Rick Warren, Saddleback Church
I love this book because Erwin loves the church. Growing churches require growing leaders. This book will help.


Leonard Sweet, Drew University
If I could only recommend one book for every religious leader, this would be the one.


Bill McCartney, Promise Keepers
Unstoppable Force contains insights and principles that I believe can help churches grow and reach their full potential in Christ.


Book Description
An Unstoppable Force will excite and inspire readers about being part of the Church that God had in mind! A "force" created to change the world. A Church that is engaged with its community, daring to cut itself free from atrophied practices and programs to flourish in creative and compelling worship. A Church that risks reaching out to our jaded culture with "outside the box" expressions of faith and love.


From the Inside Flap
Surprising. Risky. Daring to change the world. Church {just got really interesting!} In An Unstoppable Force, author Erwin McManus offers a vision of the church taking its rightful place. An unstoppable force created to change the world. A church that is active and engaged with its community. A church that dares to cut itself free from atrophied practices and programs to flourish in creative and compelling worship. Where teachers of the Word risk reaching out to our multi-sensory, multi-layered culture with music, the arts and other unique expressions of love and faith. A church that prospers in the life of Christ.New life comes into a church-an apostolic ethos-when it realizes its destiny is found in its early church origins. A living part of the body of Christ. Driven to find its uniqueness beyond being a cookie cutter copy of the "successful church." An Unstoppable Force will
*Challenge you to see God's vision for the mission and purpose of the church.
*Help you to explore specific changes in the culture that call for immediate change in the church.
*Offer practical ways for your church to find its unique voice and identity to express Christ's love and faith to your culture.
*Present interactive questions in each chapter to foster discussion about the life of your church, its focus on Christ, and how it can be a richer influence on your culture. Never settle for church as usual again! Let An Unstoppable Force excite and inspire you to be part of the Church that God had in mind!


About the Author
Erwin Raphael McManus serves as Lead Pastor of Mosaic, a uniquely innovative and international congregation in Los Angeles, California. A national and international strategist and speaker on culture, change, creativity and leadership, Erwin also serves as Distinguished Lecturer and Futurist for Bethel Theological Seminary.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Surprising. Risky.

Daring to change the world.

Church

{just got really interesting!}

In An Unstoppable Force, author Erwin McManus offers a vision of the church taking its rightful place. An unstoppable force created to change the world. A church that is active and engaged with its community. A church that dares to cut itself free from atrophied practices and programs to flourish in creative and compelling worship. Where teachers of the Word risk reaching out to our multi-sensory, multi-layered culture with music, the arts and other unique expressions of love and faith. A church that prospers in the life of Christ.

New life comes into a church-an apostolic ethos-when it realizes its destiny is found in its early church origins. A living part of the body of Christ. Driven to find its uniqueness beyond being a cookie cutter copy of the "successful church."

An Unstoppable Force will

*Challenge you to see God's vision for the mission and purpose of the church.

*Help you to explore specific changes in the culture that call for immediate change in the church.

*Offer practical ways for your church to find its unique voice and identity to express Christ's love and faith to your culture.

*Present interactive questions in each chapter to foster discussion about the life of your church, its focus on Christ, and how it can be a richer influence on your culture.

Never settle for church as usual again! Let An Unstoppable Force excite and inspire you to be part of the Church that God had in mind!

Author Biography:

Erwin Raphael McManus serves as Lead Pastor of Mosaic, a uniquely innovative and international congregation in Los Angeles, California. A national and international strategist and speaker on culture, change, creativity and leadership, Erwin also serves as Distinguished Lecturer and Futurist for Bethel Theological Seminary.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

I love Pastor Erwin McManus' heart for the Kingdom, for the city and for reaching people for Christ-he's one of the great visionaries and innovators when it comes to church leadership of our day. Growing out of his own incredible experience, An Unstoppable Force contains insights and principles that I believe can help any church grow and reach its full potential in Christ!  — Bill McCartney Founder & President, Promise Keepers

I love this book because Erwin loves the church. Growing churches require growing leaders. This book will help you along the way.  — Rick Warren Lead Pastor, Saddleback Church author of The Purpose Driven Church

Erwin is not predicting the future, he is demonstrating God's next wave as the prophetic leader of a multi-cultural authentic faith community. A must read.  — Michael Slaughter Pastor, Ginghamsburg Church

An Unstoppable Force is an abrupt opening of the window shade, revealing that we've all been hitting the snooze button for decades...this is a book of timeless wisdom, explained in a present perspective that seeps authenticity and reality.  — Brad Smith President, Leadership Network

Two thousand years ago, God ignited a breath-taking revolution using a handful of radical Christ followers. The centuries have seen that revolution fizzle. In a diagnosis that startles and unsettles, Erwin McManus shows what went wrong with the church and how we can again catch the momentum of the Holy Spirit. This book invites us to join a revolution.  — Barbara Bradley Justice Department correspondent National Public Radio

You can hardly find a book more engrossing from page to page-because you rarely meet a man with as fascinating a story to tell. Loaded with profound insight as well as constant interest, McManus clearly has a lot to offer church leaders today, presented out of the raw, real context of actual ministry.  — Ralph D. Winter Founder of the U.S. Center for World Mission

If I could only require one text for my divinity students, if I could only recommend one book for every religious leader, this would be the one.  — Leonard Sweet E. Stanley Jones Professor of Evangelism Drew University, Madison, NJ