The rabbit & the elephant : why small is the new big for today's church /
Dale, Tony.
The rabbit & the elephant : why small is the new big for today's church / Rabbit and the elephant. Tony and Felicity Dale, George Barna. - Carol Stream, Ill. : Barna Books, c2009. - xii, 233 p. : port. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-233) and index.
Introduction -- In the beginning -- God breaks through -- A history lesson -- History brought up-to-date -- Beyond reformation -- A radical (church) life -- The master's voice -- Drenched in prayer -- Images of church -- Simply reproducible -- Marching to the spirit's drumbeat -- The great omission -- Luke 10 principles -- Stories from the harvest -- Telling stories -- Making disciples -- Leadership -- Unity in diversity -- Kingdom finances -- Challenges to the momentum -- Pitfalls to avoid -- No empire building, no control, and no glory -- The art of rabbiteering.
A thrilling backstage account of how God is restoring divine order in his house, shifting the church from church-as-we-know-it to church-as-God-wants-it.
9781414325538 (hc : alk. paper)
2009002215
Church growth.
Small churches.
The rabbit & the elephant : why small is the new big for today's church / Rabbit and the elephant. Tony and Felicity Dale, George Barna. - Carol Stream, Ill. : Barna Books, c2009. - xii, 233 p. : port. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-233) and index.
Introduction -- In the beginning -- God breaks through -- A history lesson -- History brought up-to-date -- Beyond reformation -- A radical (church) life -- The master's voice -- Drenched in prayer -- Images of church -- Simply reproducible -- Marching to the spirit's drumbeat -- The great omission -- Luke 10 principles -- Stories from the harvest -- Telling stories -- Making disciples -- Leadership -- Unity in diversity -- Kingdom finances -- Challenges to the momentum -- Pitfalls to avoid -- No empire building, no control, and no glory -- The art of rabbiteering.
A thrilling backstage account of how God is restoring divine order in his house, shifting the church from church-as-we-know-it to church-as-God-wants-it.
9781414325538 (hc : alk. paper)
2009002215
Church growth.
Small churches.
