The Monkey and the Fish, Dave Gibbons
The Monkey and the Fish, Dave Gibbons
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The Monkey and the Fish
Liquid Leadership for a Third-Culture Church

Author: Dave Gibbons, J. J. Brazil, Pulitzer Prize Winner

Narrator: Raymond Scully

Unabridged: 5 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 01/19/2010


Synopsis

Our world is marked by unprecedented degrees of multiculturalism, ethnic diversity, social shifts, international collaboration, and technology-driven changes. The changes are profound, especially when you consider the unchecked decline in the influence, size, and social standing of the church. There is an undercurrent of anxiety in the evangelical world, and a hunger for something new. And we’re sensing the urgency of it.We need fresh, creative counterintuitive ways of doing ministry and church and leading it in the 21st century. We need to adapt. Fast. Both in our practices and our thinking. The aim of this book is simple: When we understand the powerful forces at work in the world today, we’ll learn how something called The Third Culture can yield perhaps the most critical missing ingredient in the church today—adaptability—and help the church remain on the best side of history. A Third Culture Church and a Third Culture Leader looks at our new global village and the church’s role in that village in a revolutionary way. It’s a way to reconnect with the historical roots of what Jesus envisioned the church could be—a people known for a brand of love, unity, goodness, and extravagant spirit that defies all conventions. This book is part of the successful Leadership Innovation Series.

About Dave Gibbons

Dave Gibbons is crazy about his beautiful, misfit family in New York City, Irvine, Los Angeles, Southeast Asia, China, India, Seoul, Mexico City, London, and Brazil. He’s a creative, futurist, activist, and strategist.  Dave serves as an adviser to artists, business persons, and community development specialists throughout the world. He also is the Lead of a global alliance of churches and networks. He is the author of the award-winning book on culture and leadership, The Monkey and the Fish, and of XEALOTS.  You can learn more about the XEALOT life at XEALOT.net and davegibbons.tv. Follow Dave at http://twitter.com/davegibbons


Reviews

Goodreads review by Phil

The Monkey & the Fish is part of Leadership Network's innovation series and I'm really not sure what to make of it. The subtitle is Liquid Leadership for a third culture church and I have to confess even after reading it I'm not entirely sure what that means. On the back cover it pronounces this to b......more

Goodreads review by Jim

the first thing about a non-fiction book, how many of the people reccommending it are mentioned between the covers 8 of the 24 people supplying blurbs. two thirds of the people saying to buy the book in the blurbs aren't mentioned, that's an incredibly high number of people liking it for the content......more

Goodreads review by Armando

it's ok.......more

Goodreads review by Tim

This book doesn’t really add anything to the conversation about how churches should be reaching people in today’s day and age.......more