Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-256).

Power of culture -- What is missional culture and why does it matter? -- How culture works -- What's going on in the culture of the church you serve? -- Polycentric leadership and missional culture -- Leadership imagination that shapes missional culture -- Facing today's challenges -- Hearing the story -- Deepening theological roots -- Embracing emotional health -- Relinquishing the need to control -- Culture creators -- Jesus the archetypical culture creator -- Apostles: dream awakeners -- Prophets: heart revealers -- Evangelists: story tellers -- Pastors: soul healers -- Teachers: light givers -- Embodying a missional culture -- Cultural web and the neighborhood church -- Cultivating missional environments -- Cultivating an equipping ethos -- Polycentric leadership at work -- Equippers and their roles -- Equipper candidate reference form -- Equipper candidate interview.