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by: Earl Creps See Larger Image List Price: $23.95 Our Price: $16.29 You Save: $7.66 (32%) Prices subject to change. Used Price: $10.90 Third Party New Price: $12.15 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 253 EAN: 9780787985202 ISBN: 0787985201 Label: Jossey-Bass Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 240 Publication Date: September 22, 2006 Publisher: Jossey-Bass Sales Rank: 105533 Studio: Jossey-Bass Related Items: Forgotten Ways, The: Reactivating the Missional Church The Missional Leader: Equipping Your Church to Reach a Changing World (J-B Leadership Network Series) Practicing Greatness: 7 Disciplines of Extraordinary Spiritual Leaders (J-B Leadership Network Series) Simple Church: Returning to God's Process for Making Disciples Exiles: Living Missionally in a Post-Christian Culture see more Editorial Review: Product Description: In Off-Road Disciplines, Earl Creps reveals that the on-road practices of prayer and Bible reading should be bolstered by the other kinds of encounters with God that occur unexpectedly—complete with the bumps and bruises that happen when you go “off-road.” Becoming an off-road leader requires the cultivation of certain spiritual disciplines that allow the presence of the Holy Spirit to arrange your interior life. Earl Creps explores twelve central spiritual disciplines—six personal and six organizational—that Christian leaders of all ages and denominations need if they are to change themselves and their churches to reach out to the culture around them. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Off-Road Disciplines for the Christian College Campus As a college professor and campus pastor, by far the most memorable section in Creps' book for me was his chapter on "Learning: The Discipline of Reverse Mentoring." This he defined as "a very specific form of friendship in which the junior instructs the senior, not as a replacement for other forms of mentoring but as an essential complement to them." I am assuming that Creps is close to my age (45), so I could relate to the growing sense of obsolescence that he describes so graphically ... Read More Rating: - Finally... ORD is a promising place to start a much needed dialogue. Many people have commented that this book seems to be written to the Boomer generation but I feel that it's all about how you engage in the dialogue. When I started the book, I must confess that I took the stance that it was written for another generation and I walked away several times. But Earl has a way of conveying the "how and why" in a manner that is more than informational, I see it as an invitation. It's an invitation to rediscover what ... Read More Rating: - Observations and challenges for ministry leaders As a leader in a campus ministry, I really enjoyed reading Dr. Creps's insights into ministry in today's culture. The book is a mixture between scholarly endeavor and thought-provoking, down-to-earth conversation with the reader. It is not always clear if the target audience is ministry leaders or any Christian, but there are useful observations and challenges in the book that any believer can grow closer to the heart of Christ. Off-road Disciplines provides many good ... Read More Rating: - Not what I had hoped "Missional" apparently is the new buzzword in many denominations as I hear it a lot. After reading this book I finally figured out that a missional leader, as defined by Dr. Creps, was basically someone who was culturally relevant (of course - the only holy grail of ministry today), wasn't afraid to try new things, and was willing to admit that they could be wrong doctrinally. While some great thoughts and ideas were in the book, this appeared to be a conservative authors attempt to be hip and make friends ... Read More Rating: - A missional compass allowing us to get our bearings The cure for the irrelevance of the gospel to today's culture requires a little more than making us look cooler. It requires more than spiky hair tattoos and piercing. In Off-road disciplines, there is a breaking down of the walls of distinction between sacred and secular settings for the gospel and provides a framework for the secular to be come sacred in all walks of life. There is a genuineness in being sensitive to God changing US in order for us to be missional. The outward mission ... Read More see more Browse for similar items by category: Amazon Upgrade - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - Books - All Amazon Upgrade Amazon Upgrade - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - Books - Religion & Spirituality Qualifying Textbooks - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - Books - General AAS Christian Living - Christianity - Religion & Spirituality - Subjects - Books - General Christian Living - Christianity - Religion & Spirituality - Subjects - Books - General AAS