{"product_id":"9780830836536","title":"Creating a Missional Culture: Equipping the Church for the Sake of the World","description":"\u003cp\u003eOnce upon a time, Moses had had enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExhausted by the challenge of leading the Israelites from slavery to the Promised Land, Moses cried out to God, \"What have I done to displease you that you put the burden of all these people on me? . . . If this is how you are going to treat me, please go ahead and kill me\" (Exodus 11:11, 15).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf that sounds hauntingly familiar to you, you may be the senior pastor of a contemporary church. The burden of Christian leadership is becoming increasingly unbearable—demanding skills not native to the art of pastoring; demanding time that makes sabbath rest and even normal sleep patterns seem extravagant; demanding inhuman levels of efficiency, proficiency and even saintliness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo wonder pastors seem and even feel less human these days. No wonder they burn out or break down at an alarming rate; no wonder the church is missing the mark on its mission.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Creating a Missional Culture, JR Woodward offers a bold and surprisingly refreshing model for churches—not small adjustments around the periphery of a church's infrastructure but a radical revisioning of how a church ought to look, from its leadership structure to its mobilization of the laity. The end result looks surprisingly like the church that Jesus created and the apostles cultivated: a church not chasing the wind but rather going into the world and making disciples of Jesus.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"InterVarsity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50078780326128,"sku":"9780830836536","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780830836536_p0.jpg?v=1784732245","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780830836536","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}