Alan Briggs - Everyones a Genius: Unleashing Creativity for the Sake of the World

PRAISE FOR EVERYONES A GENIUS

Alan Briggs challenges our modern view of creativity and calls the church to be a force in our communities. This book will inspire you to take the risks youve been avoiding.

Mark Batterson, New York Times bestselling author of The Circle Maker, lead pastor of National Community Church

Alan brings a brilliantly fresh perspective on mobilizing believers. He has tapped into something I believe will get believers excited about living on mission.

Mac Lake, senior director of Church Planter Development, North American Mission Board

Reading this book is akin to sitting across from Alan at the dinner table, conversing about things that matter most in life... thinking, musing, laughing... and understanding the way forward.

Eric Swanson, Leadership Network, coauthor of The Externally Focused Church and To Transform a City

This book... exposes the creativity you knew you had... or never knew you had.

Dr. Bruce McNicol, president, Trueface; bestselling coauthor of The Cure, Bos Caf, The Ascent of a Leader

This is a book about getting everyone equipped to creatively fulfill their mission in the context of all of life, to which we heartily say, Amen!

Alan and Debra Hirsch, award-winning authors, speakers, and church leaders; www.alanhirsch.org

This book is itself genius. Briggs takes a vastly complicated world, with complex interchangeable and moving parts, and makes it personal. In the pages of this book, youll see yourself as God uniquely designed you, as a piece of the puzzle.

Peyton Jones, author and church planting catalyst

What could be more essential than finding your genius and using it at your highest point of contribution? Stop being pulled into... comparison and competition by reading this terrific book.

Greg McKeown, New York Times bestselling author of Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less

For anyone interested in cultivating genius in themselves and others, this book is for you. I highly recommend it.

Dr. Kutter Callaway, professor of theology and culture at Fuller theological Seminary, author of Watching TV Religiously and Scoring Transcendence

Insightful perspectives, challenging thoughts, and meaningful direction on unleashing creativity for yourself and those in your world.

Chris Mavity, head of ministry development for Church Community Builder

Everyones a Genius not only encapsulates the value of creativity, joy, and selflessness, it also empowers by proclaiming that not only does everyone have genius inside them, it is Gods divine desire that they embrace it and let it run free.

Justin T. Hunt, president, Time & Tide Productions; director of Addicted to Porn: Chasing the Cardboard Butterfly

Alan Briggs is a genius for writing Everyones a Genius! Too many ministry leaders miss the opportunity to develop the creative potential of the people we lead. Alan provides perspective for stewarding creativity and seeing ministry leadership as an opportunity to draw out the genius in everyone.

Jenni Catron, founder of The 4Sight Group and author of The 4 Dimensions of Extraordinary Leadership

This book will inspire us to allow our unique, created genius to display God to our world.

Kevin Palau, president, Luis Palau Association; author, Unlikely: Setting Aside Our Differences to Live Out the Gospel

For Betti, Manny, Eli, and Mercy
You are geniuses.
Youre going to change the world, and
youre changing us in the process.

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Y ou are holding an important, timely book. Alan takes us on a journey that explores both our greatest opportunity as leaders and the churchs greatest opportunity in our lifetime.

First, Alan will ignite your imagination and challenge you to embrace your most creative self. It has been said that you can only give as much as you know about yourself to as much as you know about God. Too many leaders today are living with their God-given talent still half buried, thus underappreciated and underutilized. Are you a believer in your own God-given genius? Have you unearthed the treasure that is Gods divine design of your Ephesians 2:10 personal calling? Have you really tended to your life dreams? With every turn of the page, Alans biblical and practical vision will draw out your calling and encourage you to cocreate a more beautiful and powerful life. Allow this book to become a place of self-discovery: a place to be stirred and stretched and set free to become more like the real you. Thats always your greatest opportunity as a leader.

Second, and even more importantly, Alan hits the bulls-eye on what I believe to be an unprecedented opportunity for the churchseeing your church as a genius factory of limitless redemptive potential. Our standard drive-through seminars to get people plugged into volunteer roles in todays church are hopelessly limited. After decades of find your ministry programming, I wholeheartedly agree with Alan that we still have a screaming need: Most people sitting in the pews dont sense they are a part of Gods great mission to redeem all things.

Alan is as much of a pioneer in showing us this opportunity as he is in guiding our next steps. Chapter by chapter, you will find new perspective, language, and tools to engage your flock toward the highest and best use of their lives. Several chapters leaped out of the book with groundbreaking insights; each one is worth more than the price of the book. And best of all, the principles are relevant for every faith tribe as well as every church size. Whether you are a missional thinker, tinkerer, or practitioner, this book wont disappoint.

May we all deploy the genius within us and around us for Gods glory.

Will Mancini,
cofounder of Life Younique
and author of God Dreams

T here is a space in our lives, a zone of competency, where we are on fire, fully alive, and thriving. Often when youre doing this time flies. Youre not exerting yourself, but somehow you are making an impact. I played baseball for years. The ball hits the bat on this one-inch section at just the right millisecond and explodes into the centerfield bleachers. The farthest home runs I ever hit felt effortless. The same is true of leadership: some of the most impacting things youll ever do seem most natural.