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Kingdom Come: Why We Must Give Up Our Obsession with Fixing the Church--and What We Should Do Instead by [Reggie McNeal]

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There’s a reason Jesus taught us to pray “Thy Kingdom come . . .” and not “Thy church come.” The church clearly plays an important role in God’s plans. It was established by Christ, and he is its Head. But have we put too much emphasis on the church? Have we confused a means of participating in God’s Kingdom with the Kingdom itself?

In Kingdom Come, church ministry consultant Reggie McNeal reveals why it’s crucial to realign the church’s mission with God’s ultimate Kingdom agenda. You’ll discover how you can get in on—and help lead—the Kingdom movement currently underway.

Join the mission to help the Kingdom break into our hearts . . . and break out into the world.

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Reggie McNeal has written an exuberant, humble, clear, timely, nearly unassailable call-to-arms for Jesus followers to radically shift their focus from Churchianity to the Kingdom of God―life as God intends it. We must rediscover our essential task as partners in God’s redemptive mission for the world, or lose our claim to relevance in a culture that is quickly abandoning propositional Christianity that has been hermetically sealed in competitive silos of shrinking market share. Breaking free from brittle, self-imposed constraints, Reggie calls us to join hands and hearts in the common purpose of loving God by loving our neighbors in as many life-honoring ways as health and wholeness reveal. (Rev. Dr. Stephen Bauman, Christ Church, United Methodist, New York City)

Kudos to Reggie McNeal, who is out to return us from Churchianity to Christianity. Read this book to understand that the church is not a club, but a launching pad; that discipleship’s about a direction (following Jesus), not a doctrine; and that the gospel story’s star is God, not your church. May Kingdom Come help us recalibrate so that we may live out the Abrahamic call to bless our cities and the nations. (Dr. Amy L. Sherman, Author of Kingdom Calling)

I appreciated reading Reggie McNeal’s Kingdom Come. As usual with this author, I felt alternately affirmed, challenged, and occasionally bothered by his candid insights on the church and contemporary culture. It reads like a manifesto for mission, calling for Christian leaders to seriously consider the true Kingdom impact their ministry is having on the community they are called to serve. (Barry Swanson, Commissioner of the Eastern Territory, Salvation Army USA)

In Kingdom Come, Reggie McNeal masterfully does what we’ve come to expect of him: intersecting the path of our past with the reality of the present in order to guide and challenge us toward a new and better direction for the future. Why listen to him? He looks out the window, sees what most of us are too busy to see, and challenges us to new thinking. (Todd Wilson, Cofounder and director, Exponential)

Reggie gives us a compelling thesis on unlocking the congregation’s social power from within today’s churches. He offers a blueprint for building greater Kingdom communities, where congregations find spiritual fulfillment in Kingdom service. Imagine the strength of church foundations built on the rocks of its people’s collaborative spirit and on mission work with and for the community. The Kingdom can come, and never has the need been greater. (Sam Oliver, Global supply chain production lead, Monsanto)

Are we, as the church, supposed to get our hands dirty in the pressing issues of our communities? If the Kingdom is essentially “life as God intends for it to be,” as Reggie McNeal contends so convincingly in this book, and if we see that our community is not as God intends, then we have our answer. In that light, the church is no longer the end; it is the means. (Jim Morgan, President, Meet the Need)

Our missional coach is back to his meddling business. Reggie makes a biblical case that if congregations are going to be involved in what God is up to, they must move from their predictable church ministry focus to a Kingdom mission focus. Churches may be dying, but God’s Kingdom is thriving. This book has the potential, with the Spirit’s help, to wake us up from “missional amnesia” and launch us into vital, life-giving mission. (Marnie Crumpler, Executive pastor, Peachtree Presbyterian Church)

Kingdom Come can transform our country’s education system! Reggie McNeal inspires Kingdom growth in our schools and communities with examples of people who are partnering with God and their local schools. Classroom teachers alone cannot meet the educational, health, and social needs of all children. It takes a Kingdom approach. Practical and stirring advice on how to be on mission with God with issues that stir your heart. (Melanie Barton, Executive director, South Carolina Education Oversight Committee)

One of the first songs my children learned was “Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God.” I admit I never was sure exactly what that meant until now. Open this book, underline every word, and as God’s people, partner with Him in helping people live a better life―abundant life! May His Kingdom come! (Judy Lee, Executive director, Titus County Cares)

