About this title: Alan Hirsch is convinced that the inherited formulas for growing the Body of Christ do not work anymore. And rather than relying on slightly revised solutions from the past, he sees a vision of the future growth of the church coming about by harnessing the power of the early church, which grew from as few as 25,000 adherents in AD 100 to up to 20 ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Brazos Press
Date Published: 2007-01-01
ISBN-13:9781587431647ISBN:1587431645
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Brazos Pr
Date Published: 2007-01-01
ISBN-13:9781587431647ISBN:1587431645
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Description: Good. 1587431645 TITLE: Forgotten WaysAUTHOR: Hirsch, AlanISBN 10: 1587431645ISBN 13: 9781587431647BINDING: PaperbackPUBLICATION DATE: 2006PAGES: 295DESCRIPTION: Used book in good or better condition. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: BRAZOS PR
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781587431647ISBN:1587431645
Description: New. Alan Hirsch is convinced that the inherited formulas for growing the Body of Christ do not work anymore. And rather than relying on slightly revised solutions from the past, he sees a vision of the future growth of the church coming about by harnessi... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Brazos
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781587431647ISBN:1587431645
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Strand Publishing, Erina, NSW, Australia
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781587431647ISBN:1587431645
Description: Very Good in Not Applicable jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Softcover, first edition, 516gms, 295 pages. A call for a complete reorientation of the mission of the church. Book is in very good, near new condition with minor general wear and tear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Attached picture is of actual book. Purchase more than 1 item and save money with combined postage. And if you can't find the title your looking for-why not ask us direct. With over 20, 000 books in stock we can't ... read more
"Hirsch, is probably one of the most fair emerging authors about the church. He constantly notes that while the current system of church has worked and God has used it, it is not going to sink into the coming century. He is biblically redefining the Idea of church in the west as we know it. Incredible book, you should not be the same after you read it"
"Hirsch seeks a reinvigorated church, organic, non-institutional, led by an "Apostolic Genius". This emerging church thrives with re-ordered passion, structures, community, approach...everything is reinvented and new."
"Awesome book!! Challenging, stretching, encouraging, discouraging, creative, innovative...for those of us who question christianity as a religion and where the church fits into the picture."
"I did a quick read of a loaned copy upon recommendation by a friend; I probably won't buy a copy.
From the "forgotten ways" in title, it should be no surprise that the book recommends we look back, "ad fontes." The author also recommends we look at the Chinese house churches.
As I read it, the book describes the early church as a web organization of smaller, informally connected groups, united by a strong sense of shared mission and communitas, and having leadership based on local and peer recognition of gifts. That is described as the apostolic pattern (Hirsch often uses the term "Apostolic Genius" - caps in the text). The author believes this pattern is embedded, as it were, in the church's DNA.
As one might expect, much of the book focuses on what's wrong with western churches, especially protestant denominations (evangelical, mainline, and seeker-friendly megachurches). Inward focus and institutionalism are seen as keys to the perceived disconnect between churches and their surrounding culture.
I take no exception to the assertion that churches should be on a mission since the church's Lord was on a mission ("As the Father has sent me, I am sending you."), nor to the evident fact that many churches could do much better at going out to meet and listen to people nearby who have written off institutional religion and who would never darken the door of a church.
I thought the treatment of the common strengths and weaknesses of people having the various gifts in Ephesians 4:11 was helpful. ("It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers ....")
I can't tell from this book what the author thinks the relation of the sacraments to ecclesiology is (or should be).
I had already bought a copy of _Missional Church_ by Darrell L. Guder, and have it on the to-read shelf. I also want to read Lesslie Newbigin's _Foolishness to the Greeks: The Gospel and Western Culture_.
From others' reviews, I'm expecting those titles to be keepers. I'm giving this one back. It may be more helpful to others than it was to me."
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