The Big Idea: Aligning the Ministries of Your Church through Creative Collaboration
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The Big Idea: Aligning the Ministries of Your Church through Creative Collaboration

Zondervan / 2007 / Paperback

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Is it possible that you're overwhelming your congregation with too many "little ideas"---far more than they can ever apply? Discover how to present one laser-focused theme each week. Learn how this method can facilitate family and small-group discussions, foster creative collaboration, energize your staff, unify diverse church ministries, and more. 200 pages, softcover from Zondervan.

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Title: The Big Idea: Aligning the Ministries of Your Church through Creative Collaboration
By: Dave Ferguson, Jon Ferguson, Eric Bramlett
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 200
Vendor: Zondervan
Publication Date: 2007
Dimensions: 8.00 X 5.31 (inches)
Weight: 6 ounces
ISBN: 0310272416
ISBN-13: 9780310272410
UPC: 025986272418
Series: Leadership Network Innovation
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Community Christian Church embraced the Big Idea and everything changed. They decided to avoid the common mistake of bombarding people with so many “little ideas” that they suffered overload. They also recognized that leaders often don’t insist that the truth be lived out to accomplish Jesus’ mission. Why? Because people’s heads are swimming with too many little ideas, far more than they can ever apply. The Big Idea can help you creatively present one laser-focused theme each week to be discussed in families and small groups. The Big Idea shows how to engage in a process of creative collaboration that brings people together and maximizes missional impact. The Big Idea can energize a church staff and bring alignment and focus to many diverse church ministries. This book shows how the Big Idea has helped Community Christian Church better accomplish the Jesus mission and reach thousands of people in nine locations and launch a church planting network with partner churches across the country. This book is part of the Leadership Network Innovation Series.

Author Bio

Dave Ferguson is a spiritual entrepreneur and the lead pastor of Community Christian Church, an innovative multi-site missional church with eleven locations in Chicago. Dave is the movement leader for NewThing, an international network of reproducing churches. He is also the coauthor of The Big Idea. Check out the latest from Dave on his blog (www.daveferguson.org) or follow his everyday adventures on twitter @daveferguson.

Jon Ferguson is the cofounding pastor of Community Christian Church - a multi-site church in the Chicago Metro Area. He serves as teaching pastor and leads the Strategic Team of staff champions for adult, student, children’s, and creative arts ministries across all CCC locations. Jon is the cofounder and movement architect of NewThing, whose mission is "to be a catalyst for a movement of reproducing churches." He also serves on the boards of the Exponential Network and Stadia East and is an adjunct professor at Wheaton College Graduate School in the Evangelism and Leadership Department. Jon previously coauthored The Big Idea with Dave.
Eric Bramlett is the Creative Arts Director for Community Christian Church in Naperville, IL, and has been since 1996. Eric’s background is in the professional theatre, with degrees in acting and directing. CCC represents Eric’s first ministry experience, and he hopes to be at CCC for a long, long time. He is responsible for overseeing all large-group experiences from intensive artistic vision through production, and anything else he can think of overseeing. Eric has continued to be involved in the Chicago Theatre scene, most notably as an Artistic Associate for Porchlight Music Theatre Chicago, a theatre company he has been involved with since its inception in 1995. Eric loves his wife Kristi and their three kids, Sadie, Dillon and Anna.

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'One of the Best Preaching Books of 2007! The Big Idea offers an abundance of ideas on planning and developing a 'big idea' model in the local church. This book is packed with solid and helpful ideas, and the 'big idea' of the book is one that churches should carefully consider trying in their own setting.' -- Preaching magazine

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