Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS GRATITUDES 7 FOREWORD BY BRIAN MCLAREN 9 INTRODUCTION 13 PART I: NEW WAYS TO PERCEIVE CHAPTER ONE SEEING BUT NOT PERCEIVING 21 CHAPTER TWO PERCEIVING THE POWERS THAT SHAPE US 29 CHAPTER THREE PRINTING: THE ARCHITECT OF THE MODERN CHURCH 45 CHAPTER FOUR ELECTRONIC MEDIA: PLANTING THE SEEDS OF THE EMERGING CHURCH 63 PART II: ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO PRACTICE CHAPTER FIVE EVOLVING THE MEDIUM AND THE MESSAGE 87 CHAPTER SIX COMMUNITY IN ELECTRONIC CULTURE 103 CHAPTER SEVEN LEADERSHIP IN ELECTRONIC CULTURE 125 CHAPTER EIGHT WORSHIP IN ELECTRONIC CULTURE 145 EPILOGUE 165 BIBLIOGRAPHY 167 ENDNOTES 171

About the Author

Shane Hipps is pastor of Trinity Mennonite Church-a missional, urban, Anabaptist congregation. Before earning a Master of Divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary, he was a strategic planner in advertising where he gained expertise in understanding media and culture. Shane speaks nationally and lives with his wife, Andrea, in Phoenix, Arizona. For more information go to www.shanehipps.com.