One of the great joys I have now that I am not-so-young-a-leader anymore is to help others. I have had the honor of writing or co-writing many books.  My colleague Mark Liederbach, easily one of the brightest ethicists and most popular campus teachers around, is publishing his first book with me (info below). This will certainly not be his last. I am honored to share with him this project, which we believe deals with some of the critical issues of our time. Props also to Ed Stetzer for the Foreword to the book. We hope it will be out by the Evangelical Theological Society annual meeting in November, but regardless it is coming soon!  Here is a brief look at the chapters:

the Convergent church

Missional Worshipers in an Emerging Culture

Mark Liederbach &

Alvin L. Reid

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Contents

Foreword, by Ed Stetzer . 7

Preface: Meeting the Authors . 9

Introduction: What Is the “Convergent Church”? . . . . 17

Part 1: Where We Are and How We Got Here

1. The Way We Were: Worldviews and Modernity 31

2. Where We Are: A Primer on Postmodernity . 49

3. The Christian Church in the New Postmodern Context:

Understanding the Emerging Church Movement 74

4. The Contours of the Christian Church in the New Postmodern

Context: Evaluating the Emerging Church Movement . 99

Part 2: Converging on Missional Worship

5. Converging on Worship: Life as Worship . 117

6. Converging on Mission: Join the Movement 138

7. Converging on Doctrine: Unchanging Truth

in a Turbulent World . 157

Part 3: Living Out Missional Worship

8. Converging on Ethics, Part 1: The Right and the Good 185

9. Converging on Ethics, Part 2: Who’s Afraid of the

Social Gospel? . . . . . . . . . . 204

10. Converging on Evangelism: Advance a Movement! 226

11. Converging on Discipleship: Living What We Say 250

12. Converging on Culture: Acts Revisited . 274

 We look forward to interacting with churches and other ministries in the days to come!