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Everyday Church: Gospel Communities on Mission

Tim Chester,

Steve Timmis

4.24 · Rating details · 874 ratings · 112 reviews

Christians are increasingly aware that we live in a post-Christian culture. We recognize the need to adapt, but are unsure of the way forward. This book offers practical ideas for engaging with secularized society and does so in a way that is enfranchising, helping churches rely on their members instead of one leader with a dynamic personality or specialist skills. Chester ...more

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Sep 19, 2017 Jonathan Brown rated it really liked it

A fine, slim book by Tim Chester and Steve Timmis, two British church leaders. Organized loosely (and I can't emphasize the 'loosely' enough here) around 1 Peter, Chester and Timmis paint a persuasive picture of both the socially marginal station of today's church and also the way in which 'church' is a reality meant to be lived in everyday life, not merely occasional settings like Sunday worship or in extraordinary displays.

The call is to move from "attractional events" to an "attractional com ...more

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Jul 05, 2013 Chris rated it it was amazing

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I have read a number of "missional" books and have been struggling to do it for years. I read Missional Church, Tangible Kingdom, Breaking the Missional Code, Planting Missional Churches, sections of Launching Missional Communities, attended conferences and all the rest. I have grown tired of it because in the end I wasn't sure how to actually do it and these guys just must be more gifted and sanctified than me. Center Church is the only exception and that is an exceptional book but more for the ...more

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Feb 25, 2019 Jesvin Jose rated it it was amazing

Let me say upfront: “Everyday Church” is an excellent book, a much needed one! Authors Tim Chester and Steve Timmis argue that if we are to be Biblically faithful, we can no longer think of church as Sunday gathering alone, rather we must think of church as “a community of people who share life, ordinary life.” Further we can no longer think of mission as an event that happens in a church building, rather we must think of mission in the context of everyday life. The book is divided into 6 chapte Let me say upfront: “Everyday Church” is an excellent book, a much needed one! Authors Tim Chester and Steve Timmis argue that if we are to be Biblically faithful, we can no longer think of church as Sunday gathering alone, rather we must think of church as “a community of people who share life, ordinary life.” Further we can no longer think of mission as an event that happens in a church building, rather we must think of mission in the context of everyday life. The book is divided into 6 chapters and is essentially a practical commentary on 1 Peter. The chapters “Everyday Community” and “Everyday Mission” are the strongest chapters in the book and are full of practical wisdom.

In the Chapter “Everyday Community”, they write, “It is hard for us to grasp the significance of this community identity because we live in a radically individualistic culture. We bring this worldview with us into the church so that it shapes our understanding of the gospel. So we have a loose connection with Christians on a Sunday, but then largely we go back to living our everyday lives on our own. No wonder we struggle to thrive. Our faith is animated on Sunday mornings as we sing God’s praise and hear his Word. But it limps along during the week when we live apart from the body of Christ.” Ouch! How true! They explain from 1 Peter that our new birth alienates us from culture, but being born again also places us into a new community. Thus “we are not called to live as isolated individuals alone on the margins”, but “we are born again into a new family”. And this they argue is not just God’s survival strategy for Christians on the margins, but also God’s missional strategy for the world around us. The Christian community is the living proof of the gospel! They write persuasively, “Mission must involve not only contact between unbelievers and individual Christians but between unbelievers and the Christian community. We want to build relationships with unbelievers – not in church buildings where we feel comfortable but on their territory. We also need to introduce people to the network of relationships that make up the believing community so that they see Christian community in action. People are often attracted to the Christian community before they are attracted to the Christian message.” Amen to that!

