Prodigal Christianity: 10 Signposts into the Missional Frontier

Synopsis

When it comes to pastoral theology, the only voices I care to hear are those who are pastoring, and pastoring well. David Fitch and Geoff Holsclaw are such voices. Their book reflects a rare combination of faithful neighborhood witness, embodied church life, and theological rigor. The result is a compelling missional theology for today's missional Christian.
-Scot McKnight, professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary; author of numerous books including King Jesus Gospel

Over the last decade the church has finally begun to engage what it means to be sent (missional). What we have yet to learn is how to be sent (incarnational). This is exactly the kind of book that is needed to re-engage the lost art of incarnational mission.?
-Alan Hirsch, author of The Permanent Revolution; Untamed; Right Here, Right Now; and The Forgotten Ways

Prodigal Christianity's push to return to the local is not a fad. It is the aching, beseeching call of the Spirit to rediscover the deeply human shape of the gospel. In the midst of the unraveling of church life in North America, Fitch and Holsclaw grasp what's at stake in the formation of Christian life at this time. ?
-Alan J. Roxburgh, founder of The Missional Network; author of The Missional Leader, Missional Map-Making, and Missional: Joining God in the Neighborhood

Thoughtful, rooted, and direct. Fitch and Holsclaw do something with Prodigal Christianity that most authors can't pull off. They hold the tension between the prophetic and priestly. As a result they make some readers squirm'and others question. Yet their love for the church, rooted in their own experience, provides a foundation so often lacking in the missional conversations.'As a result, nobody will be able to read this book and remain comfortable where they are.
-Gary V. Nelson, president of Tyndale University College & Seminary, Toronto