Steve Stroope

Tribal Church presents the paradigm of examining people in terms of tribes. The author speaks toward the role of the individual, the family tribe, a congregational tribe, the leadership tribe within a congregation, development of "new" tribes, the "unchurched" tribes, and things of that sort.

Whether you like the paradigm or not, the author does delve into the processes and mechanics which allow the multisite megachurch with which he works to function. The book is filled with a number of practical matters regarding one's personal life and leadership, the way elders should function, the way leaders should function, the ins and outs of multisite churches, relational evangelism strategies, and so on.

It would seem that the author does not consider the types of leadership manifest in the New Testament as fully authoritative; there's some disconnect between the author's definitions of "pastor" vs. "elder" from the elder/bishop/pastor and evangelists of the New Testament. I also am not entirely sold on the "multisite" concept: let multiple sites be the multiple churches that we would see in the New Testament period. And then there are the matters of whether we should be trying to find ways to "break up" people into tribes, whether all "innovations" that lead to growth are really ideal, and other matters of that sort.

Regardless, the book has many practical suggestions worth considering.

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