To Alter Your World: Partnering with God to Rebirth Our Communities

Review "Frost and Rice offer an invaluable Trinitarian blessing to the work of the church in the world, at a time when benediction words are especially precious. They point us to the true source of life and restoration, offer a gentle but clear corrective to the places where even the best intentions have gotten us collectively sidetracked, and remind us of the certainty of our hope?the 'dream of a new heaven and a new earth, the world to which God is giving birth.' . . . The authors of To Alter Your World invite us to embrace our magnificent, down-to-earth roles as midwives to the new life God is actively birthing within our neighborhoods and communities. May it be so." -- Tamara Hill Murphy, Englewood Review of Books, Eastertide 2017 15th Annual Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year - Also Recommended in ChurchIn Christ, a new world is being born and the new creation is unfurling all around us. God is directing history toward the future restoration, repair, and renewal of all creation. And our job is to cooperate with God in being a sign and foretaste of that coming world. Renowned missional leaders Michael Frost and Christiana Rice introduce the bold metaphor of a midwife to depict us as God's birthing attendants as the kingdom comes on earth as it is in heaven. With groundbreaking ideas and practical illustrations from all corners of the globe, To Alter Your World will change the way you see how your church can partner in God's world-altering mission. Nothing else could be more rewarding than laboring alongside a God who is birthing the new creation and inviting all to join in its benefits and blessings. Review "A lawyer once tried to wriggle out of God's command to love your neighbor by asking Jesus, 'And who is my neighbor?' In their remarkable book, To Alter Your World, I believe Frost and Rice would answer that question quite simply by saying, 'The people living next door to you.' For those of us who have become increasingly disconnected from those living around us, this book is therapy for fractured people living in fractured spaces. It's a guide in the art of being in this world without becoming of this world. Offering a compelling eschatology alongside a biblical vision of sociology, To Alter Your World will alter your thinking about how to live as salt and leaven in a flat and tasteless world." -- Scott Bessenecker, associate director of missions, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship About the Author Michael Frost is an internationally recognized Australian missiologist and one of the leading voices in the missional church movement. He is the vice principal of Morling College in Sydney, Australia, and the founding director of the Tinsley Institute, a mission study centre located at Morling College. A popular speaker around the world, he has written more than a dozen books including The Shaping of Things to Come, Exiles, The Road to Missional, and Incarnate. An expert in church planting, Frost cofounded the Forge Mission Training Network with Alan Hirsch. He remains an international director of that movement which is now based in the United States.Christiana Rice is an on-the ground practitioner and visionary voice in the missional movement, serving as a coach and trainer with Thresholds, a community of player-coaches who help people create spaces of discovery and communities of transformation. She leads a neighborhood faith community in San Diego. Christiana grew up in Tokyo, Japan, the daughter and granddaughter of missionaries to that country. Whether teaching and coaching global leaders, engaging the deeper spiritual longings of her neighbors, or embracing the sacred mundane of daily life with her family and her community, Christiana seeks participate in God's restorative mission in all things.