<p>As we embark on the new millennium, uncharted challenges await the church. This volume by one of today&#39;s most valued voices on modern church life offers a wealth of insight into the role of local churches in the twenty-first century.<br />
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Rooted in solid biblical research and extensive experience, Marva Dawn&#39;s newest book will help churches and their leaders avoid falling to the temptations of contemporary secular culture, including the popular -success- models of church management. Dawn offers groundbreaking scholarship--from the first significant critique of Walter Wink&#39;s work on -the powers- to a relevant new translation of 2 Corinthians 12:9--and challenges readers to rethink the goals and mission of the congregation, to develop practices that follow God&#39;s -hidden- way of weakness, and to expand their sense of what it means to be a faithful church.<br />
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Complete with discussion questions, this book provides the trustworthy theological and biblical foundations necessary for building strong churches--and keeping them strong--in today&#39;s world.</p>