Minatrea, Milfred. <br/><br/>
Shaped by God's heart :  the passion and practices of missional churches / 
Milfred Minatrea. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - San Francisco, CA :  Jossey-Bass,  c2004. 
 - xviii, 205 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-202) 
<br/><br/>From maintenance to missional : the church in a world of change -- Be church and be changed : how missional churches live their passion -- The nine essential practices of missional churches -- Missional practice #1 : have a high threshold for membership -- Missional practice #2 : be real, not real religious -- Missional practice #3 : teach to obey rather than to know -- Missional practice #4 : rewrite worship every week -- Missional practice #5 : live apostolically -- Missional practice #6: expect to change the world -- Missional practice #7 : order actions according to their purpose -- Missional practice #8: measure growth by capacity to release, not retain -- Missional practice #9 : value sectarian accomplishments but value kingdom more -- Structures and strategies for becoming missional -- They run rapids in rubber rafts : church structures that can survive the rapids of cultural change -- Seeing beyond the horizon : new leaders for new times -- Moving to missional : becoming a new kind of church. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0787971111 (hardback) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004006648 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mission of the church.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BV601.8  / .M57 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>253