Weiyan read and liked Ben's review of Organic Church: Growing Faith Where Life Happens:

"I loved this book. Cole's ideas about the church being an organic living entity rather than a mechanical machine really ring true. His ideas about the simplicity of sharing one's faith and "doing church" really resonated with me and hones...more I loved this book. Cole's ideas about the church being an organic living entity rather than a mechanical machine really ring true. His ideas about the simplicity of sharing one's faith and "doing church" really resonated with me and honestly, really make me want to leave the institutional church and live the Christian life in a smaller, organic church much the way he explains. This is where my real problem comes in though: how do I as a career pastor of an institutional church do this? How can I be a part of a small organic church and still support my family? I really feel my heart drawn to this, but the realities of life seem to make it impossible at the time. I really think this is the future of the church as I've said before, but I don't know what to do in the awkward in between transition time. So in that this book was spectacular in giving me a vision for the future and what to be working towards, but frustrating in the sense that I don't really know how to get there from where I am. I'm changing what I can to be more "organic" with the youth ministry that I can control, but unfortunately I can only change what I can change.(less) "

Weiyan read and liked Kevin Beasley's review of Finding Organic Church: A Comprehensive Guide to Starting and Sustaining Authentic Christian Communities:

"The organic church experiments are so new (in an old sort of way) that all that exists in book form is theory. Only a few authors have put it into practical actions that will help a group establish themselves. Neil Cole and Alan Hisch have done wel...more The organic church experiments are so new (in an old sort of way) that all that exists in book form is theory. Only a few authors have put it into practical actions that will help a group establish themselves. Neil Cole and Alan Hisch have done well with making missional communities practical. Now I will add Frank Viola to the list. Frank has pulled all his work on theory together with his many years of practice. I have longed for a book like this for some time. (less) "