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by Reggie McNeal (Author)
In this accompanying Participant's Guide to The Present Future DVD Collection, best-selling author Reggie McNeal offers a hands-on workbook for church leaders to use throughout the DVD sessions and their own church development.
The Participant's Guide includes the following:
A brief introduction to the main issues the DVDs address, to help orient you to the questions and challenges it raises.
"Conversation Starters," questions designed to spark thinking and insight (as well as conversations with your fellow participants) as you ponder your responses to viewing the DVD sessions.
Questions that you may consider between sessions.
*The Present Future DVD Collection: Six Tough Questions for the Church by Reggie McNeal contains 1 copy of the Participant's Guide.
Front Jacket
Join Reggie McNeal in person in this lively video presentation, based on his best-selling book, The Present Future: Six Tough Questions for the Church. In the ten sessions on the four DVDs, you'll accompany Reggie and his studio audience as they explore the new realities of being and doing church in North America, realities that challenge models of church growth, acknowledge generational shifts, and provide stimulating new ways of thinking about the missional possibilities of the church--about YOUR church.
The Participant's Guide includes the following:
- A brief introduction to the main issues the DVDs address, to help orient you to the questions and challenges it raises.
- Conversation Starters, questions designed to spark thinking and insight (as well as conversations with your fellow participants) as you ponder your responses to viewing the DVD sessions.
- Questions that you may consider between sessions.
Back Jacket
Join Reggie McNeal in person in this lively video presentation, based on his best-selling book, The Present Future: Six Tough Questions for the Church. In the ten sessions on the four DVDs, you'll accompany Reggie and his studio audience as they explore the new realities of being and doing church in North America, realities that challenge models of church growth, acknowledge generational shifts, and provide stimulating new ways of thinking about the missional possibilities of the church--about YOUR church.
The Participant's Guide includes the following:
- A brief introduction to the main issues the DVDs address, to help orient you to the questions and challenges it raises.
- "Conversation Starters," questions designed to spark thinking and insight (as well as conversations with your fellow participants) as you ponder your responses to viewing the DVD sessions.
- Questions that you may consider between sessions.
Author Biography
Reggie McNealis the director of leadership development at the South Carolina Baptist Convention. His past experience involves twenty years in local church leadership, ten years in various staff roles, and ten years as a founding pastor of a new church. Reggie has lectured or served as adjunct faculty for multiple seminaries, including Southwestern Baptist (Ft. Worth, TX), Golden Gate Baptist (San Francisco, CA), Fuller Theological (Pasadena, CA), Trinity Divinity School (Deerfield, IL), and Columbia International (Columbia, SC).
In addition, Reggie has served as a consultant to local church, denomination, and para-church leadership teams, and as a seminar developer and presenter for thousands of church leaders across North America. He has also provided resources to the United States Army Chief of Chaplains Office, Air Force chaplains, and the Air Force Education and Training Command. Reggie's work also extends to the business sector, including The Gallup Organization.
Reggie has contributed to numerous denominational publications and church leadership journals, including Leadership and Net Results. His books include Revolution in Leadership (Abingdon Press, 1998), A Work of Heart: Understanding How God Shapes Spiritual Leaders (Jossey-Bass, 2000), The Present Future: Six Tough Questions for the Church (Jossey-Bass, 2003), and Practicing Greatness: Seven Disciplines of Extraordinary Spiritual Leaders (Jossey-Bass, 2006).
Reggie's education includes a B.A. degree from the University of South Carolina and the M.Div. and Ph.D. degrees, both from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
