Includes bibliographical references (p. 141).

David and Michael -- The revolutionary age -- What does God expect? -- How is the local church doing? -- Spiritual transitions in the making -- God is active today -- A new way of doing church -- Jesus the revolutionary -- American Christians as revolutionaries -- How the revolution shapes the revolutionary -- The marks of a revolutionary -- Why the revolution matters -- What the critics will say -- This revolution's for you!

The controversy fueled by George Barna's current best-seller, Revolution, has raised many questions about the nature of the people the California-based researcher labels "revolutionaries." Defined as born again people who have made their faith in God the highest priority in their life, who believe that their faith has greatly transformed their life, and who often express and experience their faith through alternative forms the Church, Barna this week released additional data about the beliefs, practices and lifestyle of revolutionaries in comparison to those who fit a more tame spiritual profile. Revolutionaries possess some attributes that fail to distinguish them from other born again Christians. For instance, they are just as likely to embrace new technology, view movies just as often, a similar proportion of them are overweight, and equivalent percentages of the two groups consider themselves to live a simple life, to feel at peace, and to be in control of their life. Even in the spiritual realm, they have identical profiles when it comes to the frequency of fasting and how often they talk to non-believers about faith matters. However, Barna also outlined four areas in which revolutionaries are substantially different than other born again adults, and vastly different from adults who are not born again: Integration of Faith in Life, Divergent Beliefs, Faith Focus, Transformation Is Evident.