Through a notice on facebook a few weeks ago, I answered a call to submit a question to Dave Gibbons, pastor of Newsong Church and author in regards to his blog tour to promote his new book The Monkey and The Fish: Liquid Leadership For A Third-Culture Church. Guess what? My question was selected and Dave Gibbons shares his answer with us as part of his blog tour here today!
Dave Ingland: Can a church that doesn’t present third-culture ministry be relevant to the next generation?
Dave Gibbons: Dave, it can be relevant but not necessarily fulfilling the mandate for the church to love our neighbors, someone not like us. For the church to mature and to radically live out the second purpose of the church, the embrace of third-culture is really the embrace of the second commandment. It’s the heart of God. It’s not an option even if it wasn’t relevant to the next generation.
Are you familiar with the idea of third-culture? Why not pick up a copy of Dave Gibbons’ new book The Monkey and The Fish: Liquid Leadership For A Third-Culture Church from the Zondervan website by clicking here. Zondervan has graciously allowed me to provide you with a free preview chapter from the book by clicking here. You can also learn more about third-culture ideas from the 3culture website here.
Also, be sure to check out the Zondervan Publishing blog for links to the rest of the questions Dave Gibbons responded to in his blog tour today by clicking here.
Thanks to Chris Fann of Zondervan and Dave Gibbons for allowing this blog to be a stop on the Dave Gibbons Blog Tour today!
Related posts:
- Creativity: The Monkey And The Fish and the church
- 3rd Culture Thursday
- Who is this Dave Ingland?
- Third Culture
- Asian-American Christians, part 3: Who Am I In Christ?
Tags: dave gibbons, the monkey and the fish, third culture, zondervan
