We live in the midst of inescapable change. Maybe this thrills you. Maybe this scares you. We can’t pretend cultural change doesn’t impact the church. It does. It always has. The challenge for churches is the rise of a creative, participatory, inclusive culture. The role of the church is to live as a participant in the culture. Inclusion, participation, collaboration, and beauty are essential values. Living in the Inventive Age is not optional. We can either be in on the change or we can be left behind.
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“So smartly written, so clearly framed, and so winsomely presented that it deserves your time, money, and attention.”
- Brian D. McLaren
“‘Brilliant’. A ‘must read’ for every pastor and lay person concerned with Church in our times.”
- Phyllis Tickle
“I highly recommend Church in the Inventive Age to all Episcopalians struggling to find words to express what it means to be church today.”
- Brian N. Prior, Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Minnesota
“Church in the Inventive Age may be the very spark that ignites a fire in you to re-imagine the world.”
- Shane Claiborne – author, activist, and recovering sinner
“I hope that every young, idealistic pastor will read Church in the Inventive Age and find new language and depth for what they feel about the future of the church. But even more, I pray that every pragmatic senior pastor will read it and find a new understanding and empathy for his/her younger brothers and sisters. We’re all in this together, and with voices like Doug Pagitt helping the conversation, the future feels as compelling as ever.”
- Aaron Niequist – Worship Leader Willow Creek Community Church
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Doug Pagitt
Doug is a speaker and consultant for churches, denominations and businesses throughout the United States and around the world on issues of postmodern culture, social systems and Christianity.
Doug has worked in churches, for a non-profit foundation and owns three businesses in Minneapolis.
Doug's current professional endeavors include pastoring a Holistic Missional Christian Community in Minneapolis - Solomon's Porch, speaking and writing and owner of JoPa Productions and host of Doug Pagitt Radio
He is seeking to find creative, entrepreneurial, generative ways to join in the hopes, dreams and desires God has for the world. Doug is married to Shelley and the father of 2 young adults and two teenagers. Doug has a BA in Anthropology and a Masters of Theology from Bethel Seminary.
Doug is the author of:
- A Christianity Worth Believing (Jossey-Bass 2008)
- Church Re-Imagined (Zondervan 2004)
- Preaching Re-Imagined (Zondervan 2005)
- BodyPrayer (Waterbrook 2005)
- An Emergent Manifesto of Hope (co-editor) (Baker Books 2007)
Learn more about Doug Pagitt at dougpagitt.com
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