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Activating 5Q: A User's Guide
In 5Q, Alan Hirsch took a deep dive into the fivefold typology of ministry as articulated in Ephesians 4:1-16. Now in this User's Guide, Alan and Jessie challenge and equip you, your organization or church to live into a new way of seeing, thinking, and living.
Summarizing and simplifying the key themes of 5Q, this practical guide is ideal for either individuals or groups. With practitioner examples, reflective questions, and training tools, Activating 5Q enables you to apply the principles to your particular context. “A new and brilliant understanding of how to unleash the latent capacity within you, the church and every group for the Jesus mission.”—Dave Ferguson, lead pastor of Community Christian Church; lead visionary for NewThing; author “I believe that there are few topics more important for the renewal of Christ’s people and the subsequent transforming of the world around us than what is addressed here.” —Neil Cole, author of Organic Church, Primal Fire, and One Thing “Inspires, provokes and engages. It will be a catalyst for mission in the years to come!” —Danielle Strickland, international social justice advocate; author and speaker “Provides us with a clear model showing us how Jesus is active in and through the church. Wonderful!” —Brad Brisco, co-author of Missional Essentials and Next Door as It Is in Heaven “This book leads readers to live into 5Q so that the church might be the song, the poem sung to and for the world in order to bring all people into the dance of God.” —JR Woodward, author of Creating a Missional Culture; co-author, The Church as Movement; national director, V3 movement “Activating 5Q offers powerful tools to help churches fire on all five cylinders as God intends.”—Paul Harcourt, National Leader, New Wine England “Gives the whole church a place to see ourselves in the story of God in a way that invigorates passion and purpose. A must-read!”—Tammy Dunahoo, general supervisor, The Foursquare Church
Summarizing and simplifying the key themes of 5Q, this practical guide is ideal for either individuals or groups. With practitioner examples, reflective questions, and training tools, Activating 5Q enables you to apply the principles to your particular context. “A new and brilliant understanding of how to unleash the latent capacity within you, the church and every group for the Jesus mission.”—Dave Ferguson, lead pastor of Community Christian Church; lead visionary for NewThing; author “I believe that there are few topics more important for the renewal of Christ’s people and the subsequent transforming of the world around us than what is addressed here.” —Neil Cole, author of Organic Church, Primal Fire, and One Thing “Inspires, provokes and engages. It will be a catalyst for mission in the years to come!” —Danielle Strickland, international social justice advocate; author and speaker “Provides us with a clear model showing us how Jesus is active in and through the church. Wonderful!” —Brad Brisco, co-author of Missional Essentials and Next Door as It Is in Heaven “This book leads readers to live into 5Q so that the church might be the song, the poem sung to and for the world in order to bring all people into the dance of God.” —JR Woodward, author of Creating a Missional Culture; co-author, The Church as Movement; national director, V3 movement “Activating 5Q offers powerful tools to help churches fire on all five cylinders as God intends.”—Paul Harcourt, National Leader, New Wine England “Gives the whole church a place to see ourselves in the story of God in a way that invigorates passion and purpose. A must-read!”—Tammy Dunahoo, general supervisor, The Foursquare Church
176 pages, Paperback
Published February 15, 2018
About the author
Alan Hirsch
97 books81 followersAlan Hirsch is the founding director of Forge Mission Training Network. Currently he co-leads Future Travelers, an innovative learning program helping megachurches become missional movements. Known for his innovative approach to mission, Alan is considered to be a thought-leader and key mission strategist for churches across the Western world. Hirsch is the author of The Forgotten Ways; co-author of The Shaping of Things to Come, ReJesus, and The Faith of Leap (with Michael Frost); Untamed (with Debra Hirsch); Right Here, Right Now (with Lance Ford), and On the Verge (with Dave Ferguson).
Alan is co-founder and adjunct faculty for the M.A. in Missional Church Movements at Wheaton College (Illinois). He is also adjunct professor at Fuller Seminary, George Fox Seminary, among others, and he lectures frequently throughout Australia, Europe, and the United States. He is series editor for Baker Books' Shapevine series , IVP's Forge line, and an associate editor of Leadership Journal.
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. He has been on leadership team with Christian Associates, a mission agency planting churches throughout Europe. Alan is adjunct professor at Fuller Seminary and lectures frequently throughout Australia, Europe, and the U.S
Alan is co-founder and adjunct faculty for the M.A. in Missional Church Movements at Wheaton College (Illinois). He is also adjunct professor at Fuller Seminary, George Fox Seminary, among others, and he lectures frequently throughout Australia, Europe, and the United States. He is series editor for Baker Books' Shapevine series , IVP's Forge line, and an associate editor of Leadership Journal.
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. He has been on leadership team with Christian Associates, a mission agency planting churches throughout Europe. Alan is adjunct professor at Fuller Seminary and lectures frequently throughout Australia, Europe, and the U.S
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September 10, 2018
This workbook offers the simplified version of the full book. Loved both the book and the workbook. I love the layers of understanding given to the reader. I love that the 5-fold isn't written about as a job description but rather as a personality-type. That each person's unique way of viewing the world is because they each represent one fifth of Gods perspective. I think his broadening of the definitions of the 5-fold are critical to church growth and personal development. I really feel like this book, and the balanced idea of church culture, will be super helpful to any growing body.
July 16, 2018
This book is what happens when someone gets an idea of interpreting a verse, overthinks it, writes a book, people like it, then begins to market the idea and get money off of it. Not worth the read, I feel like there is better material out there about this subject.
January 30, 2019
Great book for thinking about how 5 fold ministry is part of everyone’s DNA and what that means for the church.
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