In the chapter on “Everyday Mission”, they write, “Mission takes place not through attractional events but through attractional communities”. Lest they be misunderstood for their emphasis on mission through ordinary life, they emphasize that proclamations do matter (1 Peter 3:15), but the primary context for all such proclamation is everyday life. The Apostle Peter applies the same mission strategy in 1 Peter 2:11-12 asking us to live such good lives among the pagans that they may see our good deeds and ask us the reason for our hope (1 Peter 3:15). Peter then shows us where this mission takes place – in the neighborhood (1 Peter 2:13-17), in the workplace (1 Peter 2:18-25), in the home (1 Peter 3:1-7) -- not primarily in church gatherings! This is everyday mission! Of course, the authors don’t deny the place of gospel proclamation at church meetings, but their emphasis (and rightly so!) is on ordinary Christians living ordinary lives for the glory of God. They write, “When we think of evangelism, we should not first think of guest services, evangelistic courses, street preaching or door knocking. We should think of Gary at a meeting of the residents’ association. We should think of Hannah in her office. We should think of Sharon serving a meal to her husband.” And they ask if we could add the following to our daily, weekly and monthly routines: “Ask whether you could add: 1) a community component by involving another member of your Christian community; 2) a missional component by involving an unbeliever; 3) a gospel component by identifying opportunities to talk about Jesus.” This is a radical proposition - Community, mission and gospel together! Again, a hearty amen to that! For those who will say, “You don’t know how busy I already am!”, they quote Jonathan Dodson: “Missional is not an event we tack onto our already busy lives. It is our life. Mission should be the way we live, not something we add onto life…We can be missional in everyday ways without even overloading our schedules.” Some of Dodson’s eight suggestions include eating with non-Christians, being a regular at shopping malls or coffee shops, sharing common hobbys, volunteering with nonprofits, participating in city events, etc.

The authors began with Christians being at the margins in the culture (Chapter 1) and end with the same theme (Chapter 6 - 1 Peter 3:8-5:14). They bring out the connection between the Christian community’s suffering and it’s glory in this chapter (which is also one of the main themes of 1 Peter). Suffering is normal for the Christian but glory will come. Meanwhile, we must be joyful in trials because of our association with the Savior, the care of our Father, the support of our church family and most importantly, the hope of glory.

In the “Conclusion”, they again distinguish between the weekly church “gathering” which is just a couple of hours a week and “gospel communities” which happens day by day: “This is the context in which we are in and out of each others’ lives and homes, sharing meals, resources, problems, joys, sorrows and opportunities. Sharing life.” They then ask “What stops you from doing everyday church?” and lay down five obstacles to doing everyday church: 1) Our Culture’s individualism (which pervades our attitudes), 2) Our Pride or self-sufficiency, 3) Our desire for comfort (staying in our comfort zones), 4) Our fear that people might see us for who we really are, up close and personal, and 5) People (“If only there was a way to do community without people!”) The first and only solution they suggest is the gospel – understanding that God’s purpose has always been to have a people through whom He reveals His glory in the world (Old and New Testaments both reveal the same story). The people of God together in community making known the glory of God is the gospel on display: “This is why Jesus died. Jesus did not die to save isolated individuals. He died for his church….If you want to keep a professional view of church with a detached life from other believers, you do not understand the gospel.”

If you want to understand what Biblical community looks like, I highly recommend this book! Don’t just read it, but strive with all of God’s might to live it out. I hope to do the same. ...more

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Aug 10, 2012 Mark Jr. rated it really liked it

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The times they are a changin’. If America ever was a Christian nation, it certainly isn’t one now. It would do us good, therefore, to listen to conservative Christians whose nation is much further down the secularizing road we’re on. Tim Chester and Steve Timmis are two such men from one such nation: Britain. And they are here to tell their fellow Brits—and warn their brothers in America—that old methods of outreach which traded on the social cachet of the church will bring diminishing returns o ...more

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Apr 13, 2018 Bekah Eyre rated it really liked it

Really good read, especially since it's basically the model for summit college. Loosely based on 1 Peter. Rating just because I think his discussion on sharing in everyday conversation could be more direct and seems a little vague in light of calling people to a response. ...more

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Jan 02, 2014 Matt Mason rated it it was amazing

Thought-provoking. Effectively inspires vision for being the church (growing and going, together) rather than merely attending events that bless or equip. Other books with this emphasis sometimes come across as reactionary or elevate a specific model. That is decidedly not the tone or emphasis here. Authors are not anti-big church, anti-sermon. They promote spiritual communities on mission as the most effective way to engage unbelieving culture. Everyday Church is permeated by the language and p ...more

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Jul 24, 2018 Dmreichle rated it it was amazing

