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Highlights
- The church isn't about programs, buildings, or attendance, but about a community of people embodying God's presence and purpose in the world.Okay, but . . . then what?
- Author(s): Martyn Atkins & Kenneth H Carter
- 194 Pages
- Religion + Beliefs, Christian Ministry
Description
About the Book
Preparing to discard the old ways. Saving Church is a prophetic call for the future that will help you reframe, retrieve, and reclaim the Church's role as a healing force in the world.
Book Synopsis
The church isn't about programs, buildings, or attendance, but about a community of people embodying God's presence and purpose in the world.
Okay, but . . . then what? To truly embrace this statement leads to radically different ways of doing the daily work of ministry.
Preparing to discard the old ways. Saving Church is a prophetic call for the future that will help you reframe, retrieve, and reclaim the Church's role as a healing force in the world.
The 21st-century Church is in a state of distress. In the pulpit and the pews, people are disquieted, disenchanted, and dispirited. Some are afraid the church they love won't be there for the next generation, while others feel tired and desperate for something more. With skepticism on the rise and church attendance down, churches have a choice: cling to the way things were or stop and ask, "Could God want to do something new in and through us?"
Saving Church is a hopeful, authentic vision for the future of the Church, rooted in the convictions that: 1) The Church is still God's chosen vehicle for accomplishing His purposes. 2) Things aren't going back to the way they were - and they shouldn't.
Combining the expertise and experiences of two giants of missional theology and the Fresh Expressions movement, Saving Church will give you a fresh perspective on what church can be and help you reframe, retrieve, and reclaim the Church's role as a healing, saving force in the world.
Review Quotes
"I commend this book warmly and enthusiastically. The final section, 'If we knew then . . .', is worth the price alone!" - Michael Moynagh, author of
Church for Every Context and Church in Life
"Carter and Atkins have written a deeply theological book that will help those leading mission-shaped churches and fresh expressions lean further
into the commission of Christ." - Luke Edwards, author of Becoming Church: A Trail Guide for Starting Fresh Expressions
"Saving Church provides an inspiring, challenging, and hopeful picture of how churches older and newer can be dynamically renewed by the Holy
Spirit as agents of the Great Commission." - Andrew Roberts, Methodist Presbyter, author of Holy Habits and former Director of Training for Fresh
Expressions (UK)
"This book is a gem. From a deep knowledge of mission, and decades of experience in ministry, the authors call for committed and intentional
Christian individuals to create new church communities which respond to God's grace and love for all people in these challenging times." - Eunice Attwood, Church at the Margins Officer, the Methodist Church