Alan Hirsch Book order (chronological)

Addresses the failures and consequences of America's early education system, advocating for a shared knowledge curriculum that provides an educational foundation for all students to strengthen American unity, identity, and democracy. Hirsch addresses the failures of America's early education system and its impact on our current national malaise. He advocates for a shared knowledge curriculum students everywhere can be taught-- an educational foundation that can help improve and strengthen America's unity, identity, and democracy. Hirsch charts the rise and fall of the American early education system and provides a blueprint for closing the national gap in knowledge, communications, and allegiance

Ever wonder why people fall asleep in church? It happens. We’ve all seen it. We shuffle into rows of seats that grow more comfortable with every new fundraising campaign. We slouch down and settle in for an hour or so, as singers and storytellers and preachers and teachers take their turns filling our ears. And almost without fail, at least one of us nods off while listening to the greatest story ever told. The church was not meant to be like this. The church was meant to be on its feet, in the world, making all things new. The church was meant to be sent. Kim Hammond and Darren Cronshaw want to help us―all of us―rediscover our sentness. Dive into Sentness, and explore the six postures of a church that’s keeping pace with God’s work in the world. Rediscover the gospel that first quickened your pulse and got you up on your feet, ready to go wherever Jesus called you. Get Sentness, and prepare to get sent.

Once upon a time, Moses had had enough. Exhausted 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). If 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. No 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. In 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.

Praktický průvodce pro rozvoj misijních sborů / Ve své velmi úspěšné knize „Zapomenuté cesty” mezinárodně uznávaný expert na misijní církev Alan Hirsch nabídl vizi pro budoucí růst církve s využitím moci rané církve. Příručka je zaměřená zejména na praxi. Nabízí způsoby, jak může každý misijně smýšlející člověk uplatňovat myšlenky obsažené v Zapomenutých cestách ve svém životě a službě. Většina církví začíná jako dynamické a vzrušující dobrodružství evangelizace a zakládání sborů. Na konci životního cyklu organizací ale nacházíme zpravidla nešťastnou a statickou instituci. Zdá se, že podstatnou součástí procesu hnutí je posun od raného nestabilního nerovnovážného stavu k stabilnímu rovnovážnému stavu. Raná léta většiny sborů či paracírkevních organizací bývají nepředvídatelná a dosti divoká, nicméně současně se jeví jako plná určitého druhu duchovní energie. Proč tomu tak je? Čím to, že nerovnováha stimuluje život a dodává energii? A čím to, že stabilita toto hnutí zřejmě dusí? Je to snad tím, že život sám je nepředvídatelný a chaotický, takže založíme-li organizace, které se snaží regulovat a minimalizovat životní nebezpečí, tyto organizace nakonec život zadusí? Dějiny misie skýtají jednoznačné poučení: Křesťanství se daří nejlépe na chaotické periferii. Když se církev usadí a vzdálí se od okraje chaosu, začnou se věci kazit.

Autor tvrdí, že tradiční metody budování Kristova těla selhávají. Místo drobných úprav stávajících přístupů se zaměřuje na vizi budoucího růstu, inspirovanou prvotní církví, která z 25 000 přívrženců v roce 100 po Kristu vzrostla na více než 20 milionů během dvou století. Tento raketový růst je patrný i v současných apoštolských hnutích po celém světě. Jak toho dosahují? Církve často začínají jako dynamické a vzrušující projekty evangelizace a zakládání sborů, ale na konci jejich životního cyklu se obvykle stávají nešťastnými a statickými institucemi. Klíčovým prvkem hnutí je přechod od raného, nestabilního stavu k stabilnímu rovnovážnému stavu. První léta většiny sborů bývají nepředvídatelná a plná duchovní energie, což vyvolává otázku, proč nerovnováha stimuluje život a dodává energii, zatímco stabilita ho potlačuje. Je možné, že organizace, které se snaží regulovat a minimalizovat životní rizika, nakonec potlačují život sám? Historie misie ukazuje, že křesťanství prosperuje na chaotické periferii. Jakmile se církev usadí a vzdálí se od chaosu, začínají se věci zhoršovat.

Christians today are on a rescue mission. Each of us is called to get involved in God's plan to make disciples. A former California lifeguard, Neil Cole weaves together his personal experiences of saving lives with biblical principles for how to make and multiply disciples. Cole shows how to create Life Transformation Groups that can help a Christian grow in a safe and transparent relationship with one or two other spiritual pilgrims. Full of heroic and even humorous stories, Ordinary Hero captures readers' imaginations and hearts and doesn't let go until they want to make a difference and know how to go about doing it.

Two prominent thought-leaders in church planting and mission express a comprehensive vision for a truly apostolic---that is, mission-sent---future of the church. In an idea laden book, they relate inspiring accounts of churches recapturing the apostolic ethos and vision, and explain how a missional approach can bring wholesale transformation to ex

People in all walks of life are discovering what it means to be involved, concerned, missional Christians. But simply having block parties or spending more time downtown is not enough to describe what it means to be a missional people. What is needed is a reformation of the way we actually live our lives as Jesus followers. We need to see a way of living faithfully to God's mission in the world, right here, right now. In this inspiring yet practical book, Alan Hirsch and Lance Ford equip believers to live missionally regardless of situation, vocation, or location, making the concept of being missional accessible to the whole body of Christ. Touching on issues of discipleship, spirituality, and church at every level of experience, Right Here, Right Now calls readers to be the people God has made them to be.

Michael Frost und Alan Hirsch plädieren in ihrem Buch für eine Rückkehr zu Jesus, dem radikalen und barmherzigen Messias der Evangelien, anstatt die Kirche neu zu erfinden. Sie hinterfragen die heutige Rolle Jesu in der Christenheit und bieten eine transformative Reise zu den Grundlagen der Kirche.

Alan Hirsch is convinced that the inherited formulas for growing the Body of Christ do not work anymore. And rather than relying on slightly revised solutions from the past, he sees a vision of the future growth of the church coming about by harnessing the power of the early church--a movement which grew from as few as 25,000 adherents in AD 100 to up to 20 million 200 years later. Similar meteoric growth has also been recorded in history and is currently being in many apostolic movements throughout the world today. How do they do it?The Forgotten Ways proposes the concept of Apostolic Genius as a way to understand what caused the church to experience exponential growth and impact at various times in history, interpreting it for use in our own time and place. From the theological underpinnings to the practical application, Hirsch takes the reader through this dynamic mixture of passion, prayer, and incarnational practice to rediscover the dormant potential of the modern church in the West.