Authors Eric Swanson and Rick Rusaw talk about their latest book, The Externally Focused Quest.
For those who have read The Externally Focused Church and/or The Externally Focused Life, this book will be fresh with concepts, stories, illustrations, and diagrams. The Externally Focused Quest will help the practitioners take the next step in their missional ministry. At the same time, for those who are new to ministry outside the walls, The Externally Focused Quest will be a great launching tool for churches of any and all sizes.
The question of our first book was, "If your church were to leave the community, would anybody notice…would anybody care?" This book answers a different question. The full title of our book is The Externally Focused Quest: Becoming the Best Church for the Community. The book is not how to become the best church in the community but how can we become the best church for the community. That one little preposition determines how we allocate our resources of people, finances, facility, time, prayer and technology.
For the full interview, check out today’s issue of Advance.
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Stephanie Plagens is the Publications Manager for Leadership Network.
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