Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-202)

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.