The Externally Focused Quest: Becoming the Best Church for the Community

Written by Rick Rusaw and Eric Swanson

Narrated by Kirby Heyborne

The Externally Focused Quest: Becoming the Best Church for the Community will help readers understand the ten changes necessary to becoming externally focused. The changes are not about changes in degree but changes in kind that affect the very idea of what it means to be church. This book is not about getting all churches to have an annual day of community service as a tactic but changing the core of who they are and how they see themselves. This is not about 40 days of purpose but more like 40 years of re-purposing. It is a highly practical approach that shows readers the major shifts that are needed to become externally focused.

• Language: English
• Publisher: ChristianAudio.com
• Release date: Jul 20, 2020
• ISBN: 9781545916667

Rick Rusaw

Rick Rusaw has served as the lead pastor at LifeBridge Christian Church in Longmont, Colorado, since 1991, seeing the church’s attendance grow to more than 5,000 across three campuses. His passion for the church’s engaging and serving its communities have been at the heart of not only leading LifeBridge but also assisting churches worldwide to see beyond themselves. LifeBridge has found effective ways to partner in their community, providing foster care, mentoring at-risk kids, and serving the underserved. Grateful for God’s grace, Rick loves to help others discover grace, grow in grace, and live gracefully. Prior to LifeBridge, Rick was executive vice president of Cincinnati Christian University. He speaks for both ministry and business conferences around the globe and serves on a number of boards. His previous books include Externally Focused Church, Life on Loan, and Externally Focused Quest.