The basic premise of this book is that the way the western church operates is not the best way nor necessarily the biblical way to carry out the mission of the church. The concept that we live in a post-Christendom world is something I have understood vaguely for awhile now, although it hasn’t been defined with that term until reading this book. The effort and energy that I spent and others have spent in attempting to get back what we once had in the western church, a culture with an alliance of The basic premise of this book is that the way the western church operates is not the best way nor necessarily the biblical way to carry out the mission of the church. The concept that we live in a post-Christendom world is something I have understood vaguely for awhile now, although it hasn’t been defined with that term until reading this book. The effort and energy that I spent and others have spent in attempting to get back what we once had in the western church, a culture with an alliance of sorts between church and state in which most people have at least a vague acceptance and understanding of the basic tenets of Christianity, is not our primary calling as the people of God.
I have been uncomfortable with the term “persecution” when referring to the trials we as Christians undergo in our culture since it seems to trivialize the sort of persecution that many throughout the world endure. However, the authors’ use of the term “marginalized” sums it up very well, I think. No longer can we expect to be afforded any special treatment by the culture. In fact, it is more normative that the church has been on the fringes.
Another idea that I understood in a vague way but that was more fully explained throughout the book is the concept that we cannot expect the world to be like us or to care about the things of God. The authors write, “A Christendom mentality expects the world to be like us and share our values, and it protests when the world is not like us.” (Chester and Timmis, 2012). Again, this is an attitude I have had in my own life and have seen in many others. Striving to change the culture to be more moral is not our calling.
I have never felt that church only takes place in church. I have always understood that one-on-one personal relationships are more important for the church’s mission and for evangelism than events. I understand there can be a place for loud, flashy events and that God can and does use them but I don’t see that as the norm and feel it often pushes people away more than draws them.
The book raised a lot of questions in my own mind. First, the ideas he talks about seem to be mainly applicable to a city community. Since our church is in a rural area with one town in the center, it is harder for me to apply the concept of church community as part of a neighborhood or town. I personally live 12 miles from the church and I don’t know of anyone who is part of the church who lives near me. I do understand, and the authors state, that community isn’t necessarily geographical. But the ideas he proposes about “dropping in” on one another and even working together to influence your particular area don’t seem to fit with our particular situation.
Another question that occurs to me is always my biggest question: How? The authors make it a point to say that programs should not drive the church and that community cannot be forced. Practically, I don’t know how to start. I understand that programs are not “bad” per se. It is a “program” of sorts that was the impetus for reading this book, after all. However, it is not necessarily “natural”. To start living this way may be unnatural at the start.
The “how” is difficult to overcome because of many of the reasons stated by the authors. The independence and self-sufficiency that is culturally wired into us, and along with that comes pride, lead me to think I can and should be able to do it on my own, even though I know this isn’t the case. Fear of imposition is a huge hindrance. Excuses abound as well, such as working hours, husband’s schedule, and not wanting to impose.
The book was a fairly easy read and incorporated a lot of good concepts. I do see a lot of this already happening in our church and other churches in the area. It helped me get a grasp on some vague notions I had and defined some new terms for me, which was helpful in clarifying my understanding.
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Jan 03, 2019 Morgan rated it really liked it

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I highly recommend this book to those in the church who want to understand what being a Gospel centered community looks like. I appreciate the author’s level-setting of where Christianity is in society today, and making a clear distinction between Christianity and Christendom. This book is both an exhortation and an encouragement. My one critique would be in the chapter titled “Everyday Pastoral Care” I wanted to better understand if they were discussing care between believers in the church or c ...more

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Jun 11, 2020 Mary Theresa rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

No book has changed my perspective more on what church should be. Gospel community groups living lives that naturally cultivate everyday evangelism. A community that lives life together every day of the week, eating meals together, gospelling one another, spending time with each other’s friends and family. Creating a community that just radiates the hope in Jesus.

Love church? Love the gospel? Afraid of evangelism? Read this.

