A Generous Community
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Practical ideas for connecting and building communities of service.
Bishop Andy Doyle understands that the church must change. Every day, he presides over parishes that are no longer vital, that have not adapted to the "VUCA" (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) world of today - the world in which the church exists. The church still looks to hierarchies when it needs to build networks, and stays mired in arguments when it needs to find unity. With the experience of a bishop and the insight of a deep learner, Doyle points the way to the future with a vision for how we can learn, serve, and communicate with each other.
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C. Andrew Doyle, the ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas, summarizes his autobiography in six words: "Met Jesus on pilgrimage; still walking." He is author of Vocatio, Unabashedly Episcopalian, Orgullosamente Episcopal, A Generous Community, and The Jesus Heist. He lives in Houston, Texas.
Content
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword by Brian D. McLaren
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Schrödinger's Church
- Chapter 2: A New Missionary Age
- Chapter 3: A Courageous Church
- Chapter 4: Our Guiding Principles
- Chapter 5: Autopoietic Communities
- Chapter 6: A Renewed Mission Field
- Chapter 7: Into the Cloud of Unknowing
- Chapter 8: Communities of Service
- Chapter 9: Generous Evangelism
- Chapter 10: The Future of Stewardship
- Chapter 11: Generous Community
- Chapter 12: Self-Forming Creative Christians
- Chapter 13: Making Change
- Appendix: Lectio Divina
- Notes
