Gathered for Good - by Jonathan Griffiths (Paperback)

About the Book

Jonathan Griffiths provides wisdom to the purpose, importance, and design for the gathering of God's people.

Book Synopsis

We live in a season when church attendance is still building back to what it was before the pandemic. Many Christians have been separated from their church communities. How do we resume and re-prioritize church life and join back together? Why do we even need to--especially when online church fits so neatly around our schedules? Gathered for Good addresses this felt need with empathy and authority and encourage believers to commit to their local church community as a way to deepen their spiritual growth and invest in treasure that will last.

Jonathan Griffiths offers a path that calls Christians to "gather." As believers, Jonathan reminds us that God's design for our lives is to gather to serve, to give, to commit, and several other reasons that are discussed powerfully. But above all, God's gift to his people is that gathering is for our own good.

Review Quotes

"Upon this rock I will build my church, Jesus declared. But what is the church? How can we recover a biblical understanding of the church? How can we truly seek to nurture and to lead an understanding of the church that is deeply biblical and will honor Christ? Jonathan Griffiths sets the issues before us and encourages faithful Christians to obey Christ in the formation of gospel congregations. We will recover a biblical ecclesiology in this generation, or answer to Christ for failing to do so. The church is indeed to be God's the gathered church of Christ's redeemed people. This book will encourage Christ's church."
-R. Albert Mohler, Jr., President of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

"The gathering of God's people together should be a regular joy, delight and privilege. Yet for many of us, it has become a burden, a struggle and an occasional weary duty. Jonathan's book is super: a comprehensive, balanced, honest, pastoral and faithful apologetic for the gracious gift that is the local church. Every Christian needs to hear this exhortation regularly. It has renewed my own confidence, kindled my joy and stirred my desire to value this most precious present to the Lord's people."
-Adrian Reynolds, Pastor, author, and Associate National Director, Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches, UK

"The radical individualism in contemporary society has resulted in an epidemic of insecurity that has left people lonely and unfulfilled. Community is an indispensable aspect of what it means to be human, and God has provided the answer to this need in the life of the church. But we seem to be missing this vital blessing that Christianity brings. This book comes out of decades of involvement in church life and shows how we can rediscover a key aspect of community, gathering together, as God intended it for humans."
-Ajith Fernando, Teaching Director, Youth for Christ, Sri Lanka, Author, Joyful Perseverance: Staying Fresh through the Ups and Downs of Ministry.

About the Author

Jonathan Griffiths serves as Lead Pastor at The Met in Ottawa, Canada, Executive Director of the Timothy Trust, and Council member of the Gospel Coalition Canada. His syndicated daily radio program, Encounter the Truth, reaches hundreds of thousands of listeners in Canada and the United States on Moody Radio and other networks. He studied theology at the University of Oxford and hold a PhD in New Testament Studies from the University of Cambridge. He is author of a number of books. Jonathan takes a keen interest in politics, economics and current affairs. He is married to Gemma, and together they have three children.