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Aug 22, 2019 Logan Maloney rated it it was amazing

Really great book! Not perfect but the author did an incredible job describing what gospel community is supposed to look like mainly through the lense of 1 Peter. This is such a good resource for anyone who is stuck in the only just attending a weekly gathering and wants to see what true biblical community is supposed to look like not just in Sunday’s but every day of the week!

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Sep 06, 2019 John Rakshith Prabhakar rated it it was amazing

What an apt read for any Christian!

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Apr 26, 2020 Barbier Jacky rated it really liked it

Such a great book. An excellent book if you really want to learn.

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Nov 09, 2012 Justin Lonas rated it it was amazing

As an American Christian, I confess to being overly comfortable with my culture and overly sensitive to perceived threats to religious liberty and biblical values. In light of recent hostility by the U. S. Government toward Christian institutions (through mandated provision of contraceptive and abortifacient drugs for employees) and the apparent confirmation of these policies through the reelection of politicians who champion them, it is easy to see the Church’s influence waning in our society a As an American Christian, I confess to being overly comfortable with my culture and overly sensitive to perceived threats to religious liberty and biblical values. In light of recent hostility by the U. S. Government toward Christian institutions (through mandated provision of contraceptive and abortifacient drugs for employees) and the apparent confirmation of these policies through the reelection of politicians who champion them, it is easy to see the Church’s influence waning in our society and be tempted to anger or despair.

In that frustration, Everyday Church was an excellent wake-up call, breathing Gospel life back into my understanding and expectations of the Church and its relation to culture. Timmis and Chester both serve as pastors in the United Kingdom, a country whose Christian heritage has all but disappeared, so their sound scriptural advice is also given the weight of experience.

The authors’ premise is that the West is no longer “Christendom” but has become the mission field. Though this cliché has been around for many years, they argue that churches can no longer do evangelism and outreach in the West from the assumption that people have a basic knowledge of the Christian story and jargon. Instead, they propose treating the West as the mission field it is, adopting the methods and perseverance of pioneer missionaries who devote themselves to learning the values, habits, and language of the people they are called to in order to find out how best to reach them with the Gospel story.

Over six chapters, Timmis and Chester build their case (mostly through an exposition of 1 Peter), showing how believers can reach their neighbors through engaging in the rhythms of their local communities and seeking to plant, water, and reap Gospel seed through living intentionally “as aliens and strangers” among their neighbors.

They exhort churches to take their focus from programs and projects that consume all their members’ time (operating from an “if you build it they will come” approach to evangelism) and working instead to equip believers to reach their neighborhoods through plugging in to existing social structures. They remind readers frequently that ostracism and persecution are the norm for most Christians around the world (and throughout history), and that Westerners need to rediscover the faithfulness and boldness that comes from this.

In particular, their chapter on "everyday evangelism" is a powerful encouragement to Gospel faithfulness. Rather than offering a "how-to" on presenting a spiritualized Gospel message to unbelievers, the authors recognize that those outside the church are often found somewhere along a continuum from complete lack of knowledge and interest in Christ to healthy skepticism on the verge of conversion. They suggest engaging a person at whatever point they find themselves along that line, listening well, asking pointed questions, and naturally exposing them to the true Gospel to help move them closer to Christ--this changes the goal from programmatically "sealing the deal" of their salvation to actually loving them and modeling Christ to them to make them a disciple.

The authors’ compelling call and their practical discussion of what church life, pastoral care, mission, and evangelism look like when the Church has moved from the center of culture to the margins make Everyday Church required reading for Western Christians. It is time for us to recognize that Christianity has been pushed aside from its favored place in society and to begin discovering how to be faithful witnesses for the unchanging Gospel of Jesus Christ in this new reality. ...more

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Nov 01, 2012 CJ Bowen rated it liked it

Very profitable book. Has 1 Peter running all through it, and makes connections between the situation of the exiles in the first century and the situation of Christians in the UK and (a few years behind) in the US. Their contention is that event based come-to-church evangelism works best when a culture that respects the church, and that we've lost that cultural moment. In it's place, the authors argue for "everyday church", thinking of and living as Christians in ordinary relationships with neig ...more

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Jan 08, 2016 Tamara Murphy rated it it was ok

I made an agreement with myself to not use the public library this summer, but to read through the 20+ unread books that had gathered in stacks around my house the last couple of years. Several of the unread books -- like this title -- fall under the category of "how to be the Church now that no one goes to church", which I typically approach with a fair amount of skepticism and a dash of hope.

