Missional Communities : The Rise of the

Reggie McNeal's The Present Future has sold 100,000 copies in hardcover and another 5200 in paperback and is the definitive work on the "missional movement," i.e., the widespread movement among Protestant churches to be less inwardly focused and more oriented toward the culture and community around them. His latest book, Missional Renaissance, the sequel to The Present Future, was published in Jan. 2009 and has now sold 12,327 LTD. This new book makes a trilogy; in it he examines a natural outgrowth of the move toward a missional orientation: the deconstruction of congregations into very small Christian communities. For all those thousands of churches and leaders who have followed Reggie's bold lead, this new book details the rise of a new life form in churches.

Reggie McNeal is the missional leadership specialist for Leadership Network. Drawing on twenty years of leadership roles in local congregations and his work over the last two decades with thousands of clergy and church leaders, McNeal counsels local churches, denominational groups, seminaries and colleges, and parachurch organizations in their leadership development needs.

Leadership Network, a division of OneHundredX, seeks to accelerate the impact of 100X leaders. Since 1996, Leadership Network Publications has presented thoroughly researched and practical concepts from leading thinkers, practitioners, and pioneering churches. www.leadnet.org

About the Jossey-Bass Leadership Network Series xi

Foreword by Hugh Halter xiii

Acknowledgments xvii

Introduction xix

1 ‘‘Let There Be . . . Missional Communities’’ 1

2 The Missional Church Conversation 15

3 Missional Communities—European Style 39

4 Soma Communities: Missional Communities as Organizing Architecture 65

5 Campus Renewal UT: Missional Communities as Campus Evangelism Strategy 85

6 Future Travelers: Missional Communities as Megachurch Strategy 103

7 Mission Houston: Missional Communities for Spiritual Formation and Community Transformation 125

8 Looking Ahead 145

About the Author 155

Index 157

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Missional Communities : The Rise of the Post-Congregational Church

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