Dawn Darwin Weaks

Is your faith community struggling to find its way? Holy Disruption will spark your church's imagination in ways you may never have considered. Discover individuals and communities following Jesus's example by embracing entrepreneurial approaches to healing the world, planting seeds of hope, and building healthy community in unconventional ways. The traditional model of church is dying. Dwindling congregations and empty buildings, while sources of grief, offer unprecedented opportunities. Holy Disruption sees this unique opportunity to embrace creativity, building a roadmap for adaptation and meaningful mission today. Discover inspiring stories of holy disruptors finding the courage to break free from conventional ideas of faith community and embrace innovative approaches to living the gospel. Social enterprise plays a critical role in this work, building sustainable businesses that support a healing world. Holy Disruption shows that you are not alone in seeking the courage to discover how your community can lead the way to new expressions of God's love.

Pastors are busy. This collection of fully integrated resources will help your church work and pray through the Unbinding the Gospel Series. Included are step-by-step planning tools as well as worship resources to allow you--the pastor--to spend time on prayer, teaching, and working directly with others in your church. The planning tools include calendars, checklists for church staff, weekly scripture tie-ins, sample church newsletter campaigns, diagrams, simple to elaborate E-vent planning suggestions, web site ideas, specific lesson plans, and much much more. Worship resources include sermons, prayers, and forms that have been placed on the Web for FREE with easy access and downloads. Change Habits, Not Just Minds. From the Unbinding the Gospel Series.