The Church of the Future

by Eddie Gibbs

Eddie Gibbs analyzes new models that churches have developed to meet modern challenges while proposing nine areas in which the church will need to transform itself to be biblically true to its message and its mission to the world. The author teaches us how to change: * From living in the past to engaging with the present.* From market-driven to mission-oriented.* From attracting a crowd to seeking the lost.Here is a book that brings together deep understanding of the quantum shifts taking place in our culture along with concrete suggestions for implementing a proactive strategy.

270 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Eddie Gibbs (DMin, Fuller Theological Seminary) is director of the Institute for the Study of Emerging Churches at the Brehm Center for Worship, Theology, and the Arts and a senior professor in the School of Intercultural Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He is the author of numerous books, including Emerging Churches and the critically acclaimed ChurchNext (winner of a Christianity Today book award), and is cohost of the popular Church Then and Now Web site.