The Monkey and the Fish: Liquid Leadership for a Third-Culture Church [Paperback]

A powerful and compelling invitation to a ministry that embraces pain, suffering, and the cross. -- Peter T. ChaDave Gibbons has the unique bicultural heritage and global exposure to give us penetrating perspectives on the gospel, church, and culture. The Monkey and the Fish speaks through clear and simple stories whose implications are profoundly compelling. -- DJ ChuangDave Gibbons is an revolutionary thinker, a big dreamer, and a thought leader that we should all pay close attention to. I'm positive 'Monkey and The Fish' will disrupt your current understanding of culture as it did mine. This is not simply a book but a brilliant field guide to the future. -- Mike FosterDave Gibbons thinks differently that the rest of us. With eyes wide open to the new global village in which we now live, he calls us to a new way of being the church, a third-culture way that stands in sharp contrast to big, brash, rich, and comfortable American-way churches. Dave is a reliable guide because he walks, courageously, the third-culture way. This is an important book which comes to us in the midst of tumultuous times, filled with stories, wisdom, and a challenge to be the people of God in this new world. -- Richard PeaceDave has not given us another formula for Christian community and Christian leadership. Instead, he has given us a renewed vision of our calling. What the world needs most is the same thing that the church needs most---third-culture Christians. Anyone who wonders about the relevance of church---in their own lives or in the global community---should read The Monkey and the Fish. -- Bill ClarkDave is a breath of fresh air, leading the way in a new and important movement that thinks globally and lives locally. When Dave writes a book, I read it! -- Jim OrredDont read this book. Tear it open! Chew on it. Get it down no matter what it takes. Some of the flavors will be unfamiliar and some of the textures a little too gritty, but this is nourishing stuff. Dave Gibbons glÃ#