Faithful, Creative, Hopeful - by Jesse A Zink (Paperback)

About the Book

An urgent argument for the centrality of Christian witness in the world.

Book Synopsis

An urgent argument for the centrality of Christian witness in the world.

Review Quotes

"A Christians, we are taught the meaning of hope, but polycrisis makes it easier to focus on anxiety and hopelessness. This book suggests an antidote in the form of theses grounded in Christian faith and hope."


"In Faithful, Creative, Hopeful, he demonstrates how what we believe and how we witness to it can renew the Church and contribute to the flourishing of human societies. Following Luther's example, he offers 15 theses, bringing together scripture, liturgy, and the lived experience of the Church in varied contexts, to show an alternative to a world based on neoliberal capitalism. Much of this is rooted in the life of the local congregation and the relationship with their given community, which will please those working 'to save the parish.'"


"In clear, direct, and vigorous prose, Jesse Zink situates the crisis of the church in the context of the global crises of climate, economics, and migration, and gives a clear-eyed response. Facing squarely our objective uncertainty regarding the world's future, his fifteen theses outline concrete acts of Christian witness shaped by the certainty of God's enduring faithfulness."

"Jesse Zink describes the crises of our time, inside and outside the church, with the particularity of local stories that are filled with authenticity and immediacy. Despite these challenges, named with sometimes blunt clarity, he maintains an encouraging focus on what is hopeful and faithful, calling us to practices that will ground the church for the future."

"These theses present a way of finding God's insistent vision for a church in need of thinking--no, of living!--bigger and with more hope than we have dared to in recent generations. An astute and resolutely clear-eyed student of both church and society, Zink presents the world-saving eschatological promise of the gospel of Jesus Christ while avoiding gimmick or game. Indeed, we have little time for such distractions in these last days."