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Beyond Thingification: Helping Your Church Engage in God's Mission
Beyond Thingification will help you get clear on your church’s mission and help your church do ministry that really matters.
Leading churches is so much harder than it used to be. You used to be able to grow a church simply by starting one. Or by improving the preaching or the music or the children’s ministry. That’s just not the case anymore. We try to attract people to our churches with new programs. Occasionally it works. Most of the time it doesn’t.
That’s frustrating! And it makes us feel like failures.
Eventually, most of us realize that getting our churches to be bigger and better is not God’s top priority. We begin to understand that what God really wants is to heal the world. And we want that, too. We want to help our churches bless our communities and restore shalom in the world.
The problem is…it’s so hard to know how to do that today.
In Beyond Helping Your Church Engage in God’s Mission, Markus •Describes the historical background that got us to where we are…•Explores the mission to which all of us have been called, and…•Presents a practical way to discern how God is calling your particular church to participate in the healing of the world.
As you and your church read Beyond Thingification and implement what Markus Watson terms “Vocational Connection Groups,” you •Help your church meaningfully engage in God’s mission.•Escape the hamster wheel of doing the same old—but now ineffective—ministry programs.
Beyond Thingification will help you •From confused about the church’s purpose…to clear about the church’s mission.•From frustrated about your church’s ineffectiveness…to excited about what God is doing through your people.•From distracted by meaningless measures of success…to focused on faithfulness as the true measure of success.
If you’re ready to get clear on how God is calling your church to engage in the mission of God in your unique context, Beyond Thingification will help you do just that.
Leading churches is so much harder than it used to be. You used to be able to grow a church simply by starting one. Or by improving the preaching or the music or the children’s ministry. That’s just not the case anymore. We try to attract people to our churches with new programs. Occasionally it works. Most of the time it doesn’t.
That’s frustrating! And it makes us feel like failures.
Eventually, most of us realize that getting our churches to be bigger and better is not God’s top priority. We begin to understand that what God really wants is to heal the world. And we want that, too. We want to help our churches bless our communities and restore shalom in the world.
The problem is…it’s so hard to know how to do that today.
In Beyond Helping Your Church Engage in God’s Mission, Markus •Describes the historical background that got us to where we are…•Explores the mission to which all of us have been called, and…•Presents a practical way to discern how God is calling your particular church to participate in the healing of the world.
As you and your church read Beyond Thingification and implement what Markus Watson terms “Vocational Connection Groups,” you •Help your church meaningfully engage in God’s mission.•Escape the hamster wheel of doing the same old—but now ineffective—ministry programs.
Beyond Thingification will help you •From confused about the church’s purpose…to clear about the church’s mission.•From frustrated about your church’s ineffectiveness…to excited about what God is doing through your people.•From distracted by meaningless measures of success…to focused on faithfulness as the true measure of success.
If you’re ready to get clear on how God is calling your church to engage in the mission of God in your unique context, Beyond Thingification will help you do just that.
144 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 11, 2020
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May 27, 2020
Markus Watson is my pastor. He’s written and thoughtful book about where the church is today in this changing world. I especially enjoyed his chapter on the rise and fall of Christendom. It was a look back at my spiritual journey in many ways. I remember those days when everyone went to church.
We believers are called to restore Shalom to God’s world. This an easy to read book about how to do just that with a guide on how to set up Vocational Connection Groups in your own church.
We believers are called to restore Shalom to God’s world. This an easy to read book about how to do just that with a guide on how to set up Vocational Connection Groups in your own church.
June 18, 2020
Well Thought Out
I enjoyed this read and plan to implement its well thought out plan in my community and church. Thanks Markus!
I enjoyed this read and plan to implement its well thought out plan in my community and church. Thanks Markus!
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