James's review
Simple Church: Returning to God's Process for Making Disciples
by Thom S. Rainer
James's review
Simple Church: Returning to God's Process for Making Disciples by Thom S. Rainer
James's review
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recommended for: pastors
Simple concept, but could have been presented much more simply (hence the low rating). This is one of those books (e.g. Tipping Point) that would have been a great 30-40 page booklet, but didn't need a full book-length presentation. That said, the main point of making very clear what (structural) church membership expectations are is a critical one for an institutional church, and especially invites reflection from anyone in church leadership. I liked that they made clear that service involvement will necessarily be diverse within a church; they could have been more clear that "small group" structures should likely be almost as diverse.
