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Simple Church: Returning to God's Process for Making Disciples (Hardcover)
by Thom S. Rainer
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recommended to tohuvabohu by:
Marc Andresen
recommended for: pastors and church leaders
read in January, 2008
tohuvabohu said:
"Great reminder that what church is all about isn't a collection of programs, but growing disciples of Jesus. We all know that, right? But the way we go about doing all our programs in our churches actually keeps us busy and distracted from our discip...more
Great reminder that what church is all about isn't a collection of programs, but growing disciples of Jesus. We all know that, right? But the way we go about doing all our programs in our churches actually keeps us busy and distracted from our discipleship. Church stuff gets in the way of us being real church.
Our church tag line has been:
Meeting Jesus and discovering ...
Real community. Real worship. Real life. Real mission.
What the book showed was that where we had inserted periods, we should have arrows instead:
Real community —> Real worship —> Real life —> Real mission
As people enter our community, they are drawn into worship. As they meet Jesus in worship, they are drawn into small groups and Bible studies which explore the eternal life he offers. As they meet him there and are filled with real life, it spills over and on to others in real mission. And real mission, as it engages people relationally (not just with quick trips and money), draws people into real community, starting the process all over again.
The huge drawback to the book is how it is written. It is so obscenely redundant that it makes me want to scream. An important 50-page book, with 200 pages of fluff....less
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