Something to chew on from Reggie McNeal's latest book--

"Today's spiritual realities call for [a shift] from church-based to kingdom-based leadership... These leaders do not insist or depend on [non-Christ-followers] leaving their own turf to have [a conversation about spiritual things]. They do not need the props of religious authority or church real estate to pursue their passion of introducing people to the revelation of God's heart for the world through Jesus. Their agenda differs significantly from those leaders who se their major task as serving people who come to church...

"Their agends stands in stark contrast to the program-driven church of the modern era. Their devotion to God is lived out in their determination to bless and to develop people who are made in His Image...

"But be careful--once you start down this path [of kingdom-based leadership], it will ruin you to the old world. You wil be faced with choice after choice that will serve to declare your intentions about whether or not you will engage the missional renaissance...

"Those who miss [the misional renaissance] will find themselves... irrelvant to the movement of God in the world. Those who engage [the misional renaissance] will find themselves at the intersection of God's redemptive mission and the world He loves so much He was willing to die for it."

from Missional Renaissance: Changing the Scorecard for the Church, Reggie McNeal, Jossey-Bass, 2009, pp. 14-17.