Breaking the Missional Code: Your Church Can Become a Missionary in Your Community

Across North America, many pastors are excited to see churches growing as they achieve their mission to connect the message of the gospel with the community at large. Still others are equally frustrated, following the exact same model for outreach but with lesser results. Indeed, just because a "missional breakthrough" occurs in one place doesn’t mean it will happen the same way elsewhere. One size does not fit all, but there are cultural codes that must be broken for all churches to grow and remain effective in their specific mission context. Breaking the Missional Code provides expert insight on church culture and church vision casting, plus case studies of successful missional churches impacting their communities. "We have to recognize there are cultural barriers (in addition to spiritual ones) that blind people from understanding the gospel," the authors write. "Our task is to find the right way to break through those cultural barriers without removing the spiritual and theological ones." about the authors David Putman >> Ed Stetzer is vice president of research and ministry development at Lifeway Christian Resources in Nashville, Tennessee. He holds two masters and two doctoral degrees and has written dozens of articles and acclaimed books including Planting Missional Churches, Breaking the Missional Code, Comeback Churches, and Lost and Found. Ed and his wife, Donna, have three daughters and live in Nashville, Tennessee. continue reading >> details 9781462790852 Active publish 02/01/2018 256 carton 36 0.683 trim 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.5 B&H Academic Book Academic, Elective Book, Trade Paper details 9780805448948 Active publish 09/26/2008 256 carton 24 B&H Academic Book Elective Ebook Format, ePub