From a netfriend:

I worked my way through Kicking Habits a couple of times, and Christian Chaos.

Kicking Habits proposes a paradigm of church that revolves around small discipleship groups rather than committees. Bandy writes that our mainstream church structures are designed around a system in which the maximum number of people have a say in the planning of programs - developing a sense of belonging. What would happen if we focused around changed lives instead, trusting teams to get on with their work?

Some examples of the moves Bandy suggests:

Surrender commitment to multiple committee, overlapping accountability system, and build enthusiasm for small-group, individual initiative, high-trust system.

De-emphasise long-term, all-inclusive large groups, initiate short-term diverse learning opportunies.

No longer settle for friendliness. Aim at intimacy.

No longer settle for knowledge. Aim at ecstasy.

Stop searching for chairpersons. Start searching for cell group pastors.

Stop just sending individuals for education in colleges. Start sending teams for on-site observation in parishes.

Do not define identity by heritage. Define identity by vision, values and beliefs.

Bandy does get up people's noses with some black and white 'wake up calls'. He deliberately threatens sacred cows. As his colleague wrote, "Sacred cows make great hamburgers!" The conferences will have plenty of opportunity for dialogue, feedback and process.