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| Forgotten Ways, The: Reactivating the Missional Church | 
 enlarge | Author: Alan Hirsch
Creator: Leonard Sweet
Publisher: Brazos Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 8775
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 304
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.8
ISBN: 1587431645
Dewey Decimal Number: 266
EAN: 9781587431647
ASIN: 1587431645
Publication Date: January 1, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 Filling in the details March 8, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have been eating up all I can find on what God is doing with his body and what I should be doing personally. This book fills in many of the missing details. An apostle is a story teller and Alan does an outstanding job of making sure we understand the story as it needs to unfold in our time.
A picture of the church as it should be. March 8, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a scholarly yet very accessable presentation of how far off the mark
Western Christianity has become. The addendum (with the terrible title of
A CRASH COURSE IN CHAOS) is worth the price of the entire book.
Alan Hirsh has brought together a host of contemporary ideas about why the
church has lost it's mission and how to completely reorient that mission
before the opportunity for change is lost.
If you have ever even thought: "I like Jesus but the church stinks." You
should read THE FORGOTTEN WAYS.
It's time to get your hands dirty March 3, 2007
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I remember feeling this feeling...it was 28 years ago when I first read C.S. Lewis's "Mere Christianity"...when things I had formerly just "known intuitively" were suddenly jumping off the page in waves of recognition! I also remember having to read slowly without skimming or jumping ahead. C. S. Lewis was a very intentional writer. There was a plan to his pace that demanded respect.
I have encountered this phenomenon again with Alan Hirsch's "The Forgotten Ways." No quick skim through the Table of Contents to what catches my eye will do. I must follow Alan's carefully crafted train of thought, if I am to mine this book for its many treasures.
For those impatient ones who are widely read on this topic, I refer you to Leonard Sweet's prophetic statement at the end of his Foreword: "There are only a few books good enough to read to the end of time. "The Forgotten Ways" is one of them." This statement is true because the many concepts, stories, charts, graphs and tables in this remarkable book are examples of what Alan calls the "simplex"--simple enough to immediately resonate, yet complex enough to continue to yield nuanced gems for those willing to get their hands dirty and dig deeper.
I expect to be "cleaning under my nails" for a very long time, indeed!
Genius on Apostolic Genius March 2, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Alan has nailed it. If you are even remotely focused on the future of Christianity, this is a must read. Digest it and allow it to inform your thinking on expanding the Kingdom. Alan has something to say for all of us who are enamored with the concepts, practices and principles of rapidly expanding spiritual movements.
He starts the discussion by asking, "How the NT church went from 25k to 20 million in 210 years?" Or, the contemporary example of the body of Christ in China going from 2 million to 80 million in about 60 years. What do these, and other phenomenal Jesus movements have in common? His findings are inspired, mind blowing, ancient and amazingly simple. During the journey he introduces us to terms like 'apostolic genius', 'mDNA', 'missional-incarnational impulse' and 'communitas' to showcase how these Jesus movements functioned with a unique energy and force that resulted in explosive influence. I feel like Alan is putting words to my angst every time I turn the page.
Two words: Buy this book!
 Don't pick up if easily offended! February 14, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Hirsch gets deep under the skin, peels back layers of institutionalism to reveal the true heart of missional christianity. He'll challenge the reader to seek God's ways, and this may seem at odds to the normative of church today...
If you don't want to change, or see no reason to change, then leave well alone!! If you want a good, practical and challenging review of God's mission, then you won't be able to put it down.
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