{"product_id":"the-permanent-revolution-isbn-9780470907740","title":"The Permanent Revolution","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new brand of apostolic ministry for today's world\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Permanent Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e is a work of theological re-imagination and re-construction that draws from biblical studies, theology, organizational theory, leadership studies, and key social sciences. The book elaborates on the apostolic role rooted in the five-fold ministry from Ephesians 4 (apostles, prophets, evangelists, shepherds, and teacher), and its significance for the missional movement. It explores how the apostolic ministry facilitates ongoing renewal in the life of the church and focuses on leadership in relation to missional innovation and entrepreneurship.The authors examine the nature of organization as reframed through the lens of apostolic ministry.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eShows how to view the world through a biblical perspective and continue the \"permanent revolution\" that Jesus started\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOutlines the essential characteristics of apostolic movement and how to restructure the church and ministry to be more consistent with them\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAlan Hirsch is a leading voice in the missional movement of the Christian West\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis groundbreaking book integrates theology, sociology, and leadership to further define the apostolic movement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Jossey-Bass Leadership Network Series xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword by \u003ci\u003eDarrell L. Guder  \u003c\/i\u003exv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface: A Briefing for the Journey xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Crisis of Infertility and What to Do About It xxvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One Ephesians 4:1–16: Frameworks for Ministry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Activating the Theo-Genetic Codes of APEST Ministry 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 An Elegant Solution: Distributed Intelligence in the Body of Christ 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Better Together: The Synergy of Difference 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Missional Ministry for a Missional Church: A Church Where Everyone Gets to Play 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two Apostolic Ministry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Custody of the Codes: Mapping the Contours of Apostolic Ministry 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Come Back, Peter; Come Back, Paul: The Relation Between Nuance and Impact 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Living from the Center: Apostolic Ministry and the Renewal of Christianity 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three Apostolic Leadership\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Enterprise of Movement and the Movement of Enterprise 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Spirit of Innovation: Creating New Futures for the Jesus Movement 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Four Apostolic Organization\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Movements R Us: Thinking and Acting Like a Movement 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Apostolic Architecture: The Anatomy of Missional Organization 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword by Mike Breen 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: A Question of Legitimacy: The Restoration of the Apostolic Ministry 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Authors 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 309\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Authors\u0026lt;\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\u0026gt; \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlan Hirsch\u003c\/b\u003e is the founding director of \u003ci\u003eForge Mission Training Network\u003c\/i\u003e. Currently he co-leads Future Travelers, an innovative learning program helping megachurches become missional movements. Known for his innovative approach to mission, Alan is considered to be a thought-leader and key mission strategist for churches across the Western world. Hirsch is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Forgotten Ways\u003c\/i\u003e; co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Shaping of Things to Come, ReJesus, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Faith of Leap\u003c\/i\u003e (with Michael Frost); \u003ci\u003eUntamed \u003c\/i\u003e(with Debra Hirsch); \u003ci\u003eRight Here, Right Now\u003c\/i\u003e (with Lance Ford) and \u003ci\u003eOn the Verge\u003c\/i\u003e (with Dave Ferguson). Alan is associate professor for the M.A in Apostolic Movements at Wheaton College (Illinois), as well as adjunct professor at Fuller Seminary; and George Fox Seminary. He is series editor for Baker Books’ Shapevine series and an associate editor of \u003ci\u003eLeadership Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTim Catchim\u003c\/b\u003e is a grassroots church planter experimenting with innovative forms of mission. While working as a church planting assistant and evangelist with the Montgomery (Alabama) Inner City Ministry, he started a mentor program for at-risk youth that gained state recognition. He also started an intensive summer internship that trained students to do missional-incarnational forms of ministry among the urban poor. He is currently planting a network of missional communities in Clarksville, Tennessee. He also serves as the founder and director of \u003ci\u003eGenerate\u003c\/i\u003e, a coaching and consultancy agency for apostolic ventures.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Permanent Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e is an original work of theological re-imagination and re-construction that draws from biblical studies, theology, organizational theory, leadership studies, and key social sciences. The book elaborates on the apostolic role rooted in the five-fold ministry from Ephesians 4 (apostles, prophets, evangelists, shepherds, and teachers), and its significance for the missional movement.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the book, the authors propose a revolutionary missional ecclesiology that is shaped by the New Testament account of apostolic imagination, ministry, and strategy. The aim is to reclaim the ministry by which the church is to remain centered on its calling to be the instrument of God’s mission, and that everything it is and does ought to relate to and demonstrate that calling. To (re)capture the practice of apostolicity, the authors explore how the apostolic ministry facilitates ongoing renewal in the life of the church and focus on leadership in relation to missional innovation and entrepreneurship. They examine the nature of organization as reframed through the lens of apostolic ministry and explore how apostolic leadership provides new and missionally creative ways forward.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Permanent Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e is filled with challenging concepts and is replete with innovative ideas. Rather than providing a prescriptive model for leadership, it offers spiritual prods and suggestive thought experiments that are designed to stimulate imagination as well as action. If faithful leaders are to take up the work of ministry as laid out in the New Testament, this book offers a significant pathway to help equip them to better fulfill their mission.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990308962533,"sku":"NP9780470907740","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470907740.jpg?v=1761787297","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-permanent-revolution-isbn-9780470907740","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}