i, church

by Brett “Fish” Anderson

“It was the best of church, it was the worst of church...”
[not Charles Dickens]

In some ways, the church has a horrendous track record and is deserving of much of the hate, accusation and mistrust it has received. But, in many other ways, the church has also been monumental in affecting great systemic change, being first on the scene in crisis
and on the forefront of reaching out to and loving well those considered the least of these. 

To those of you who believe church is the worst thing ever: You’re right!

To those of you who believe church is the best thing ever: You’re right!

The church was God’s idea and it is the plan He has chosen to bring transformation to a world desperately in need of a deeper experience
of His love. He doesn’t appear to have a plan B. We are it!

i call this book, ‘i, church’ because more than a building or a meeting
or a list of do’s and don’ts, the church is about the people. It is about me. And it is about you. If you love Jesus and have chosen to follow Him, then you are the church. Let’s figure out together how to be the best church we can be.

“Brett Anderson weaves a picture of the church that is stark and real.  He sees through church politics and denominational blinkers and defines the core of what the church is and isn’t and what God desires it to be.” [Bruce Collins, legend and appreciator of good coffee]

226 pages, Paperback

First published January 15, 2015

About the author

brett “Fish” anderson is passionately in love with God, with his wife tbV [the beautiful Val] and owns the world’s most famous stuffed dolphin called No_bob [who he was going to call ‘Bob’ but he doesn’t bob!] He sees a huge part of his calling in life to be used to mobilise the church to live out what we say we believe to the extreme, in all areas of our lives, seven days a week.

And raiSINs are evil.