Off-Road Disciplines

Earl Creps (Springfield, MO) is a popular speaker and leader who regularly connects with a wide variety of audiences in venues across the U.S.--postmodern/emergent groups, laypeople and leaders in Protestant denominations, college students and youth groups, and missionary organizations. He is also Director and Associate Professor of Leadership and Spiritual Renewal at the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary in Springfield, MO. He has been a pastor, ministries consultant, and seminary professor. In 2003 he received a grant from the Louisville Institute to study postmodern Pentacostals. He is the author of numerous articles, as well as a chapter in Mike Yaconelli's STORIES OF EMERGENCE.

• About Leadership Network ixForeword xiIntroduction: Off-Road Disciplines xiiiPart One: Personal Disciplines1. Death: The Discipline of Personal Transformation 32. Truth: The Discipline of Sacred Realism 153. Perspective: The Discipline of POV 274. Learning: The Discipline of Reverse Mentoring 415. Witness: The Discipline of Spiritual Friendship 556. Humility: The Discipline of Decreasing 71Part Two: Organizational Disciplines7. Assessment: The Discipline of Missional Efficiency 878. Harmony: The Discipline of Blending Differences 999. Reflection: The Discipline of Discernment 12310. Opportunity: The Discipline of Making Room 13911. Sacrifice: The Discipline of Surrendering 157Preferences12. Legacy: The Discipline of Passing the Baton 173Epilogue: Three Coffee Houses 185Notes 187Acknowledgments 203The Author 205Index 207