The Shaping of Things to Come: Innovation and Mission for the 21 Century Church [Anglais] [Broché]

"The book is full of stories, full of insights, and full of passion but is not for the faint hearted."

Christendom is dying and needs to be removed from its life-support system. Starting with this frank assessment of the current church, Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch present an alternative model for ministry in todayÂ’s postmodern world. Instead of mourning the demise of the Western church as the center of society, the authors explain how the church can be reborn through incarnational mission, messianic spirituality, and apostolic structure. Church leaders who heed the authorsÂ’ call will see death turned into new life through the creation of a vital, missional church.

[Frost and HirschÂ’s] contribution brings an in-depth theological reflection as well as providing a broad scope informed by their extensive reading in theology, culture and mission as well as their on-site visits to missional churches in the USA and the United Kingdom.
—Eddie Gibbs, Donald A. McGavran Professor of Church Growth, Fuller Theological Seminary

This book is a bountiful multi-course meal, each serving presented with charm and class. It will satisfy even eclectic appetites, and please the most discriminating palates. Four Stars.
—Leonard Sweet, Drew Theological School, George Fox University

Nominated for the Christianity Today 2004 Book of the Year Award in the Mission/Global Affairs category

Nominated for the 2004 Christian Book of the Year Award in Australia

Michael Frost is an Australian teacher, writer and church leader. He is also one of Australia’s leading communicators and evangelists.

Alan Hirsch oversees missional leadership development for his denomination in Australia, and he is also a key mission strategist for churches in the UK and New Zealand. He is a mission strategist, teacher, and church leader, and is known for his radical approach to mission-in-the-West. His local church, South Melbourne Restoration Community, is a model of incarnational mission and ministry in postmodern settings.