Includes bibliographical references and index.

The gospel is not everything -- The gospel is not a simple thing -- The gospel affects everything -- The need for gospel renewal -- The essence of gospel renewal -- The work of gospel renewal -- Intentional contextualization -- Balanced contextualization -- Biblical contextualization -- Active contextualization -- The tension of the city -- Redemption and the city -- The call to the city -- The gospel for the city -- The cultural crisis of the church -- The cultural responses of the church -- Why all the models are right... and wrong -- Cultural engagement through blended insights -- The search for the missional church -- Centering the missional church -- Equipping people for missional living -- The balance of ministry fronts -- Connecting people to God -- Connecting people to one another -- Connecting people to the city -- Connecting people to the culture -- Movements and institutions -- The church as an organized organism -- Church planting as a movement dynamic -- The city and the gospel ecosystem -- Late modernity and the center church.