Books in the Jossey-Bass Leadership Network Series series

In Off-Road Disciplines, Earl Creps reveals that the on-road practices of prayer and Bible reading should be bolstered by the other kinds of encounters with God that occur unexpectedly-complete with the bumps and bruises that happen when you go "off-road.

Based on his extensive experience as coach and mentor to many thousands of Christian leaders across a broad spectrum of ministry settings, Reggie McNeal helps spiritual leaders understand that they will self-select into or out of greatness.

Gives church leaders a model for learning from younger people, both as a way to prevent "functional obsolescence" and as a way to transform their own leadership and missions. Addresses questions of culture, technology, relationship, generational differences, and gives readers a practical program for being (or giving) reverse mentoring.

Time for a whole new way of thinking about church For the past six years, Reggie McNeal has been sounding a clarion call for change in the church, as articulated in The Present Future. McNeal urges church leaders to wrestle with the right questions to produce the missional shifts that will insure a vital future for the church.

Reggie McNeal's bestseller The Present Future is the definitive work on the "missional movement," i.e. , the widespread movement among Protestant churches to be less inwardly focused and more oriented toward the culture and community around them.

With step-by-step advice and assessment tools, this title explains how churches can successfully plan, prepare, and execute a leadership transition when a pastor moves on.

An insightful and practical guide for developing relational leadership skills and engaging new paradigms of influence Relational Intelligence reveals how leaders can become smarter in the way they conduct their relationships, and as a result, catalyze their impact.

An expert practitioner answers to questions about the burgeoning organic church movement Neil Cole's best-selling book Organic Church described the fastest growing segment of contemporary Christianity-the so-called organic church.