Church 3.0: Upgrades for the Future of the Church

CHURCH 3.0: Upgrades for the Future of the Church

Many pastors and church leaders have been intrigued by the organic church model of small house churches that Neil Cole described in his popular book, Organic Church. Some even wonder if it’s even sustainable. Their interest is accompanied by practical concerns such as: How do you prevent doctrinal heresy? How do you handle children?  What about finances and baptism and communion? And what kinds of buildings and facilities are required?

In CHURCH 3.0: Upgrades for the Future of the Church (Jossey-Bass, a Wiley imprint; February 2010; $24.95; Hardcover; ISBN: 978-0-470-52945-4),
author, church planter, consultant, and innovative pastor Neil Cole takes church leaders  into the 21^st century with an in-depth exploration of what it means to be an organic church—intimate, accountable, and capable of infinite replication.

Chapters address these questions and offer a radical model, based on the practices of the first century Christians, for being church. This isn’t a question of tinkering with the church’s existing operating system; it’s a full upgrade to a whole new version of how to define mission, what to do and not do, and how to reach the many lost souls looking for a way to connect to faith. CHURCH 3.0, a new addition to the Leadership Network series, leverages Cole's extensive experience in starting, nurturing, and mentoring the organic church movement and forges the way for a global multiplication movement.