As a member of our church's Future Ministry Task Force, and the coordinator of the Stewardship Ministry Team I have been trying to educate myself on the needs of the church to come. This book provided some critical insight into those perceived needs. Mead, using a pertinent graphic and well documented history, identifies clearly how the church, specifically the congregates needs, are changing and the frontiers upon which the changes will take place. Good, quick, insightful read.