A. I hope not! Meaty maybe, but not dense!
Fanno Creek Press sees its market as readers who want books that engage both mind and heart. Night Shift is not a comprehensive or authoritative dissertation on all things missional. It is designed for the practitioner, the person out there doing it, more than for the researcher, valuable as that role is. I’ve written more concerning basic principles than scholarly or technical details. Another way to answer that is, the book is geared for the doer, the activist, like myself, though I think the academic will certainly appreciate its message. And the book is not “thinking lite.”
Most importantly it is a call to action for all believers. You may find other books discussing the mission of the church and of believers. You may find other books talking about cross-cultural ministry. But I think this is the first to give a clear theologically grounded explanation of what "creative access" ministry is all about - and then to apply that to more missionally accessible nations like the USA and the UK.
Okay, maybe now I am getting too technical for some readers. In short, there are places in our world where traditional forms of ministry do not work because of prohibitions or opposition. People have called those places "creative access" or even "closed." I say no place is closed. But I also go on to say why biblically we are to creatively access all places.
The creative access concept (where the "night" comes in) is one of the main points of the book. And it ties the mission, the cross-cultural and the creative access all into one.
In any case, I think the book offers something for all believers to chew on and act on. And I am convinced it is a much needed book for the rest of this century.
Fanno Creek Press sees its market as readers who want books that engage both mind and heart. Night Shift is not a comprehensive or authoritative dissertation on all things missional. It is designed for the practitioner, the person out there doing it, more than for the researcher, valuable as that role is. I’ve written more concerning basic principles than scholarly or technical details. Another way to answer that is, the book is geared for the doer, the activist, like myself, though I think the academic will certainly appreciate its message. And the book is not “thinking lite.”
Most importantly it is a call to action for all believers. You may find other books discussing the mission of the church and of believers. You may find other books talking about cross-cultural ministry. But I think this is the first to give a clear theologically grounded explanation of what "creative access" ministry is all about - and then to apply that to more missionally accessible nations like the USA and the UK.
Okay, maybe now I am getting too technical for some readers. In short, there are places in our world where traditional forms of ministry do not work because of prohibitions or opposition. People have called those places "creative access" or even "closed." I say no place is closed. But I also go on to say why biblically we are to creatively access all places.
The creative access concept (where the "night" comes in) is one of the main points of the book. And it ties the mission, the cross-cultural and the creative access all into one.
In any case, I think the book offers something for all believers to chew on and act on. And I am convinced it is a much needed book for the rest of this century.
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