Permanent Revolution

The Authors<><> Alan Hirsch is the founding director of Forge Mission Training Network. Currently he co-leads Future Travelers, an innovative learning program helping megachurches become missional movements. Known for his innovative approach to mission, Alan is considered to be a thought-leader and key mission strategist for churches across the Western world. Hirsch is the author of The Forgotten Ways; co-author of The Shaping of Things to Come, ReJesus, and The Faith of Leap (with Michael Frost); Untamed (with Debra Hirsch); Right Here, Right Now (with Lance Ford) and On the Verge (with Dave Ferguson). Alan is associate professor for the M.A in Apostolic Movements at Wheaton College (Illinois), as well as adjunct professor at Fuller Seminary; and George Fox Seminary. He is series editor for Baker Books’ Shapevine series and an associate editor of Leadership Journal. Tim Catchim is a grassroots church planter experimenting with innovative forms of mission. While working as a church planting assistant and evangelist with the Montgomery (Alabama) Inner City Ministry, he started a mentor program for at-risk youth that gained state recognition. He also started an intensive summer internship that trained students to do missional-incarnational forms of ministry among the urban poor. He is currently planting a network of missional communities in Clarksville, Tennessee. He also serves as the founder and director of Generate, a coaching and consultancy agency for apostolic ventures.

• About the Jossey-Bass Leadership Network Series xiiiForeword by Darrell L. Guder  xvPreface: A Briefing for the Journey xixIntroduction: The Crisis of Infertility and What to Do About It xxviiPart One Ephesians 4:1–16: Frameworks for Ministry1 Activating the Theo-Genetic Codes of APEST Ministry 32 An Elegant Solution: Distributed Intelligence in the Body of Christ 273 Better Together: The Synergy of Difference 554 Missional Ministry for a Missional Church: A Church Where Everyone Gets to Play 73Part Two Apostolic Ministry5 Custody of the Codes: Mapping the Contours of Apostolic Ministry 976 Come Back, Peter; Come Back, Paul: The Relation Between Nuance and Impact 1197 Living from the Center: Apostolic Ministry and the Renewal of Christianity 137Part Three Apostolic Leadership8 The Enterprise of Movement and the Movement of Enterprise 1599 The Spirit of Innovation: Creating New Futures for the Jesus Movement 183Part Four Apostolic Organization10 Movements R Us: Thinking and Acting Like a Movement 20511 Apostolic Architecture: The Anatomy of Missional Organization 227Conclusion 249Afterword by Mike Breen 251Appendix: A Question of Legitimacy: The Restoration of the Apostolic Ministry 255Notes 273The Authors 307Index 309