{"id":8124,"date":"2018-09-26T09:18:29","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T13:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=8124"},"modified":"2018-09-26T10:03:10","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T14:03:10","slug":"book-seven-thorny-questions-for-church-mission-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=8124","title":{"rendered":"BOOK: Seven Thorny Questions for Church Mission Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MappingSource: InterVarsity Press<\/p>\n

Mapping Church Missions: A Compass for Ministry Strategy<\/em>, by Sharon R. Hoover. IVP Praxis, 2018. 193 pages.<\/p>\n

Should we prioritize evangelism or works of service? Local ministries or global missions? What\u2019s more important: giving our money or giving our time? Crisis response or building sustainable, long-term ministries? And what do we make of short-term missions? Will we focus more on discipling those we serve or developing those doing the serving? What\u2019s our attitude toward risk\u2014will we embrace it or avoid it?<\/p>\n

God has given our people a wide variety of gifts and passions, but how will we steward them? No church can do it all. In a book that just came out this week, church mission leader Sharon Hoover takes on seven thorny questions that often divide Christians and churches and have probably led to gridlock at some point in your church. She provides tools and examples to help you find your place on each spectrum and understand the values and perspectives of those who might be on the other side. The author\u2019s succinct summations of the shifting and competing trends that have led to some of these tensions are particularly helpful.<\/p>\n

\u00bb Learn more<\/a> or pick up the paperback from Amazon (or elsewhere) for US$13.00, and slightly less for the Kindle edition. See also the publisher\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: InterVarsity Press Mapping Church Missions: A Compass for Ministry Strategy, by Sharon R. Hoover. IVP Praxis, 2018. 193 pages. Should we prioritize evangelism or works of service? Local ministries or global missions? What\u2019s more important: giving our money or giving our time? Crisis response or building sustainable, long-term ministries? And what do we make … Continue reading BOOK: Seven Thorny Questions for Church Mission Leaders<\/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-8124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resource-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8124","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=8124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8126,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8124\/revisions\/8126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}