• 1 Leader's guide
• 1 Participant's guide
• 4 DVDs

Session One: "Preparing for the Future"—a conversation designed to raise the possibility of experiencing a spiritual awakening and its implications for believers and the church

Session Two: "What Are You Looking At?"—the DVD series introduction that challenges participants to turn their attention to the world around them

Session Three: "The Collapse of the Church Culture," Part One—a session that examines the impact on the church of the rise of distinct generational cultures in North America

Session Four: "The Collapse of the Church Culture," Part Two—a discussion that confronts participants with the reality that getting back to the Christian movement will require a deconversion from "churchianity"

Session Five: "From Church Growth to Kingdom Growth"— a shift that moves our agenda from building great churches to serving our communities

Session Six: "A New Reformation: Releasing God's People"—a way of thinking that turns church members into missionaries and requires that they be freed from church involvement

Session Seven: "The Return to Spiritual Formation"—the need to address a fundamental need to help people grow as people, not just better church members

Session Eight: "From Planning to Preparation"—a look at how churches must move beyond incremental thinking (the result of planning more of the same) into partnering with God in his redemptive mission in the world (the result of a spiritual preparation modality when getting ready for the future)

Session Nine: "The Rise of Apostolic Leadership"—the reality of leadership requirements for spiritual leaders in a world that resembles A.D.30

Session Ten: "What's Next?"—an exploration of what next steps might be taken by believers and churches to align themselves with God's future for them

"Be prepared to be turned upside down and shaken loose of all your old notions of what church is and should be in today's world."
—George Cladis, senior pastor, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and author, Leading the Team-Based Church

"Reggie McNeal throws a lifeline to church leaders who are struggling with consumer-oriented congregations wanting church for themselves. The Present Future will recharge your passion."
—Rev. Robert R. Cushman, senior pastor, Princeton Alliance Church, Plainsboro, New Jersey

Maybe you're one of those people who has a sinking feeling that all is not well with the Christian church in America. Despite the many good things we can point to, the many faithful folks who are doing their best, something just seems to be missing. What's missing, as Reggie McNeal points out in The Present Future: Six Tough Questions for the Church, is the gritty realization that the way we are doing church is just plain wrong. And worse than wrong, it jeopardizes the church's mission. In The Present Future, Reggie McNeal reframes the issues facing the church, replacing wrong key questions with tough questions that must be asked.

In this ten-session four-DVD curriculum, best-selling author Reggie McNeal teaches participants how to recognize the six most important new realities that church leaders must face if they are to move beyond "churchianity" to a more authentic and missional Christian faith. By changing the questions church leaders ask themselves about their congregations and their mission, they can reshape the Christian movement in North America.

The participant's guide may also be purchased separately.

"With humor and rare honesty Reggie McNeal challenges church leaders to take authentic Christianity back into the real world. He's asking the right questions to help us get back on track."
— Tommy Coomes, contemporary Christian music pioneer and record producer, artist with Franklin Graham Ministries

"Reggie McNeal throws a lifeline to church leaders who are struggling with consumer-oriented congregations wanting church for themselves. The Present Future will recharge you passion."
— Rev. Robert R. Cushman, senior pastor, Princeton Alliance Church, Plainsboro, New Jersey

"Christian leaders will find great questions being answered in this compelling and motivating work that unwraps what he calls 'the realities of the present future' in the church today."
— Kelvin Gardiner, district superintendent, Christian and Missionary Alliance.

"The momentum of God that allows visionary ministries to experience exponential growth stalls for the lack of great management (having the right systems and people in place to move to the next level). This is a must read for the young entrepreneur at the beginning of ministry or the seasoned pioneer!"
— Mike Slaughter, senior pastor, Ginghamsburg United Methodist Church, Tipp City Ohio

"I would highly recommend this book to any person interested in the current state of the Church in North America and the future of that Church. It is time that we pay attention to the realities of our ministry context and like David's 'Men of Issachar' discern the right path into the future."
— Rick E. Morrow, pastoral care coordinator, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina

"This book is a rare find in which McNeal lovingly challenges the church with a spirit of adventure and rediscovery."
— The Rt. Rev. Charles Jenkins, Bishop, The Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana