Failure-Sparked Innovation
The Key to Ensuring the Future of Local Churches
- Church Leadership & Ministry
- Publisher: Cascade Books (Wipf and Stock)
- Published: 2023
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Publisher's Description
As the western church faces challenges in declining membership and effectiveness due to religious disaffiliation and general discontent with organized religion, innovation must be a central focus within all aspects of ministry in the Christian church. With the focus that the local church must put on innovation, one aspect that will continually be an important factor is how the church understands, interprets, and utilizes failure. Yes, the church must fail! However, the church must not simply fail for the sake of failure. The challenge for the local church is to rethink its notion of failure, which will allow for creativity, new life, and ultimately, transformational innovation. By establishing a proper framework and definition of failure, the church will be able to embrace good failure and the benefits it can offer.
Endorsements (4)
Foreword
“In this much-needed book, Kaury Edwards recovers the richness of a Wesleyan view of innovation grounded in failure to empower the church to participate in God’s mission. Yes, failure. The plot-twist in this excellent project digs deeply into a theological understanding of good failure to empower Christian innovation.”
“Can we learn productively from failure? The design firm IDEO urges people to ‘fail quickly so you can succeed sooner.’ In this thoughtful book, Kaury Edwards urges congregations to learn from failures to ignite innovative and faithful ministry. Drawing from past examples, he offers wonderful insights and practical suggestions for revitalizing local church ministry. A terrific resource!”
“In certain circles failure is fashionable. ‘Fail fast and fail forward,’ Silicon Valley-types tell us with an almost maniacal glee. But most of these folks have never stepped foot in a church. Thank goodness for Kaury Edwards who steps into this gap. Edwards knows the creative possibilities born of failure, and Edwards knows the church. Here he helps us let go of the idol of success and trust in the God who leads us in, with, and through failure.”
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