I had special hope for this book because I had so much enjoyed Tim Chester's A Meal With Jesus back whe ...more

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Jan 28, 2018 Brian Wright rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Such a great book contextualising the ancient world of 1 Peter and showing what it looks like in today’s world to live on mission. It’s highly convicting, challenging, inspiring, and exciting!
It’s about doing the everyday stuff of life with the intentions of speaking the Gospel to believers and unbelievers.
It’s about recognising that the Christian life will be counterculture to whatever culture you live in. We can’t expect them to come to church on Sunday...which isn’t even the mission by the ...more

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Dec 13, 2012 Scott Sjoblom rated it really liked it

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Maybe it was me but the book started very slowly. Probably doesn't deserve a 3 but couldn't give it a 4. I definitely found certain sections helpful (Everyday Pastoral Care, Everyday Evangelism) but it just felt like Chester & Timmis couldn't decide what they wanted the book to be: helpful tool to pastors/leaders or commentary on 1 Peter. They tried to do both and consequently ended up with sections of the book that felt extraneous. Worth the read, just wish it would have been a little more focu ...more

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Apr 20, 2015 Riley Sheehan rated it really liked it

Chester & Timmis' passion for missionally-shaped churches bleeds through each page. This book gives hands and feet to "Total Church," making missional community ideas brutally practical. Diagnostic questions add a healthy dose of introspection and prevent good information from becoming solely cerebral. Chester & Timmis want you to put these practices into action, and they provide excellent on-ramps for doing so. Most importantly, I found myself worshiping while reading. Jesus is the star of this ...more

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May 03, 2015 Mark Kennedy rated it it was amazing

A very practical and insightful book. I appreciated the provocative statements and push backs against past and current 'models' of church. ...more

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Oct 31, 2017 Ben Zornes rated it really liked it

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Chester and Timmins exposit the book of 1 Peter to demonstrate what Christian fellowship and community should look like. They are not concerned with creating new "programs" in which to squish people into. All too often, churches can tend to start programs which their people must serve, rather than programs which actually serve the people. They put it this way, "Programs are what we create when Christians are not doing what they're supposed to do in everyday life." This book was quite insightful, Chester and Timmins exposit the book of 1 Peter to demonstrate what Christian fellowship and community should look like. They are not concerned with creating new "programs" in which to squish people into. All too often, churches can tend to start programs which their people must serve, rather than programs which actually serve the people. They put it this way, "Programs are what we create when Christians are not doing what they're supposed to do in everyday life." This book was quite insightful, a refreshing reminder that Christian community need not be complicated or overly "programmatic." Humans are organic, but this does not mean there shouldn't be any sort of organizational ordering of our fellowship and interaction. However, it ought to go "with the grain" of everyday life. Rather than piling on the burden of more meetings, programs and events, Chester and Timmins remind us, "It is not simply that ordinary Christians live good lives that enable them to invite friends to evangelistic events. Our lives are the evangelistic events."

They look at how modern western culture is increasingly "distant" from the Church, and rather than panic about being marginalized, they encourage the immense necessity for vibrant Gospel community. In fact, "We have been saved to be God's holy people, to be Christ's bride, to be a new family." Thus, this new family, saturated in the Gospel should be so vibrant and alive with joy and fellowship as to expose the deep need which unbelievers or "the dechurched" have, drawing them to the Lord Jesus through His body, the Church, as she lives daily in Community. I appreciated the wise and circumspect way in which this book approached the topic of forming and encouraging community in a congregation. In one place they put it this way, "Gospel community matters. But this does not mean the gospel Word is less important.[...] [One] problem is that the desire for community with people can outgrow our desire for community with God." While they did use a few of the buzzwords of this topic (i.e. the overuse of the word missional as an adjective), the whole book was judicious, careful, and most importantly, followed their chosen Scripture text (1 Peter) very closely. This was a "pastoral commentary;" helpful in putting the passages into "live action." ...more

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Jan 22, 2016 Ben Adkison rated it it was amazing

Two of My Favorite Authors

Tim Chester and Steve Timmis have probably done more than anyone else (excluding Tim Keller and Jeff Vanderstelt) to help me understand what applying the gospel to everyday life looks like. Their first book, Total Church, rocked my face off. And Everyday Church is more of the same.

