{"id":10314,"date":"2021-07-28T07:05:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T11:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=10314"},"modified":"2021-07-27T17:02:36","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T21:02:36","slug":"book-creating-disruptive-influence-in-the-ministry-you-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=10314","title":{"rendered":"Book: Creating Disruptive Influence in the Ministry You Lead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>The Innovation Crisis: Creating Disruptive Influence in the Ministry You Lead<\/em>, by Ted Esler. Moody Publishers, August 2021. 288 pages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you aren\u2019t innovating, stagnation isn\u2019t far away, says Missio Nexus leader Ted Esler. Ministry leaders carry the burden of keeping their organizations lean, focused, and relevant. Using missions disruptor William Carey as an example, Esler shows how you, too, can innovate and change the ministry landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I haven\u2019t read this one yet; it comes out on August 3. I\u2019m wondering how much it might apply to those of us who are not senior leaders or executives. It looks like the book has a long list of endorsements, though, and perusing a substantial excerpt on the publisher\u2019s website makes me want to read the rest of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more or download an excerpt <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moodypublishers.com\/the-innovation-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\">from the Moody website<\/a>. You can get the book <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Innovation-Crisis-Creating-Disruptive-Influence\/dp\/0802421806\" target=\"_blank\">from Amazon<\/a> or elsewhere. The Kindle edition is US$10.99 and the paperback is priced at US$16.99.<br><br>Note that innovation is also the topic for this year\u2019s Missio Nexus <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/missionexus.org\/innovate-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mission Leaders Conference<\/a> in Dallas, TX September 21-23. Registration (limited due to COVID) is full, but you can participate virtually for US$149 (US$99 for Missio Nexus members).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/innovation-crisis-cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"223\" height=\"345\" src=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/innovation-crisis-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/innovation-crisis-cover.jpg 223w, https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/innovation-crisis-cover-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Innovation Crisis: Creating Disruptive Influence in the Ministry You Lead, by Ted Esler. Moody Publishers, August 2021. 288 pages. If you aren\u2019t innovating, stagnation isn\u2019t far away, says Missio Nexus leader Ted Esler. Ministry leaders carry the burden of keeping their organizations lean, focused, and relevant. Using missions disruptor William Carey as an example, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=10314\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Book: Creating Disruptive Influence in the Ministry You Lead<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resource-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10314"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10316,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10314\/revisions\/10316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}