Synopses & Reviews
Most Christians would agree that the purpose of the church is to lead people into active, committed discipleship to Jesus Christ. Yet if this is the case, shouldn t the goal of making disciples drive everything the church does? For example, shouldn t the primary job of staff members be to recruit and mentor the laity in fulfilling their own call to ministry, rather than the staff members performing the tasks of ministry themselves? Shouldn t the task of reaching out to those who have yet to answer Christ 's call to discipleship be more important than maintaining programs for those who already have? Thus, Easum opens the portal to the OtherSide, that place beyond the Christendom Era and its mechanistic, by-the-numbers approach to church life. Be prepared for a bumpy ride, with treasured assumptions, privileges, and traditions shattered along the way.
Synopsis
In "Leadership on the Other Side", Easum writes it's the purpose of the church to lead people into active, committed discipleship to Jesus. Yet church leaders often find it difficult to make disciples of church members. He writes that without fundamental redirection of the attitudes and perspectives on how one leads a disciple-making congregation, church leaders are doomed for failure. To solve this problem, he identifies several shifts in mental map making that must occur.
Synopsis
In an engaging, direct style, the author opens a portal to the "OtherSide," that place beyond the Christendom Era and its mechanistic, by-the-numbers approach to church life. It's a bumpy ride, with treasured assumptions, privileges, and traditions shattered along the way. Yet on the "OtherSide" lies a church radically transformed, resonant leadership of the Spirit, and ready to lay aside everything that does not help it accomplish the one thing that matters: introducing people to the love of God in Jesus Christ.