ABOUT ROB WEGNER AND JACK MAGRUDER

Rob Wegner and Jack Magruder
Rob Wegner is pastor of life mission and Jack Magruder is director of life mission at Granger Community Church in Granger, Ind. This article is an excerpt (chapter 4) from the free eBook The Spectrum of Involvement: Moving Your People Out On Mission, the fourth supplemental eBook for Missional Moves (Exponential Signature Series, Zondervan) by Rob Wegner and Jack Magruder, which describes 15 tectonic shifts that unleash missional energy and have the power within them to transform churches, communities and the world. These shifts are explored through the compelling story of Granger Community Church, one of America’s best-known attractional churches on a 10- year journey toward apostolic movement.

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