How can churches in today’s rapidly shifting cultural environment take good risks that lead to learning and growth? What does it mean to make a good mistake? In “The Agile Church: Spirit-Led Innovation in an Uncertain Age,” Luther Seminary professor Dwight Zscheile answers these questions to show how churches can become adaptive as our culture changes.
Zscheile combines Biblical and theological insights with leadership theory and the agile methodology that brought powerful innovation to the Silicon Valley. Central to all of this, is the role of the Holy Spirit. In the introduction, Zscheile writes, “The Holy Spirit is the agent of so much of the innovation that we find in the Bible—innovation that emboldens, encourages and equips ordinary people for transformational witness. An agile church is, above all, a Spirit-led church.”
Alan Roxburgh, founder of The Missional Network, says, “Dwight’s work on innovation is a rare gift for pastors and church leaders wanting something rooted deeply in scripture and Christian imagination, not just one more trend.”