In The Missional Leader, consultants Alan Roxburgh and Fred Romanuk give church and denominational leaders, pastors, and clergy a clear model for leading the change necessary to create and foster a missional church focused outward to spread the message of the Gospel into the surrounding community. The Missional Leader emphasizes principles rather than institutional forms, shows readers how to move away from “church as usual,” and demonstrates what capacities, environments, and mindsets are required to lead a missional church.
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"The Missional Leader paints a realistic picture ... of what life could look like among churches willing to enter the chaos [of the world] and make lasting change little by little." (Christianity Today, Fall 2006)
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"Alan J. Roxburgh and Fred Romanuk are two of the few people in the world today who understand how we can create an environment for the missional transformation of the church for the postmodern world. Every church leader should read this book!"
—Rev. Dr. Clark D. Cowden, evangelist presbyter, Presbytery of San Joaquin, Presbyterian Church
—Rev. Dr. Clark D. Cowden, evangelist presbyter, Presbytery of San Joaquin, Presbyterian Church
"Discontinuous change wreaks havoc among congregations and pastors who aren’t familiar with the new terrain. When it comes to navigating this new land, Roxburgh and Romanuk have my ear and gratitude. Effective, dependable, useful . . . their wisdom is helping retool our congregation for daring and robust witness. And among my students—who feel change deep in their bones, both its threats and opportunities—this book is a vital companion as they begin their ministries."
—Chris William Erdman, senior pastor, University Presbyterian Church; adjunct faculty, MB Biblical Seminary Biblical Seminary
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Alan J. Roxburgh is a teacher, trainer and consultant who works with Allelon and internationally framing resources for the missional church. He coordinates an international project involving leaders from twelve nations who are examining leadership formation in a globalized world. He is the author or coauthor of several books, including The Missional Church, The Missional Leader and Leadership, Liminality and the Missionary Congregation, and Reaching a New Generation. He and his wife Jane live in Vancouver, Canada, and have three grown children.
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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Alan Roxburgh has finally pulled together all the pieces that he has been writing about and teaching for a number of years. Some of this stuff he taught in a course I took with him 14 years ago at McMaster. He highlights the character required, the skills required, and the processes required, of pastors seeking to innovate toward the missionally-engaged congregation. There are far too many people using the term "missional" to signify whatever they want. Alan and the others in the Gospel and Culture Network are giving us principles, practice and definitions that do justice to what Newbigin meant when he started some of us using the term long before it became vogue.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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I'll be usng this book for a class that I am teaching. It covers the basics of "missional church" all right, but the strength of the book is chapters 3-5, where a change strategy for adopting missional church paradigm is lifted up. The last chapters, on leadership, I found less helpful in part because it is grounded not to the experience of a church becoming "missional" but to the author's evaluation instrument. The authors acknowledge but underestimate the membership loss that comes from adopting the missional paradigm: they estimate 10 to 15%, without systemmatic research I have found closer to 50% loss in several cases in the UCC.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Having read many books on leadership, and having read a few on the missional church, I was very pleased to find this volume with a missional approach to leadership. The author asserts that this approach can be used in any church setting to give the congregation more of a missional church direction. Although the entire book is well-worth reading, the most intensive section is chapters 3-5. I recommend this one highly.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
This is new to many pastors
But not to me. The overall idea is okay, but the much touted (by the authors) spirituality is jejune, not coming from much experience.
Published 4 months ago by John D. Hiestand
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Easy to apply - Excellent
This book caught my imagination from the outset as it addressed my leadership and the congregation I serve. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Andrew
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Not a book for chic charismatic fluff ball leaders
The following is an analytical book review of The Missional Leader.
Roxburgh is one of the foremost leading thinkers in everything missional, yet he is a pastor at heart... Read more
Roxburgh is one of the foremost leading thinkers in everything missional, yet he is a pastor at heart... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Daniel Im
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Beyond Expectations
I have been a "fan" of Alan Roxburgh since 2004 when I read his book Crossing the Bridge where he describes the journey the church is on as crossing a bridge and not knowing where... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Rodney D. Veldhuzen
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Important Book with Some Distractions
The Missional Leader provides some very important insights and guidance for church leaders attempting to navigate the challenges of this age. Read more
Published on October 5, 2010 by Stephen D. James
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent process for cultivating imagination & leading change
Alan Roxburgh and Fred Romanuk, The Missional Leader: Equipping Your Church to Reach a Changing World (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2006)
Roxburgh and Romanuk offer... Read more
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Published on April 1, 2010 by Darren Cronshaw
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You won't be disappointed!
An excellent must read for the church leader. It's worth the cost of the book to read chapter three concerning missional church cycles.
Published on September 30, 2009 by Marc L. Kelley
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Creating community
This book resonates with me, so much of what I read on church style talks about how to improve worship, your discipleship programme, your homegroups programme, or what ever... Read more
Published on August 2, 2009 by Dion
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Kindle conversion is poor
The Kindle conversion is very poor. There are random words in bold type on every page. It is difficult to read. Clearly there was no quality control done. Read more
Published on April 5, 2009 by Kathryn Parmentier
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The Missional Leader Review
I'm working my way through reading the Missional Leader. Alan Roxburgh's book is very thought provoking and is a kind of book that you have to stop and think and process while you... Read more
Published on October 21, 2008 by P. Leichty
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