January 2010 Seed Sampler Resources

Books Related to Future Trends

Samir Selmanovic, It’s Really All About God: Reflections of a Muslim Athiest Jewish Christian (Jossy-Bass, 2009).
Tom Sine, The New Conspirators: Creating the Future One Mustard Seed at a Time (Downers Grove, 2008).

Soong-Chan Rah, The Next Evangelicalism: Freeing the Church from Western Cultural Captivity (Intervarsity Press, 2009).

Online Resources

The Common Root
Community Based Eco-tourism
Emerging Church.info
Ethics Daily: Church of the Future: Urban, Progressive, More Minorities
Future Scenarios: Mapping the Cultural Implications of Peak Oil and Climate Change
One Day’s Wages
Pew Research Center: The Millennial Generation

ReNew Partnerships

Online Video Resources

Interracial Churches – Video
Is the Church Ready for a Multi-Ethnic Future? (ReNew Partnerships)
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Mark DeYmaz on the foundations of multiculturalism

New Global Citizens – Join the Movement – Video

Conferences

Conference on Environmental Spirituality – Mercer Island, WA

Creating Liberated Spaces in the Empire – Portland, OR

MSA Resources

* Turbulent Times Ready or Not!

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