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I began planting a church about two years ago, and it 19s been the hardest thing I 19ve ever done. One of the things we knew we wanted to do while planting ...more

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Jun 13, 2019 Jeff rated it really liked it

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What Chester and Timmis do in this book. addressed primarily to a UK audience, is to somewhat inadvertently speak to an American audience that could be well on its way to becoming a primarily atheistic culture like our neighbors across the pond. Their talk of Christian communities living and ministering outside of typical Sunday morning church building attendance shows how far England, and perhaps soon the US, are removed from being able to witness in ways that have worked effectively for so man ...more

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Aug 01, 2012 Mathew rated it liked it · review of another edition

Everyday Church had its peaks and valleys. What I really appreciated first. Chester and Timmis write out of a great love for the church and Jesus which comes through in their writing. They are concerned that if we don’t open our eyes to the changing climate towards Christianity then we may find ourselves lost and without a compass. They say,

It is a call for us to be an everyday church with an everyday mission.We need to shift our focus from putting on attractional events to creating attractiona ...more

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Nov 14, 2017 Lauren Kennedy rated it it was amazing

I read this book alongside my growth group as we studied what it would look like to be a community that seeks to live out the gospel message everyday. We learned so much from it as a group and as individuals, as it challenged us to face various aspects of our lives.

Everyday Church pointed out areas where each of us struggle in missional, relational, and personal senses. We learned what it looks like to truly be living in community and ways we can implement it further.

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Oct 07, 2019 Lauren Fee rated it really liked it

Sometimes books authored by two individuals present a challenge to the reader and can be a bit disjointed. I felt that tension more towards the beginning of this book. I would say by chapter 3, most of this felt resolved and the remainder of the book felt more coherent. Al in all, there were so many thought provoking ideas and challenges. I really loved how 1 Peter runs like a thread through the book and is weaved into every chapter. I would definitely recommend this book for Christians to read, ...more

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May 11, 2017 Kyle McManamy rated it really liked it

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Surprisingly thick with theological observations, practical insights, and good exposition, this is a book I was glad to read and recommend it with pleasure. For Christians in the US (and much of the West with a similar mindset) who think the best approach to welcoming people into the gospel is to "get them to come back to church," this book will help you reevaluate that approach in big and small ways.

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Nov 10, 2017 Micah Till rated it really liked it

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Chester and Timmis really don't need to spend quite so long convincing me that America's culture is now post-Christiandom. They also don't need to convince me that this presents as many opportunities as challenges for Christianity. Once they get past all the statistics used to argue those points, the conversation opens up though, and they bring some great thoughts and perspectives to the table on what it means to be a follower of Christ and live in community with each other in the midst of our i ...more

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Jan 15, 2019 Kevin Naylor rated it it was amazing

They get it. Simple as that.

The church cannot afford to continue functioning like Christendom still exists. We are on the margins. And that is a good thing.

They advocate for putting our efforts into developing attractional communities not attractional events.

There is a lot of unlearning ahead for the church in the West -- particularly America. But Chester and Timmis, on the grounds of I Peter in particular, point us in the way to go.

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Mar 10, 2020 Miriam Valentini rated it it was amazing

Fantastic book. A sobering look at the church within the frame of its chronological evolution as well as what its core and unchanging principles are. It's greatest strength lies however, in looking at all that in the context of our day and age, in this 'post-christendom' era where we can't pretend to be a church—we have to actually be it, daily, within and outside of our 'church space'. Biblically grounded and very practical. ...more

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Apr 26, 2018 Kyle rated it liked it

Great thesis of living intentionally in every aspect of your life. Very challenging. Although it’s a short book i think it’s too long. The point is made in the first few chapters and the rest just seems like it’s filling space. Some very good practical points but I would say I enjoyed parts of the book more than the book as a whole.

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