Barefoot Church
Serving the Least in a Consumer Culture
Zondervan · Print & ebook · October 26, 2011
There's got to be more to church than this.
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- Who it’s for
- A practical invitation to build communities shaped by service, mission, and renewal.
- Genres
- Church Growth, Missions, Ecclesiology
- Published
- Zondervan, October 26, 2011
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There's got to be more to church than this. People around the world are seeking a community that focuses more on others than on themselves. Yet most don't know where to start. Drawing from his own journey, Brandon Hatmaker reminds us that serving the least is not a trendy act of benevolence but a lifestyle of authentic community and spiritual transformation.
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In Barefoot Church, he explains: - Practical ideas for creating service-based, missional communities - How the organizational structure of a church can be created or restructured for mission in any context - How any church can truly be a catalyst for individual, collective, and social renewal Whether you are a leader or a layperson, this book is meant to renew your passion for the church and inspire you to take your affections off yourself, place them on people who have nothing to offer you, and lead others to do the same.
Church Beyond Itself
A practical invitation to build communities shaped by service, mission, and renewal.
Come here for
- Ideas for making service central to church life
- A thoughtful challenge to consumer-minded faith
Expect
- Attention to church structures and community renewal
- A call to turn care outward
Where it sits
| Missions | 47% |
|---|---|
| Church Growth | 37% |
| Ecclesiology | 37% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Evangelism Guides
- Missions
- Ecclesiology
- Church Growth
- Authors
- Brandon Hatmaker, Adam Black, Zondervan
- Publisher
- Zondervan
- Published
- October 26, 2011
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Evangelism Guides