Why create this book?
With everyone getting on the missional bandwagon, and everyone
talking "missional," and labeling so much as missional, there is a real danger
that what it really means to be missional will become lost in the
clutter. I wanted to write a book that distills the basic DNA of what
missional really is.
Second, I wanted to give
church leaders a way to talk about missional in ways
that people would "get it." Third, I wanted to help leaders develop a scorecard
that rewarded their missional efforts. The church growth era certainly had a
scorecard (one that we are still using) that declared winners and losers at that
game. We need a scorecard that gives expression to the multi-dimensional facets
of the missional church.
Where did your ideas come from?
The book grew out of the seminars and consultations I have conducted over the years since releasing The Present Future. In that book I gave people an idea that something big was up. As I have helped people work out transitioning their ministries in a missional direction, the language and metaphors emerged that framed the descriptions of the three shifts detailed in Missional Renaissance. The scorecard issue emerged in every congregation I consulted with as they worked to determine how they would measure their success at a new ministry agenda. As I raised this issue in seminars, I would inevitably be queried about what a missional scorecard would look. . .
Listen to this interview with Reggie McNeal, as he introduces his new book, Missional Renaissance: Changing the Scorecard for the Church.
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