Xiii 187 pages 24 cm includes bibliographical references pages 165 187 outstorming christianitys perfect storm man overboard in sync with jesus and the first perfect stormers seasoned sailors exposing our murky motives reorienting the church of the twenty first century the perfect storm as paradigmatic theory mid storm equations for the emerging church the tides . The church cannot stay in the harbor just as the early church could not stay in jerusalem but once again it might take persecution to get the church to leave the harbor and to see the opportunities of god in the midst of the perfect storm it has been 500 years since the last perfect storm for christianity we called it the reformation. The church is heading into a perfect storm of cultural forces will you sink beneath the waves or ride the winds of the spirit an array of cultural forces is coming together to present the church with unprecedented challenge and unequaled opportunity. The church of the perfect storm paints a clear picture of the challenges that most be faced in the current post christendom storm at a time such as this some of the israelites wanted to return to egypt rather than cross the red sea in the same way many modern christians are afraid to face the perfect storm present in the midst of post modernity. The church is heading into a perfect storm of cultural forces will you sink beneath the waves or ride the winds of the spirit an array of cultural forces is coming together to present the