Who Stole My Church
What to Do When the Church You Love Tries to Enter the 21st Century
Thomas Nelson · Print & ebook · January 11, 2010
A challenging, innovative approach to a delicate subject.
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- Who it’s for
- A compact, church-facing read about change, continuity, and the friction between the two.
- Genres
- Faith & Fiction
- Published
- Thomas Nelson, January 11, 2010
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A challenging, innovative approach to a delicate subject. It’s sure to benefit church leaders and members of all ages who dream of a “reinvented” church. —Publishers Weekly Has your church been stolen out from under you? A storm hits a small New England town late one evening, but the pelting rain can’t keep a small group of church members from gathering to discuss issues that lately have been brewing beneath the surface of their congregation.
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They could see their church was changing. The choir had been replaced by a fl ashy “praise band.” The youth no longer dressed in their “Sunday best.” The beautiful pipe organ sat unused. How will this group overcome a deepening rift in their fellowship and nourish the relationship between the young and old? Can their church survive or even thrive? Who Stole My Church? is a fictional story that tells the all too real tale of many church communities today. In this book you can walk alongside an imaginary community, led by real life pastor Gordon MacDonald and his wife, Gail, and discover how to meet the needs of all believers without abandoning the dreams and desires of any.
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A compact, church-facing read about change, continuity, and the friction between the two.
Come here for
- church change, without the hand-wringing
- leadership questions with a pastoral edge
Expect
- practical reflection over grand theory
- a familiar church conversation, handled plainly
Where it sits
| Faith & Fiction | 80% |
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Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Spiritual Growth
- Pastoral Resources
- Church Growth
- Authors
- Gordon MacDonald
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson
- Published
- January 11, 2010
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Spiritual Growth