The Story Lives: Leading a Missional Revolution
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Every one has a story. Only you can tell yours! Are you living your life story on purpose? Can people "read" your story?
Filled with real-life stories and in-depth discussions, The Story Lives presents the components of a missional life lived for Jesus. You'll discover simple steps and practices to help any leader become an agent in God’s missional revolution. Each chapter provides reflection questions to transfer the missional concepts into action.
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The Story Lives is the "story of stories"—how they work and how they can work for us—in readable, pastorally-sensitive, and personal prose. In the heart of God's Story is our story and at the heart of our story is the missional summons to enter into God's Story in this world—and The Story Lives will draw you into both God's Story and your story. Well done!
Scot McKnight, Professor of New Testament, Northern Seminary
I love this story! Followers of Jesus who already view their life as a mission trip will find this volume to be very helpful in preparing for the trip. Others who are looking for the adventure of a lifetime will find in it a call to live—really live. Henriët invites us all to enrich the plot of God's great story of redemption—starting with you!
Reggie McNeal, Missional Leadership Specialist, Leadership Network
Henriët's book invites us to dive into leadership in fresh invigorating ways. Starting from a place of quiet rest with our God, we live into our call immersed in renewal and trust. As we listen for the Holy Spirit's direction from a place of quiet we are equipped to bring our entire team along for the journey. Missional ministry and living flow from a place of deep intimacy with God. I invite you to dwell with Henriët's words and experience transformation.
Rita Nussli, Spiritual Director, Soul Formation
Taking the scary out of missional, this book encourages me to simply live my life and story for Jesus. I had always had the understanding that the word missional and going overseas went together. The Story Lives helps you to understand that, “yes” going overseas is a part of being missional, but it’s not all there is to it. We all can live out our life stories and be missional in our very own communities. This I can do!
Cindy Patterson, Free Methodist Pastor and missional community leader
What an inspiring book! This is a great encouragement that our stories—our lives—matter because we are part of God’s story. No matter where we are in our journey—seekers, young believers, experienced leaders—this book has practical and scriptural guidance for how to live our lives with significance and meaning.
Teresa Gillespie, J.D., Dean of School of Business and Management, Northwest University
After decades of serving in churches to spread the good news of Jesus, I have been trained to get people to church. Eugene Peterson’s translation of John 1:14 has challenged me to think differently: “The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood. We saw with our own eyes, the one-of-a kind glory…” To follow Christ’s example, maybe I should go into the neighborhood? But how? I know how to lead Bible studies and serve on church boards, but how do I relate with my community? Henriët Schapelhouman has given us a practical guide on how to do that by discovering our unique “story” and then finding ways, such as volunteering, to become involved in our community! I (we) need this book!
Robert Freeman, Associate Dean for MAGL, Fuller Theological Seminary
We live in a world that wants to know whether Christianity is "for real." In this sense we are hungry for the stories of those who are living incarnationally. This book takes us into those stories and helps us to realize how we too can become a part of the story, impacting our world. You will want to dig into each chapter and find where you might be in the process of living out your story! Thank you Henriët for bringing us this resource.
Carla Sunberg, President, Wesleyan Holiness Women Clergy
Henriët Schapelhouman’s passion to see Christ followers unleashed to serve the world and the church set free from harmful paradigms comes through loud and clear in The Story Lives. A must read for anyone serious about their faith and living out what it means to be authentically Christian.
Matt Whitehead, Superintendent, Pacific Northwest Conference of the Free Methodist Church
In this life-giving work, Henriët Schapelhouman has captured the elements of a holistic gospel flowing from the heart of our holistic God who is passionate about people becoming whole—the way He created us to be. The powerful reminder that the message of God to the world is truly relational and best heard and understood through the stories of life is both magnetic and compelling. It draws the hungry heart to fullness; and it sends the growing life to completion. Studying doctrine is easy. Living the story of Christ through you is transformational.
Kevin W. Mannoia, Professor and Chaplain, Azusa Pacific University
This book advocates a holistic approach to missional life and service. While “Lone Ranger” approaches to mission and evangelism have been common in the past, Schapelhouman comprehensively argues for a counter-cultural approach to mission from biblical and theological perspectives. She challenges the church to live in authentic community, engaging the broader community through genuine care and strong relational connections. The need to develop a Kingdom perspective for local mission where churches and parachurch organizations work collaboratively within their context is eloquently argued, and practical suggestions to accomplish this goal are provided. Schapelhouman’s work resonates with me personally having seen and experienced the fruits of such a Kingdom approach in our city in Australia. The issues presented in this book align closely with many of the spiritual formation and leadership development principles used in the early Celtic missional communities of the 5th century, and these communities evangelized the nation of Ireland. Kingdom principles do work! I believe this book will challenge ministry paradigms and provide impetus for future holistic missional engagement.
Ronald G. Hannaford, Ph.D., Director of Distance Learning, Biola University
This book is important in helping recapture the critical piece of community that has often been compartmentalized as in church life. Schapelhouman rightly gives a sound basis and fruitful counsel on how to rethink and reshape ministry based upon community.
Matthew A. Thomas, Bishop, Free Methodist Church USA
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