Unite: Connecting Generations for Kingdom Expansion

by Matt Rogers, Chuck Lawless (Foreword), Will Browning (Contributor)

"I just don't get them." "They are so different." "What are they thinking?" Both young leaders and seasoned leaders struggle with thoughts like these when seeking to understand one another. All across the nation a hesitant handoff is emerging between generations that often lack a meaningful relationship and partnership with one another. If leaders do not take intentional steps to bridge this generational divide they will squander one of the richest blessings of God's grace. Younger leaders need the wisdom, mentorship, and care that seasoned leaders can provide. Leaders with years of experience need the joy of investing in future leaders and bearing their ministry burdens. Isolated leaders-like isolated Christians-are doomed. Faithful ministry is too challenging to embark on alone. We need each other. In Unite, seasoned and younger leaders (ranging from a few years to a few dozen years of ministry) have partnered together to exhort other leaders toward such unity. The voices in this volume write as practitioners who have demonstrated a heart for partnership and a model of such unity in their ministry contexts. They write in the hopes that leaders will move out of isolation and take intentional steps towards unity in the hopes that we might see the Great Commission fulfilled in our day.

164 pages, Paperback

Published April 11, 2016

About the author

Matt Rogers lives in Greenville, SC and serves as the pastor of The Church at Cherrydale (www.tccherrydale.com). Matt is a graduate of Furman University, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and received his PhD from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Matt writes for a number of evangelical organizations and speaks around the nation about the need for disciple-making and leadership development in the local church. This all pales in comparison to the joy Matt finds in being the husband of Sarah and the father of Corrie, Avery, and Hudson, and Willa. Find Matt online mattrogers.bio.