Future Church: Ministry in a Post-Seeker Age [Paperback]

Jim L. Wilson (Author), Sally Morgenthaler (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2004

The church today is poised on a precarious balance between culture and content, between cultural relevance and doctrinal integrity. Like a seesaw, the church swings back and forth, compelled both to reach an entertainment-driven culture and to remain true to the Gospel. In Future Church, Jim Wilson presents 7 clear principles which become "fulcrum points," principles that will give the Church real leverage to reach people and push them upward toward the hand of God. These 7 Fulcrum Points are illustrated in real-life settings, as Wilson takes us on visits to churches that are utilizing them. This is the way of ministry in a post-seeker age. This is Future Church!

Editorial Reviews

Review

Future Church instructs and illuminates without being pedantic. A comfortable conversation that instructs and points in a right ministry direction. -- Dale "Geno" Robinson, Author of Intersecting Lives

Jim Wilson has found unmistakable signs of vigor, innovation, and genuine faith in congregations from coast to coast. -- Marshall Shelley, Editor, Leadership Journal

Wilson offers a journalist’s crucial perspective: here’s how otherwise ordinary leaders are navigating the unpredictable waterways of change. -- Sally Morgenthaller, Author of Worship Evangelism --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Dr. Jim L. Wilson is the pastor of Lighthouse Baptist Church, Seaside, California and the online editor at www.FreshMinistry.org. Jim is an award-winning writer with over one hundred pieces in print in over forty publications. His recent books include The Boomerang Mandate: Returning the Ministry to the People of God, Transformations, and the Ebook How to Write Narrative Sermons.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: B&H Books (September 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0805431349
• ISBN-13: 978-0805431346
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #303,991 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dr. James L Wilson is an award winning writer with hundreds of pieces in print in 60+ publications including some published by Christianity Today, Inc., Focus on the Family, and Lifeway Christian Resources.

Pastor Jim graduated from Wayland Baptist University with a B.A. in Religion & Speech in 1981 and from Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity in 1985 and a Doctor of Ministry Degree in 1991.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars help for difficult times, October 13, 2002

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Ed Rowell (Franklin, TN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Future Church: Ministry in a Post-Seeker Age (Paperback)

Finding our way into the future is too often like taking a trail, any trail, and hoping it leads to the mountain top. Jim Wilson has given us in Future Church a trail guide to creating a church whose best days are ahead,not behind. Based not on theory but on actual case studies, Wilson takes us behind the scenes of churches that most of us would never discover otherwise. There we meet fearless leaders and focused congreagations who are influencing the world in which they live in ways that lift up the hope and the winsome nature of the real Gospel. I'm recommending Future Church, not only to all my pastor friends, but to the leadership teams within our congregation. With a guide to a preferrable future at hand, we hope to continue the process of shaping our church into one that shapes our community for the better.

Ed Rowell, Teaching Pastor
The People's Church
Franklin, Tennessee

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More Than Coincidence . . ., October 20, 2004

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Darrell Waddell (Redmond, Washington) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Future Church: Ministry in a Post-Seeker Age (Paperback)

I lead a church plant in Seattle called Cascade Hills... We've been at this for 2 and a half years, and are discovering that "contemporary worship" is neither contemporary, or real worship. There is a stirring in us for more of God, and less of "churchianity." We have been on a journey of discovery, and have found ourselves outlining a ministry plan that literally has lined up with each of the 7 fulcrum points Jim Wilson so clearly articulates in "Future Church". Here's where it gets interesting . . . we did the plan, then discovered the book! I have not been able to get past the idea that this is a move of God on His Church, and that something huge is about to happen... Not just in Seattle or the West Coast, or even America, but worldwide. Thank you Jim!"

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gotta check this out!, October 12, 2002

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Chris (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Future Church: Ministry in a Post-Seeker Age (Paperback)

Jim has captured the heart of postmodern ministry in a raw,
compelling glimpse into the reality of being God's Church in the new
Millenium.
It is honest, inspiring, and with each chapter there are new heroes of the
Christian faith. You won't be able to put it down, and it will
challenge you to get real and get in on what God is doing in the world today and
tomorrow!

Chris Kratzer, Pastor: Quest419 Church Tampa, Florida.