Reggie McNeal combines southern charm with gospel disruption. Just like the Jesus he follows, McNeal realigns God’s people with news of the Kingdom. This means everything gets reordered for the sake of God’s determination “to make all things new.” McNeal continues to point skillfully and faithfully to God’s essentials and priorities, which recast church and life in Kingdom terms. (Mark Labberton, President, Fuller Theological Seminary)

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00PCJZL3U
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tyndale Momentum (April 16 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 225 pages

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Reggie enjoys helping people, leaders, and Christian organizations pursue more intentional lives. He currently serves as the Missional Leadership Specialist for Leadership Network of Dallas, TX. Reggie’s past experience involves over a decade as a denominational executive and leadership development coach. He also served in local congregational leadership for over twenty years, including being the founding pastor of a new church. Reggie has lectured or taught as adjunct faculty for multiple seminaries, including Fuller Theological (Pasadena, CA), Southwestern Baptist (Ft. Worth, TX), Golden Gate Baptist (San Francisco, CA), Trinity Divinity School (Deerfield, IL), and Columbia International (Columbia, SC). In addition, he has served as a consultant to local church, denomination, and para-church leadership teams, as well as seminar developer and presenter for thousands of church leaders across North America. He has also resourced the United States Army Chief of Chaplains Office, Air Force chaplains, and the Air Force Education and Training Command. Reggie’s work also extends to the business sector, including The Gallup Organization.

Reggie has contributed to numerous denominational publications and church leadership journals, including Leadership and Net Results. His books include Revolution in Leadership (Abingdon Press, 1998), A Work of Heart: Understanding How God Shapes Spiritual Leaders (Jossey-Bass, 2000), The Present Future (Jossey-Bass, 2003), Practicing Greatness (Jossey-Bass, 2006), Get A Life! (Broadman & Holman, 2007). His latest book, Missional Renaissance: Changing the Scorecard for the Church (Jossey-Bass, 2009) details the three shifts that church leaders must make to engage the missional movement and offers suggestions for a different scorecard to reflect missional ministry.

Reggie’s education includes a B.A. degree from the University of South Carolina and the M.Div. and Ph.D. degrees both from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Reggie and his wife Cathy, have two daughters, Jessica and Susanna, and make their home in Columbia, South Carolina.

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Laurie R

Simply a must read

Reviewed in Australia 🇦🇺 on May 14, 2015

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Practical, stretching, hopeful, insightful, for now, for the future, collaborative, calling for action, rethink, fired up, transforming lives and communities, calling us to really be the church and in being so we will super charge our churches in bringing hope, care, kindness, salvation, personal development and so much more. This is an equipping and inspiring challenge to Christians to be faithful, full on followers of Jesus.

Dingodai

Not Your Average Christian Book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 3, 2017

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I found this book not just challenging and encouraging, but I actually found myself rethinking a lot of my understanding of scripture. Many things that I have long been vague on are now starting to make sense. If you you more of the same, don’t read this book!

Prebdog

Mcneal fails to connect with what should have been a positive message.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 2, 2020

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It seems the author has a real problem with people of faith. As a faithful person, I completely understand that the Church is far from perfect, but the Church is equally as far from the level of failure as Mr. Mcneal is presenting in this book. There is room for improvement within the church, but this book will likely not serve to inspire change as many who read this book will feel attacked and with good reason. Mcneal offers a lot of criticism about the church, but offers almost nothing as a practical alternative to his criticism. If his intent was to wake the church up to its failings, he failed to encourage the church and seemingly took this as an opportunity to scold the church, without edification. As a leader, one understands the power of casting a vision with edification and education, Mr. Mcneal accomplishes neither.

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Dale Dove

If the Kingdom Came, What Would It Look Like?

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 29, 2015

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In Kingdom Come, Reggie makes clear the present and future mission of The Church - the followers of Jesus: To bring the principles of the Kingdom of God, and the will and way of God, as Jesus made clear in His living and teaching, to our lives, our homes, our communities, our countries and our world. I have purchased a case of these books and am sharing them with leaders in my community. What would our communities look like if we got what Jesus told us to pray for? "Our Father, may Your Kingdom come and Your will be done in 'my community' as it is in Heaven." And how would it come? Reggie's book helps address these questions head on.

Lantz Howard

The future of the local church hangs in the balance ...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 1, 2015

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The future of the local church hangs in the balance of understanding her position not as a place to be consumed or fixed, but a place to be inspired, equipped in order to continue on mission throughout the week. There are a few key metaphors in the book that help shape the conversation about the Kingdom of God. Every leader and lay person who cares about the future of the local church should embrace key concepts in Reggie's latest work.

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