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Off-Road Disciplines: Spiritual Adventures of Missional Leaders (J-B Leadership Network Series)
by: Earl Creps

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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 253
EAN: 9780787985202
ISBN: 0787985201
Label: Jossey-Bass
Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: September 22, 2006
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Sales Rank: 55214
Studio: Jossey-Bass

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In Off-Road Disciplines, Earl Creps reveals that the on-road practices of prayer and Bible reading should be bolstered by the other kinds of encounters with God that occur unexpectedly—complete with the bumps and bruises that happen when you go “off-road.” Becoming an off-road leader requires the cultivation of certain spiritual disciplines that allow the presence of the Holy Spirit to arrange your interior life. Earl Creps explores twelve central spiritual disciplines—six personal and six organizational—that Christian leaders of all ages and denominations need if they are to change themselves and their churches to reach out to the culture around them.

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- Off-Road Disciplines for the Christian College Campus
As a college professor and campus pastor, by far the most memorable section in Creps' book for me was his chapter on "Learning: The Discipline of Reverse Mentoring." This he defined as "a very specific form of friendship in which the junior instructs the senior, not as a replacement for other forms of mentoring but as an essential complement to them."

I am assuming that Creps is close to my age (45), so I could relate to the growing sense of obsolescence that he describes so graphically in trying to keep up with new developments in technology, culture and spirituality. But I love his assertion that "the act of asking for help always serves us well. Humility is wisdom's constant companion."

How often do I approach students as the expert-in-residence, and how often do I approach them as a fellow learner, humbly asking for their advice on topics that I am grappling with myself (which includes ... Read More

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- Finally...
ORD is a promising place to start a much needed dialogue. Many people have commented that this book seems to be written to the Boomer generation but I feel that it's all about how you engage in the dialogue. When I started the book, I must confess that I took the stance that it was written for another generation and I walked away several times. But Earl has a way of conveying the "how and why" in a manner that is more than informational, I see it as an invitation. It's an invitation to rediscover what it means to be missional. Earl provides practical insights to what this life could actually look like if we embrace the necessary change that is in the air. This book is about a journey that we, as disciples with a missional mandate, should embark on together. To write as though we, old and young alike, have arrived would have been detrimental. Instead ORD faces off with the realty that we risk irrelevance if we don't work ... Read More

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- Observations and challenges for ministry leaders
As a leader in a campus ministry, I really enjoyed reading Dr. Creps's
insights into ministry in today's culture. The book is a mixture
between scholarly endeavor and thought-provoking, down-to-earth
conversation with the reader. It is not always clear if the target
audience is ministry leaders or any Christian, but there are useful
observations and challenges in the book that any believer can grow
closer to the heart of Christ. Off-road Disciplines provides many good
challenges to conventional thinking about ministry in today's society
- you don't have to agree with every thought to enjoy the book and
these challenges are very needed to encourage creative thinking about
such a relevant topic.

Dr. Earl Creps published a study guide for this book on his website
(www.earlcreps.com), and I highly recommend it as addition to the
book. It contains ... Read More

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- Not what I had hoped
"Missional" apparently is the new buzzword in many denominations as I hear it a lot. After reading this book I finally figured out that a missional leader, as defined by Dr. Creps, was basically someone who was culturally relevant (of course - the only holy grail of ministry today), wasn't afraid to try new things, and was willing to admit that they could be wrong doctrinally. While some great thoughts and ideas were in the book, this appeared to be a conservative authors attempt to be hip and make friends with the Emerging church movement. As a result I agree with the reviewer below that the bulk of this book instead of helping us see the world through the "eyes of Jesus", seems aimed mostly at helping leaders to see Jesus through the eyes of the world. I only need to read the newspaper to discern the latter.

I was slightly confused by one point in the book because Creps says that a missional leader also has doctrine ... Read More

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