The Externally Focused Quest, Rick Rusaw
The Externally Focused Quest, Rick Rusaw
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The Externally Focused Quest
Becoming the Best Church for the Community

Author: Rick Rusaw, Eric Swanson

Narrator: Kirby Heyborne

Unabridged: 10 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/20/2020

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

The Externally Focused Quest: Becoming the Best Church for the Community will help readers understand the ten changes necessary to becoming externally focused. The changes are not about changes in degree but changes in kind that affect the very idea of what it means to be church. This book is not about getting all churches to have an annual day of community service as a tactic but changing the core of who they are and how they see themselves. This is not about 40 days of purpose but more like 40 years of re-purposing. It is a highly practical approach that shows readers the major shifts that are needed to become externally focused.

About Rick Rusaw

Rick Rusaw has served as the lead pastor at LifeBridge Christian Church in Longmont, Colorado, since 1991, seeing the church’s attendance grow to more than 5,000 across three campuses. His passion for the church’s engaging and serving its communities have been at the heart of not only leading LifeBridge but also assisting churches worldwide to see beyond themselves. LifeBridge has found effective ways to partner in their community, providing foster care, mentoring at-risk kids, and serving the underserved. Grateful for God’s grace, Rick loves to help others discover grace, grow in grace, and live gracefully. Prior to LifeBridge, Rick was executive vice president of Cincinnati Christian University. He speaks for both ministry and business conferences around the globe and serves on a number of boards. His previous books include Externally Focused Church, Life on Loan, and Externally Focused Quest.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jeff on June 02, 2015

Foreword: ...the impact of a church is not determined by who it wants to reach but by who it is willing to serve. Alan Hirsch Introduction: Believers are longing to do something besides take notes in a worship service. Thousands of churches are rediscovering the DNA of the gospel and are living the gos......more

Goodreads review by Michael on June 13, 2020

The church must continue to look for ways to engage the community. This is a helpful work to get us thinking about ministering in hands on ways in the community. However I would like to hear more about people coming to Christ and growing as disciples. At times I felt like this emphasized too much ab......more

Goodreads review by Stacey on July 21, 2012

I found this to be a very engaging and practical resource to help me think creatively and proactively about what an externally-focused church can look like and how to move in that direction. The nine missional concepts were accessible yet inspiring, and the leadership challenge at the end of each ch......more

Goodreads review by Debra on November 13, 2015

Not much new here. Reggie McNeil's Missional Renaissance is a better choice. Lots of anecdotes but all drawn from mega-churches which can leave those of us in more "traditionally-sized" congregations wondering about transferability. On the other hand, an easy read with some thought-provoking questio......more

Goodreads review by Luke on October 26, 2016

Somewhat helpful. Some good points about being outward focused and intentionally looking for creative ways to serve and benefit the community. However, almost all the examples were from large mega-churches and not all the helpful for smaller churches. However, we can all be encouraged to be more out......more

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