Brad McKoy - Culture of the Few: Following Jesus, Transforming Culture

What People Are Saying About CULTURE OF THE FEW

The Culture of the Few is a great guide for any leader seeking to produce world changing disciples today. In nearly sixty years of ministry, I have never witnessed a group of believers trained as those discipled by Brad McKoy using the principles and methods expressed in this book.

Jim Erb, Overseer, Antioch International Ministries

This is an important book. Brad shows us once again that history is changed, not by mass-marketing appeals, the most famous, or necessarily the best-organized. History is changed by bands of the brave and courageous few. Brad lives this in real life. His writing comes not from theory, but from true stories that will challenge and inspire you. My prayer is for the Culture of the Few to instill this defining ethic in the body of Christ in the 21st Century and beyond.

Erik Fish, Author and Mission Strategist

If you only knew what I know, you would be just as excited about the release of Culture of the Few as I am! For over a decade now, I have been privileged to share an exciting missional journey with Brad McKoy. Biblical community actually lived out in the trenches of real-world engagement! Brad goes to Jesus first when asking HOW to pursue mission then, he just keeps going back to Jesus! AMAZING! This following Jesus obsession is the Kingdom matrix from which Culture of the Few is born.

Dr. Guy Glass, Lead Pastor, Cornerstone Church

In his typical un-churchy language, Brad has written this book with the heart of a father and the insight of a wise prophet. Knowing how Brad lives his life and this message, I have been anxiously awaiting my copyand he knocked it out of the park! With engaging stories, humor, and revelation, Brad gives any would-be world-changers a path to follow. This is not a book of theories, but truths from the heart of a world-changer with the stories and scars to prove it.

Jim Baker, Author of How Heaven Invades Your Finances

Senior Leader - Zion Christian Fellowship, Powell, OH

There are many authors in the world, but I believe its extremely rare to find people who became their message before they ever preached it. Brad is one of those extremely rare people. Im one of the many whose life has been changed by the message long before it was a book. This book is a MAJOR resource for anyone looking to introduce the world to Jesus in a long-lasting, sustainable way.

Jasmine Tate, Singer/Songwriter and

Director/Visionary of Artisans

Theres a bandwidth of breakthrough experienced when you come across material that flows from reality, not simply theory. Brad McKoy has lived the message contained in these pages for years. This is an ancient-future book that reclaims the simplicity of living out the gospel and propels a generation forward in the relational advancement of the Kingdom of God.

Brian Orme, Author of Jumpstart and

Little Beans and a Big God, www.iborme.com

The Culture of the Few takes us back to the familiar stories of Jesus for entirely new perspectives. The simplicity and insight in this book has really encouraged me to rethink what it means to change the world and has influenced my approach to family, spirituality and especially - work - in exciting and unprecedented ways.

Carl Catedral, Co-Founder Adjacency

Entrepreneur /Business Owner

When I first encountered Brad McKoy I was captivated by his authentic and passionate love of Jesus and community. Over the years I have watched him live out a very clear mission of raising up spiritual sons and daughters and releasing them to change the world. Culture of the Few is a beautiful description of what Ive witnessed in Brads life. Its not about a program or a prescribed process, but rather it is about knowing Jesus intimately and living that out in each of our relationship journeys. It is then that we begin to see the truth of Brads words when he writes, There is a lot of power in a few people living with a focused mission.

Jesse Pratt, Lead Pastor, SLW Church Network

Culture of the Few

Published by Culture of the Few LLC

121 Grant Street

Grove City, Pennsylvania 16127 U.S.A.

With a mission of developing resources that reinforce relationships,

Culture of the Few LLC is the resource company of author, Brad McKoy.

With a passion to serve people and facilitate strategic paradigm shifts, Culture of the Few author, Brad McKoy is joining with a team of contributors to introduce a new resource platform with the initial content slated for release in the summer of 2016. These resources are being developed to engage leaders with a combination of articles, videos and podcasts that are designed to work together.

Visit us online at www.cultureofthefew.com .

Culture of the Few

Copyright 2016 Brad McKoy

LCCN 2016905628

ISBN 978-0-9973976-2-8

First Edition Published by Culture of the Few LLC

Print Book Edition 2016, ISBN: 978-0-9973976-1-1

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the author, except in the case of brief quotations in critical articles or reviews.

Unless otherwise noted, Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

The Team: Adriane McKoy, Alexander Catedral, Carl Catedral, Candise Wade,
Derek Kelly, David Wade, Jessie Woodard, Mike Weber, Michael Giffone,
Cody Weber, Katy Westra

Cover Design: Micah List and Stephanie McCloskey Designs

Photography Credit: Alexander Catedral

First Edition 2016

This book has been digitally produced in a standard specification in order to ensure its availability.

To those who want to change the world,

This book is written in memory of

Donna Bishop and Lee Myers.

These two, relatively unknown heroes showed me that you dont have to be famous to make a big difference. Living with a YES in their hearts, they followed Jesus courageously becoming carriers of the seed of Christ. The way they lived and died is still pointing people to LIFE and LOVE.

unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies,

it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.

- John 12:24 (ESV)

foreword

F ive years ago, Brad McKoy, walked into our house for the first time. Even though he was a stranger we were just meeting, there was something familiar about him. Shortly after introductions and topical conversation, our two year old son started having a tantrum. He threw the toy he didnt want right in my face and yelled No!. I excused myself from the room while my husband, Josh tried to keep the conversation going. After a few minutes, they turned to watch the fit escalate. Excuse me for a minute Brad, Josh said as he walked over to our son. He picked up the little whirlwind of flailing limbs, risking a kick in the face, and took little Jack into the back room to put him in his playpen, saying very firmly, No fits. He walked out of the room, and left our son to sort out his feelings about being quarantined in timeout as a discipline for his fit. I searched Brads face to see his response to the awkward interruption. Would he be annoyed at the dramatic disturbance? Would he look down on us for having a son who had these kind of outbursts? Would he judge the way we disciplined our boy and misinterpret our pursuit to train Jacks little heart to learn patience, self control and honor?

But when I looked at Brad, he smiled. His smile was full of a fathers joy. His eyes sparkled. That was the most powerful display of love right there. You communicated so much by how you handled that little scene. Youre a good dad, man, Brad lovingly explained. Since Josh and I didnt know Brad very well yet, we were shocked to hear his words. He brought something into our house that day. It was the kind of conversation you would have with a close friend, a mentor or a family member. Brad cultivates an environment of community around him and carries something unique: safety. We had a platinum record for selling a million albums in a band called Flyleaf and other accolades most people bring up immediately, but he never mentioned those things. He seemed to be more interested in how we loved our family than anything else. I have tears in my eyes as I think of how few people there seem to be who care about that priority like we do. He genuinely cared about our family. Why? As our relationship grew, we realized something about Brad: he carries the Father heart of God.