The Starfish and the Spirit, Lance Ford
The Starfish and the Spirit, Lance Ford
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The Starfish and the Spirit
Unleashing the Leadership Potential of Churches and Organizations

Author: Lance Ford, Rob Wegner, Alan Hirsch, Ori Brafman

Narrator: Thom Bromhead, Lance Ford, Rob Wegner

Unabridged: 10 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 03/30/2021

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Imagine an organizational model for church leadership that enables the entire team to unleash their full potential. The joy and vigor coming from a collective strength, intelligence, and skill in the community of leaders not only brings greater potency but better yields for your ministry. What would it be like to see this kind of healthy leadership reproduced into the second, third, and fourth generation, on multiple strands?Leveraging the metaphor Ori Brafman popularized in his NYT best-selling book, The Starfish and the Spider, Rob Wegner, Lance Ford, and Alan Hirsch show:How to take a close look at your church's organizational structure and how to adapt instead of simply adopt a certain kind of structural approach.How churches can function without a rigid central authority, making them nimbler in reacting to external forces.How seeding starfish networks inside today's churches will prepare the church of tomorrow to be agile while maintaining the accountability to be effective.The Starfish and the Spirit is about creating a culture where church leaders view themselves as curators of a community on a mission, not the source of certainty for every question and project. It's about creating a team of humble leaders "in the middle" of the church, not at the top--leaders who naturally reproduce multiple generations of leaders, from the middle out.

About Rob Wegner

Rob Wegner leads the Kansas City Underground, a decentralized network of reproducing disciples and microchurches in Kansas City, Missouri. Previously, he served as teaching pastor at Granger Community Church in Granger, Indiana and at Westside Family Church in Kansas City. Rob also serves on the leadership team of NewThing and on the Exponential Network Team, leading learning communities and speaking at national church conferences.     

About Alan Hirsch

Alan Hirsch is an award-winning author on various aspects of missional Christianity and co-founder of Future Travelers, an intentional learning journey for contemporary churches seeking to transition to becoming authentic movements


Reviews

Goodreads review by Daniel

Brilliant and futuristic This book is brilliant. Not only is it grounded in Scripture and the way of Jesus, but it’s a futuristic and prophetic treatise on ways the church needs to and can become more adaptable, so that we are more effective in our mission of making disciples.......more

Goodreads review by Peter

Just finished my second read through this book. I have so much to still digest. So much that resonates, so much that challenges, and through all of it, I want more of Jesus! And I want to become someone that helps others discover Him, grow in Him and live for Him!......more

Goodreads review by Becky

I had mixed feelings about this book. I loved the main points, even those that will seem radical to many church leaders. I found myself wishing all church leaders would read this book. There were a few things I didn't care for. I felt that the starfish analogy really did not work very well. Every id......more

Goodreads review by Bob

A strong, but mixed, offering. The Starfish and the Spirit is a strong addition to the shelves of any church leader who wants to see their family of faith multiply beyond the current boundaries of the church (building’s) four walls. It offers a great premise based on the fact that every piece of the......more