A Non-Anxious Presence: How a Changing and Complex World will Create a Remnant of Renewed Christian Leaders
Ebook
Overview
For much of recent history individuals and institutions could plan, execute, and flourish with their visions of a better world. Volatile, complex forces could be addressed and confronted with planning and management. But crisis is a great revealer. It knocks us off our thrones. It uncovers the weaknesses in our strategies and brings to light our myths and idols. Our past strategies run aground, smashed by unpredictable and chaotic waves. Yet in the midst of the chaos of a crisis comes opportunity. The history of the church tells us that crisis always precedes renewal, and the framework of renewal offers us new ways forward. A Non-Anxious Presence shows how that renewal happens and offers churches and leaders strategic ways to awaken the Church and see our culture changed for Christ.
Top Highlights
“KEY IDEA: Gray zones exist in the overlap of two eras. They contain the influence of both the passing and forming era; this makes gray zones confusing and contradictory.” (source)
“What looked like destruction was the phase before germination. The devastation created a blank page upon which a new story could be told. The gray zone became the seedbed of renewal. Krakatoa reminds us that what may look like decline, loss, or even obliteration can be revival’s launching pad. For such renewal to occur, all it takes is a single seed.” (source)
“When we are anxious, we seek out strongholds. When we cannot find a stronghold, we build one. We seek to centralize control and power in a stronghold. The architectural plans for strongholds are first drafted in the anxious human heart. Strongholds are humanity’s oldest antidote to anxiety.” (source)
“Instead, Friedman argued that the most vital attribute to lead, especially in anxious human environments and systems, was a non-anxious presence. Thus, the leader’s chief tool of influence is their presence.” (source)
“Once the legitimacy of a stronghold is questioned, it no longer absorbs our anxiety. Instead, it becomes the source of our anxiety.” (source)
Mark Sayers always has a fascinating and insightful commentary on the moment of time we find ourselves in and the kind of leadership that is required.
——Nicky Gumbel, Vicar of HTB and pioneer of Alpha
- Title: A Non-Anxious Presence: How a Changing and Complex World will Create a Remnant of Renewed Christian Leaders
- Author: Mark Sayers
- Publisher: Moody Publishers
- Print Publication Date: 2022
- Logos Release Date: 2021
- Pages: 208
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9780802475336, 9780802428578, 0802428576, 0802475337
- Resource ID: LLS:9780802475336
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-06-28T07:51:11Z
Mark Sayers is the Lead Pastor of Red Church in Melbourne, Australia. He is passionate about spiritual renewal and the future of the church. Mark is the author of several books including A Non-Anxious Presence and Reappearing Church. Mark lives in Melbourne with his wife, Trudi, his daughter, Grace, and twin boys, Hudson and Billy.