Kary Oberbrunner, Pastor of Discipleship and Leadership Development at Grace Church in Powell, Ohio and the author of The Fine Line, Called and The Journey toward Relevance, is doing something cool over at his blog; a series of concise interviews called "5 Questions with...". I was happy to be the latest contributor in that series. Head on over the Kary's blog to see his post. The interview is below.

How did you get from there to here?

I started my first church at 21 years old in the inner-city of Buffalo, NY and fell in love with being on mission. I planted there and in Erie, PA and started reading all I could on ministry and mission. I planted for 10 years, then became a seminary professor, earned a Ph.D., and wrote my first book. Now, I basically do research, write, and speak to pastors and church leaders.

Give us the Big Idea behind Lost and Found.

Lost and Found: The Younger Unchurched and the Churches that Reach Them is a book that shows the younger unchurched people are open spiritually (even more so than their older unchurched counterparts), but are closed to church. However, instead of just telling you that, we looked at churches and ministries that were actually reaching the younger unchurched.

Please identify one of your leadership weaknesses that's been exposed while in ministry.

I fail to take care of myself when I lead others.

How have you closed that leadership gap?

God has recently convicted me of that very thing and I have sought to lead myself into better spiritual, emotional, and physical health.

Don't worry about sounding arrogant or bold, but what are some God-sized dreams He's placed in your heart?

I would like to help evangelical churches across the Western world to take their biblically-driven theology and apply it as they live on mission in their contexts.

Kary Oberbrunner, self-described "Recovering Pharisee," is the Pastor of Discipleship and Leadership Development at Grace Church in Powell, Ohio. He is also the founder of Redeem the Day Ministries and author Called and The Journey Toward Relevance. His most recent book, The Fine Line: Re-envisioning the Gap between Christ and Culture, aims at helping the church figure out what it means to live in the world, while not being "of it." While many in the church are talking past one another on the issue of cultural relevance Kary's book should prove to be a helpful addition to the conversation-- if people will listen.

I had the chance to read The Fine Line when I wrote an endorsement for it. It is a good read and worth your time. We asked Kary a few questions as part of his blog tour. Kary will be around to interact so please take a look and share your questions.