{"title":"Michael Alan Hirsch Frost","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"shaping-of-things-to-come-book-michael-alan-hirsch-frost-9780801046308","title":"The Shaping of Things to Come","description":"\u003cb\u003eIf ever there was a time for an innovative missionary effort in the West, it is now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe great paradox of our age is that while the need for the gospel has seldom been greater, the relevance of the church to the culture at large has seldom been less. With keen insight, \u003ci\u003eThe Shaping of Things to Come \u003c\/i\u003eexplores why the church needs to rebuild itself from the bottom up, presenting a clear understanding of how the church can change to face the unique challenges of the twenty-first century. Now thoroughly revised and updated with current case studies, this missional classic assesses the state of the church--and is still very much able to show us what lies ahead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Shaping of Things to Come\u003c\/i\u003e . . . calls us forward to a grander view of the church-in-mission than the one to which we have become all too accustomed. I am personally grateful for this new edition.--Mark Batterson, lead pastor, National Community Church; author, \u003ci\u003eThe Circle Maker\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot often does a title of a book prophesy itself. But \u003ci\u003eThe Shaping of Things to Come\u003c\/i\u003e has shaped things to come in the global Christian world like perhaps no one book published in the past decade. It truly is a 'classic, ' and this new edition promises to continue its tradition of shaking and shaping.--Leonard Sweet, author; professor, Drew University and George Fox University \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of those rare books that . . . gets deep into your psyche and alters your perspective on what it means to be the church today, what it means to follow Jesus on his adventurous mission.--Dan Kimball, author, \u003ci\u003eThey Like Jesus but Not the Church\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs we look at the depth and breadth of the missional movement, I continually direct people back to \u003ci\u003eThe Shaping of Things to Come\u003c\/i\u003e. Things have definitely shaped around the concepts of this book, and it continues to be a plumbline for missional thought leadership and practice.--Hugh Halter, author, \u003ci\u003eThe Tangible Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSacrilege\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Frost\u003c\/b\u003e is the founding director of the Tinsley Institute, a mission study center at Morling College in Sydney, Australia. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including \u003ci\u003eExiles\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Road to Missional\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Sydney.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlan Hirsch \u003c\/b\u003eis founding director of Forge Mission Training Network and leader of Future Travelers. He is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Forgotten Ways\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUntamed\u003c\/i\u003e. Alan lives in Los Angeles.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49556991901969,"sku":"GOR007443220","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51416352424209,"sku":"CIN0801046300G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52819669025041,"sku":"CIN0801046300VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0801046300.jpg?v=1751233118"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/collections\/author-books-by-michael-alan-hirsch-frost.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}