Rick Shrout is a contributing author of Nexus: The World House Church Movement Reader (2007). He holds a Doctor of Ministry degree in Leadership in the Emerging Culture from George Fox University, and is ordained by the Church of God (Anderson, Indiana).
Rick Shrout has spied hopeful signs of church and gospel touching
postmodern US culture. And he has found them in unexpected
places--traditional churches and nontraditional 'simple church'
missionaries joining hands instead of trading critiques. This is no
mere theory, but real stories of God using such partnerships to
bring Christ to US neighborhoods.
-Kent L. Yinger
Professor of New Testament
George Fox Evangelical Seminary This book is just what is needed as
those within traditional church leadership continue to explore how
they can help or where appropriate embrace the work of those called
to simple/organic church planting initiatives. By looking in depth
at four specific situations, and interviewing the people involved,
Rick has given us a valuable roadmap that clarifies some of the
blessings and some of the challenges people will face in moving
from traditional to simple, rapidly multiplying models of
church.
-Tony Dale
Chairman and Founder
The Karis Group, Inc. Rick Shrout's Street Crossers gets at the
heart of what it means to be a missionary in today's postmodern
culture. He reminds us that there are mission fields across the
street from our homes, in our neighborhoods, just around the
corner. We don't need to travel to a third-world country to be a
missionary. Rick's passionate call to his readers calls us to
realize that streets lead to connections but at the same time also
to disconnections. We are challenged to 'cross the street' because
that is where we will find Jesus.
-Jay A. Barber Jr.
President Emeritus
Warner Pacific College
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