! It’s Everywhere! The Mythos of Communitas Artificial Environments and the Church The Future and the Shaping of Things to Come Mission as Organizing Principle Beyond the Either-Or Church So, Follow the Yellow Brick Road

Conclusion Addendum and Glossary: A Crash Course in Chaos

We Just Got a New Set of Spectacles Changing the Story Survival Is Not Enough How, Then, Shall We Live? Come Forth! A Case Study in Emergent Structures

Glossary of Key Terms Bibliography Index Notes About the Author