Emerging Hope: A Strategy for Reaching Postmodern Generations

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InterVarsity Press, 18. aug 2004 - 251 pages

Is there hope in this era of cynicism? Jimmy Long, a campus minister for more than twenty-five years, is convinced that we are in the middle of a societal hurricane. As our culture moves further into postmodernity, now is a time of enormous and rapid change. How do we "do church" in such an era? How do we reach the lost? How do we communicate hope? In Emerging Hope Long traces the connections between postmodernism and the emerging generations--Generation X and the millennial generation--highlighting implications for evangelism and discipleship. What emerges is a compelling strategy for ministry that will appeal to a generation starved for a sense of belonging. (This book is a revised and expanded edition of Generating Hope.)

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Contents

Acknowledgments
9
THE TIMES THEY ARE ACHANGING
15
LONGING TO BELONG
87
Freed from Guilt and Shame
103
From Lonely Orphan to Gods Adopted Child
114
Hope in the Midst of Suffering
120
AN INTIMATE JOURNEY OF HOPE
135
Our Spiritual Journey in Community
164
Communities Offering Hope
194
Notes
223
Bibliography
233
Names Index 249
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Jimmy Long (M.Div., D.Min., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary) is a regional director for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA. His resources include Small Group Leaders' Handbook: The Next Generation, Emerging Hope: A Strategy for Reaching Postmodern Generations and the Emerging Culture Curriculum Kit.

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