Gardens in the Desert: How the Adaptive Church Can Lead a Whole New Life

Your church can thrive in this strange new world!Many church people and leaders feel like exiles in their own land. We are facing tremendous challenges. And just as for those who came before us the challenges are also opportunities. If we adapt to our new environment as people and as the body of Christ. Gardens in the Desert offers local and denominational church leaders a practical inspired scripture-rooted vision for how we can do thishow we can become Gods church now for Gods intended future. Michael Adam Beck and Ken Carter draw from Jeremiah 29 to provide wise guidance for leaders and churches seeking to adapt and thrive. Jeremiahs imperatives resonate deeply today compelling us to experiment cultivate new relationships prioritize faith-sharing with people of all ages interact with others in humility to seek the wellbeing of the other and to move forward with confidence. The chapters are brief and packed with practical ideas and instruction. The authors include ideas from leaders inside and outside the Church offering multiple ways for leaders to see and understand what it means to be an adaptive leader and how to shape an adaptive church. The book is rich with lists diagrams illustrations clarifying questions and frameworks making the material easy to grasp. It is an excellent resource to share with leadership teams at every level of the local church and in denominational settings. Gardens in the Desert is for laity leaders and clergy who have been feeling lost immobilized powerlessas exilesand who are ready to do something new.