{"id":3411,"date":"2020-06-02T13:42:42","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T13:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/?p=3411"},"modified":"2020-06-02T13:44:12","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T13:44:12","slug":"the-once-and-future-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/the-once-and-future-church\/","title":{"rendered":"The Once and Future Church"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Join us for a book discussion of\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/smile.amazon.com\/Once-Future-Church-Reinventing-Congregation\/dp\/1566990505\/ref=smi_se_ssr_btnr1_setch?_encoding=UTF8&amp;pldnNewSubDash=1\">The Once and Future Church: Reinventing the Congregation for a New Mission Frontier by<\/a>\u00a0Loren B. Mead. The book examines the growth of the church, the evolution of mission and evangelism through different eras of the church&#8217;s life, and the roll in society. It is a short but full read. Join us for a live, interactive, weekly discussion, Thursday&#8217;s 11:30-1:00 (Eastern).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For connection information or for questions, please complete this brief contact form: <a href=\"https:\/\/airtable.com\/shrPuFytWzSbc2Ksa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Once and Future Church Book Study.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>June 18- Chapter 1:  &#8220;The Challenge of the Congregation&#8221; and Chapter 2: &#8220;Paradigms Lost&#8221;<\/li><li>June 25- Chapter 3: &#8220;Cracks in the System&#8221;<\/li><li>July 2- Chapter 4: &#8220;The Reinvention of the the Church&#8221;<\/li><li>July 9- Chapter 5: &#8220;Principles and Strategies for Building the Future Church and Some Signs of Its Presence&#8221; and Chapter 6: &#8220;Where in the World Is the Church Going.&#8221;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us for a book discussion of\u00a0The Once and Future Church: Reinventing the Congregation for a New Mission Frontier by\u00a0Loren B. Mead. The book examines the growth of the church, the evolution of mission and evangelism through different eras of the church&#8217;s life, and the roll in society. It is a short but full read. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/the-once-and-future-church\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Once and Future Church&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[40,12,7],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Mission-Driven.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3411"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}