Fast Forward to Mission: Frameworks for a Life of Impact

by Alan Hirsch

Publisher:

Baker

, 2014

Overview

This ebook short includes the first and last chapters of Hirsch’s Right Here, Right Now and enables readers to envision and embark on everyday mission that makes a difference, regardless of their situation, vocation, or location. Hirsch challenges readers to think differently about the world and their place in it, setting them free to act differently in the world and spread the kingdom wherever they go.

From the Back Cover

Think differently. Act differently. Impact differently.

Jesus designed the church to be an advancing, unstoppable, revolutionary force. But that is far from what we tend to experience in the contemporary Western church. In this short ebook, Alan Hirsch calls you to awaken your potential and join the movement to make disciples as Jesus did. In this concentrated briefing for everyday mission he shows you how to . . .

· move out (into missional engagement)
· move in (burrow down into the culture)
· move alongside (engaging in genuine friendships and relational networks) and
· move from (challenging the dehumanizing and sinful aspects of our culture)

It’s time to get unplugged, reframed, rescripted, and recommissioned to make a lasting impact on a world in need of innovative approaches to spreading the Good News.

Are you ready to move forward?

Alan Hirsch is founding director of Forge Mission Training Network and cofounder of Shapevine.com. Currently he leads an innovative learning program called Future Travelers which helps megachurches become missional movements. He is the author of numerous books, including The Forgotten Ways, and coauthor of Untamed and Right Here, Right Now. Hirsch lives in the Los Angeles area.

[This ebook short contains the first and last chapters of Right Here, Right Now]

Contents

Top Highlights

“The church that Jesus designed is made for impact—and massive, highly transformative impact at that.” (source)

“A missional movement must apply the gospel to all spheres of life (business, family, art, education, science, politics, etc.)—it cannot be limited simply to ‘coming to church’ or participating in building-based programs.” (source)

“It is only when the people of God as a whole are activated in a movement that real world transformation takes place.” (source)

“Beyond public relations and awareness related benefits, measuring the” (source)

“If missional church remains solely in the domain of leaders and clergy, then it is doubtful we will have any lasting missional impact in the long term. It’s going to take both missional church plus missional disciples to make a missional movement.” (source)

Product Details

• Title : Fast Forward to Mission (Ebook Shorts): Frameworks for a Life of Impact
• Author: Hirsch, Alan
• Publisher: Baker
• Publication Date: 2014
• ISBN: 9781441220509

About Alan Hirsch

Alan Hirsch is the founding Director of Forge Mission Training Network. He is the co-founder of shapevine.com, an international forum for engaging with world transforming ideas. He leads Future Travelers, a learning journey applying missional-incarnational approaches to established churches and is an active participant in The Tribe of LA, a Jesus community among artists and creatives in Los Angeles. Known for his innovative approach to mission, Hirsch is a teacher and key mission strategist for churches across the western world. His popular book The Shaping of Things to Come (with Michael Frost) is widely considered to be a seminal text on mission. Alan's recent book The Forgotten Ways, has quickly become a key reference for missional thinking, particularly as it relates to movements. His book ReJesus is a radical restatement about the role that Jesus plays in defining missional movements. Untamed, his latest book (with his wife Debra) is about missional discipleship for a missional church. His experience in leadership includes leading a local church movement among the marginalized as well as heading up the Mission and Revitalization work of his denomination. Hirsch is an adjunct professor at Fuller Seminary and lectures frequently throughout Australia, Europe, and the U.S.