Alan Hirsch & Michael Frost
Alan Hirsch and Michael Frost have written so many amazing books on 'missional' church. It's what they do. But in their newest, ReJesus, they bring their life's work into crystal-clear focus. 'Missional' is all about Missio Dei, the God of mission - who is, they say, "Christ-like." And Christ shapes mission which in turn shapes our church life: Christology > missiology > ecclesiology.
In an era of out-of-control 'church growth strategies,' Hirsch & Frost call readers to 'Re-Jesus' the Church along personal, collective, imaginative, and organizational lines, posing these questions:
What ongoing role does Jesus the Messiah play in shaping the ethos and self understanding of the movement that originated in him?
How is the Christian religion informed and shaped by the Jesus that we meet in the Gospels?
How do we assess the continuity required between the life and example of Jesus and the subsequent religion called Christianity?
In how many ways do we domesticate the radical Revolutionary in order to sustain our religion and religiosity?
How can a rediscovery of Jesus renew our discipleship, the Christian community, and the ongoing mission of the church?
What others are saying:
Frost and Hirsch challenge us to reinstate Jesus as the central focus of our spiritual lives-both as individual disciples and as communities of his people. The Jesus they present is not the domesticated Jesus that we learned about in Sunday school, but the "loving, wildly passionate, dangerous, radically merciful and always surprising" Jesus portrayed in the Gospels. An encounter with this Jesus transforms us from the inside out and radically changes our approach to mission.
-Felicity Dale, author, An Army of Ordinary People
Frost and Hirsch have done it again! In their characteristic way (heart-pounding in a spiritual sense) they invite us to a journey with God. Don't miss this trip!
-Reggie McNeal, author, Missional Renaissance
For anyone in the missional conversation in even the slightest way, this book addresses what is by far the most important thing about it theologically and practically.
-Dan Kimball, pastor and author, They Like Jesus but Not the Church
Frost and Hirsch tear away false characterizations about Jesus and reveal a wild and radical revolutionary . . . anything but boring. This book is a huge leap in the right direction.
-Neil Cole, pastor and author, Organic Church
ReJesus will rock your world-and cause you to reJesus your life, reJesus your church, and reJesus your Bible. Expect "reJesus" to become a mantra and a mobilization in the revitalization of Christianity in the 21st century.
-Leonard Sweet, professor and author, The Gospel According to Starbucks
Alan Hirsch and Michael Frost continue to push the church into the future with their latest project, ReJesus. Herein they focus on what every Christian church must focus on--Jesus Christ--and they develop a Christ-centered strategy for missional ecclesiology. This is a timely and relevant book and deserves a wide readership.
-Tony Jones, national coordinator of Emergent Village, doctoral fellow in practical theology at Princeton Theological Seminary, author, The New Christians
In this bold, compelling, and prophetic masterpiece, Hirsch and Frost articulate the beautiful vision of the Jesus-centered Kingdom that is driving this new Reformation. Hirsch and Frost brilliantly weave together insightful biblical exegesis, critical historical reflection, transforming spiritual discipleship, probing cultural analysis, and even a good bit of humor in ways that help readers get free from the deadening yoke of the Christian religion and rediscover the wild, untamed, life-giving Jesus of the Gospels. I hope everyone who professes faith in Christ will dare to read this book. They will not put it down unchanged.
-Greg Boyd, Senior Pastor of Woodland Hills Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, co-author, The Jesus Legend
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Link-love for your review:
http://www.rejesus.co.uk [1] - actually has nothing to do with the book, but it's a cool site nonetheless.
http://www.theforgottenways.org/blog/ [2] - Alan's blog
http://www.forge.org.au [3] - Michael's main initiative
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQL1JeYxGeo [4] - Hirsch on YouTube
http://www.hendrickson.com/html/product/562286.trade.html?category=all [5] - give your readers a sample chapter
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[1] http://www.rejesus.co.uk/
[2] http://www.theforgottenways.org/blog/
[3] http://www.forge.org.au/
[4] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQL1JeYxGeo
[5] http://www.hendrickson.com/html/product/562286.trade.html?category=all
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