Eddie Gibbs

Author of Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Community in Postmodern Cultures

About the Author

Eddie Gibbs (DMin, Fuller Theological Seminary) is professor emeritus of church growth in the School of Intercultural Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary contributes to the Study of Emerging Churches at the Brehm Center for Worship, Theology, and the Arts. He is the author or coauthor of show more numerous books, including ChurchMorph, Emerging Churches, and ChurchNext. show less

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Works by Eddie Gibbs

ChurchNext: Quantum Changes in How We Do Ministry (2000) — Author — 398 copies, 2 reviews

LeadershipNext: Changing Leaders in a Changing Culture (2005) 171 copies

I Believe in Church Growth (1981) 106 copies

ChurchMorph: How Megatrends Are Reshaping Christian Communities (Allelon Missional Series) (2009) 56 copies

The Rebirth of the Church: Applying Paul's Vision for Ministry in Our Post-Christian World (2013) 53 copies

In name only: Tackling the problem of nominal christianity (1994) 46 copies

Followed or Pushed?: Understanding and Leading Your Church (2001) 25 copies

The Journey of Ministry: Insights from a Life of Practice (2012) 23 copies

Winning Them Back: Tackling the Problem of Nominal Christianity (1993) 19 copies

Holy Land Travel Diary (1986) 13 copies

Born into battle Paul's two letters to the Thessalonian Christians (1977) 11 copies

Ten Growing Churches (1984) 10 copies

God Who Communicates (1985) 10 copies

Way to Go: Thirty Readings on a Journey with Jesus (2003) 7 copies

Grow Through Groups (Worship S.) (1979) 7 copies

BODY BUILDING EXERCISES FOR THE LOCAL CHURCH (1979) 6 copies

Urban church growth : clues from South America and Britain (1977) 5 copies

La Iglesia del Futuro (Spanish Edition) (2005) 2 copies

Good news is for sharing: 8 sessions to encourage and equip Christians to share their personal faith and communicate the Gospel (GroupBuilder resources) (1993) 1 copy

Alarmbereitschaft (1978) 1 copy

Today�s Good News Born into Battle 1&2 Thessalonians 1 copy

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INeilC 95 reviews

Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Communities in Postmodern Cultures by Eddie Gibbs

An impressive write-up of grounded theory following a major research project into new types of church community - all from the evangelical, protestant wing of the Church, and mainly in the US and the UK. Reading this book in 2023, it struck me how ethereal these churches were - few can now be found to still be in existence. There is a large appendix giving the personal stories of church planters, written by themselves - and therefore slightly narcissistic.

Feb 24, 2024

lschmitt 32 reviews

ChurchNext: Quantum Changes in How We Do Ministry by Eddie Gibbs

This book is about taking a great leap by allowing larger Christian groups to become smaller and therefore the hurch becomes more effective. The church must become missional

Oct 17, 20081 other review

kijabi1 7,225 reviews

ChurchNext by Eddie Gibbs

Is it time that we seek the lost?

Dec 27, 20111 other review