The age of Christendom is over. The age of post-modernity has arrived. How do ordinary, everyday congregations deal with the crisis facing them?Red Alert is a book for those in leadership, and in the pew, who want to know how to respond to the myriad number of social changes facing...
The age of Christendom is over. The age of post-modernity has arrived. How do ordinary, everyday congregations deal with the crisis facing them?Red Alert is a book for those in leadership, and in the pew, who want to know how to respond to the myriad number of social changes facing churches in the West. It explores the options before us, suggesting that the way forward is not tinkering with non-essentials, but reframing the whole paradigm -- not a new way of doing church 'the old way', but a new way of being church altogether. Eminently practical, this book is designed to show how your church can be empowered to become an authentic community and effective agent for the gospel in the wider society. It shows how the Christian church can not just survive, but prosper. "The world has changed... radically... such that any church committed to 'business as usual' will find itself on the road to irrelevance and death. The gospel, on the other hand, is always relevant and the church's mandate has not changed. Gil Cann's appeal to the local church to acquire understanding, demonstrate flexibility, exercise creativity and generate energy is, in essence, an impassioned appeal to choose life. Ignore it at your peril!"Elizabeth KendalReligious liberty analyst, advocate and authorDirector of Christian Faith and Freedom, Canberra, ACT, Australia"This is a wonderful book: down-to-earth, honest and brimful of distilled wisdom, born of decades of generous and warm-hearted ministry to scores of Christian communities around the country. If you've ever had the joy of knowing and listening to Gil, you'll know exactly what I mean. If not, you are in for a very special surprise. Take up and read!"Dr Rikki WattsDean of Theology at Alphacrucis College, Sydney, NSW, Australia Research Professor with Regent College, Vancouver, Canada
The age of Christendom is over. The age of post-modernity has arrived. How do ordinary, everyday congregations deal with the crisis facing them?Red Alert is a book for those in leadership, and in the pew, who want to know how to respond to the myriad number of social changes facing...
The age of Christendom is over. The age of post-modernity has arrived. How do ordinary, everyday congregations deal with the crisis facing them?Red Alert is a book for those in leadership, and in the pew, who want to know how to respond to the myriad number of social changes facing churches in the West. It explores the options before us, suggesting that the way forward is not tinkering with non-essentials, but reframing the whole paradigm -- not a new way of doing church 'the old way', but a new way of being church altogether. Eminently practical, this book is designed to show how your church can be empowered to become an authentic community and effective agent for the gospel in the wider society. It shows how the Christian church can not just survive, but prosper. "The world has changed... radically... such that any church committed to 'business as usual' will find itself on the road to irrelevance and death. The gospel, on the other hand, is always relevant and the church's mandate has not changed. Gil Cann's appeal to the local church to acquire understanding, demonstrate flexibility, exercise creativity and generate energy is, in essence, an impassioned appeal to choose life. Ignore it at your peril!"Elizabeth KendalReligious liberty analyst, advocate and authorDirector of Christian Faith and Freedom, Canberra, ACT, Australia"This is a wonderful book: down-to-earth, honest and brimful of distilled wisdom, born of decades of generous and warm-hearted ministry to scores of Christian communities around the country. If you've ever had the joy of knowing and listening to Gil, you'll know exactly what I mean. If not, you are in for a very special surprise. Take up and read!"Dr Rikki WattsDean of Theology at Alphacrucis College, Sydney, NSW, Australia Research Professor with Regent College, Vancouver, Canada
People don't need more information, but more affirmation; not more training, but more recognition of the gifts God has already given them. They don't need to be recruited but released. They don't need more courses, but more opportunities for ministry. They need to be valued and appreciated - they need your encouragement and prayer"""" (page 121)\\n\\nBased in Melbourne, Pastor Gil Cann is a frequent preacher and evangelist across Australia. His exploration of the most-pressing issues facing the church and our society are both challenging and encouraging making this a highly recommended read for anyone who continues to hope and pray and work for a future where the church is relevant and effective. \\n\\nMy copy is underlined and highlighted throughout as Gil raises our gaze from the church as an organisation, where we are all about the same thing, to church as an organism - the body of Christ - where the same thing is in us . . . the Holy Spirit. \\n\\nGil's vision of a healthy church is where """"every member is living astonishing lives in stark and winsome contrast to the people around them"""" (pg 166). This will be seen not in predictable, programmed, inflexible church services. The primary ministry of a church is the sum total of everything which every one of its members says and does in every situation on every day of the week. \\n\\nGil's heart is not to condemn or discourage but to call us as God's people into an even better way of being and doing in our time and…
