
Liquid Church
6 Powerful Currents To Saturate Your City For Christ
By: Tim Lucas, Warren Bird
Paperback | 10 September 2019
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In a fluid, rapidly-changing world, every church struggles with finding fresh ways to win a hearing for Christ with the current generation. What worked 20, 10 or even 5 years ago too often loses its effectiveness as our world experiences a tsunami of cultural change, especially among the younger rising generations. Church leaders want to know not only how people are responsive today, but also why. They want to understand how leading churches are pouring the living water of Jesus Christ through new wineskins, and how some of the ideas, along with their underlying values, could work for them as well.
Looking underneath Liquid Church's phenomenal growth from a dozen people to more than 5,000 weekly attenders in 12 years, this book explains how this vibrant church has pioneered a number of ministry shifts that has resulted in strong cross-generational appeal. How does a church effectively saturate its community with the good news about Jesus without diluting the truth and power of the gospel Lucas and Bird look at seven spiritual currents that churches can leverage to reposition themselves for community impact while holding fast to the timeless, unchanging truth of Christ. These shifts reflect national trends as well, and the authors include examples of how other churches are doing the same thing in different cultural contexts.
About the Authors
Tim Lucas is the founder and lead pastor of Liquid Church, named one of America's 100 Fastest-Growing Churches by Outreach magazine (2018). Tim started Liquid "on accident" with a dozen twenty-something friends meeting in the basement of a 150-year old church. Since launching in 2007, Liquid has experienced rapid growth and thousands of changed lives. The innovative church has grown to seven locations across New Jersey with 5,000 people in attendance and more than 2,400 baptisms to date.
Warren Bird (PhD, Fordham University) is vice president of research for the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability. He draws from twenty years of experience of pastoring and seminary teaching. He is an award - winning researcher and writer, having co-authored more than thirty books for church leaders. He and his college sweetheart wife live just outside of New York City.
Industry Reviews
I love the biblical basis of this powerful book. If you want to saturate your city with the living water of Jesus, I dare you to pray the bold prayer that the leaders of Liquid Church prayed. * MARK BATTERSON, author, The Circle Maker; lead pastor, National Community Church *
This book will grip you. In my view, the chapter on preaching is worth the price of the book alone. If you want to reach the next generation of young adults, you've picked the right book. * CAREY NIEUWHOF, host, The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast *
Offers practical and inspired strategies for our dried-up and tired ministry models. I highly recommend this resource as a trustworthy guide to innovative ministry for your context. * KADI COLE, leadership consultant; author, Developing Female Leaders; kadicole.com *
Reads like a Purpose-Driven Church for today's generation of leaders. This book should be on every church leader's required reading list for making an impact in their community. * RICH BIRCH, host, unSeminary podcast; author, Church Growth Flywheel *
Offers a rare combination of timeless truth and cultural relevance. Grab your team and work your way through these ideas and insights together. You'll be glad you did. * LARRY OSBORNE, pastor, North Coast Church; author, Thriving in Babylon *
Brings practicality and passion together like two rivers converging toward an ocean of possibilities. Read it and realize your church's full potential. * WAYNE FRANCIS, lead pastor, Authentic Church; @waynefrancis *
What a gift! Hundreds of thousands are grateful that God inspired Tim to pray, "Open my eyes, Lord," which God did. And so will this beautiful book. * MICHAEL J. MANTEL, president and CEO, Living Water International *
Read this book and you'll be not only reshaping your perspective on reaching people for years to come but also putting its ideas into action this week. * MARK JOHNSTON, lead pastor, The Journey Church *
This book is fresh, vivid, and compelling. Read it and get ready to catch an ancient vision made new for today's generation. * WILLIAM VANDERBLOEMEN, founder and CEO, Vanderbloemen Search Group *
Rick Warren's Purpose Driven Church changed the landscape for a generation of leaders. I see this book doing the same for this generation and beyond. * TOM KANG, lead pastor, NewStory Church *
If soul winning is your focus, let Tim mentor you on how to contextualize the gospel to effectively engage today's culture. * DAVID D. IRELAND, lead pastor; author, One in Christ; www.DavidIreland.org *
The six principles in this book have worked in New Jersey; I've stolen many of them over the years and they have worked on Long Island as well. I'm sure they will work for you too. * BRIAN MCMILLAN, lead pastor, CenterPoint Church *
Inspiring and practical! This book will not only give you hope for the future of your church but also equip you to see those hopes come to fruition. * JENNI CATRON, author, The Four Dimensions of Extraordinary Leadership *
Not only will this book inspire you but it will also challenge you to go into the deep with the Holy Spirit. It truly renews passion, hope and faith for revival now and for future generations. * ANDI ANDREW, cofounder, Liberty Church; founder, She Is Free; speaker; author *
When you're setting out to learn something, make sure you learn from someone who is winning at it. When it comes to reaching your city, Tim is definitely one of those who is winning at it. * DINO RIZZO, executive director, ARC (Association of Related Churches) *
ISBN: 9780310100102
ISBN-10: 0310100100
Published: 10th September 2019
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 288
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: HarperCollins Religious
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 20.3 x 13.9 x 2.0
Weight (kg): 0.27
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