This history shows how Christianity was misused for ethnocentric and nationalistic ends and miscontextualized to allow for heinous evils like slavery and colonization. Disruption becomes a key element in growth.įrom here, the authors return to “modernity’s wager” to sketch a brief history of what they term “Euro-tribal” churches and connect the rise of modernity and the West with the politicization of Christendom. These disruptions were challenges and opportunities to a new way of worship, service, and engaging in community. As such, the experience of God as primary agent becomes a lofty but meaningless goal as the real goals that churches seek are rooted in consumerism and pragmatic success.īy way of introduction, Branson and Roxburgh presents example of the church in disruption: Israel at the time of Jeremiah, the early church in the book of Acts, and the challenges in the Ephesian church. Second, they contend that the professionalization of work culture, while not without its benefits, extended improperly to the church community so that pastors and church leaders became professionals more than participants in their communities. At the heart of the book is the assertion that much of church leadership and function has given into “modernity’s wager,” defined as the conviction that life can be lived well without God. Mark Branson and Alan Roxburgh develop a theology of leadership that stands apart as unique among the glut of leadership books currently in print. Leadership, God’s Agency, and Disruptions is one of the most profound books on leadership that I’ve been privileged to read.
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