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""Weird Church describes the massive shifts in culture that have impacted the church. It also provides a helpful common language for the different worldviews that exist in the institutional church today that might prevent further blaming of each other. Finally, it gives examples of the richness of diversity in healthy, relevant faith communities.""--Bishop Sally Dyck, Northern Illinois Annual Conference, The United Methodist ChurchIn the post-Christendom era, the institutional church just isn't what it used to be. But don't give up hope for the future of faith. Weird Church offers church leaders a clear vision of what's coming next, so long as they're willing to live into a few critical shifts. Utilizing Spiral Dynamics as a means of framing the current changes in North American culture, Nixon and Estock give a thrilling forecast of where the church is going as we race toward the mid-century. A wake-up call to anyone who still thinks church revitalization is simply a matter of doing better the things that used to come so easily. However, for the innovators whose ministries cannot fully be measured or understood by the old paradigms of members and money, Weird Church offers compelling vindication and encouragement that may cause them to stand and cheer.

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Estock and Nixon offer a hopeful look into the future of the Church, as well as a challenge to the status quo. -- Rev. Dr. Amy Butler Senior Minister, The Riverside Church, NYC No one is more in touch with and participating in the Spirit-breathed emergence of new forms of church than Estock and Nixon. -- Elaine A. Heath McCreless Professor of Evangelism at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, and leader and co-founder of The Missional Wisdom Foundation The authors have meshed their insights and experiences from sacred and secular perspectives to write a truly integral understanding of the challenges that confront humanity in the 21st Century across many different cultures. -- Dr. Don Edward Beck Founder of Spiral Dynamics Weird Church gives examples of the richness of diversity in healthy, relevant faith communities. -- Bishop Sally Dyck Northern Illinois Annual Conference, The United Methodist Church

Estock and Nixon offer a hopeful look into the future of the Church, as well as a challenge to the status quo. -- Rev. Dr. Amy Butler Senior Minister, The Riverside Church, NYC

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