Organic Church: Growing Faith Where Life HappensJohn Wiley & Sons, 8 sept. 2005 - 272 pagini Churches have tried all kinds of ways to attract new and younger members - revised vision statements, hipper worship, contemporary music, livelier sermons, bigger and better auditoriums. But there are still so many people who aren't being reached, who don't want to come to church. And the truth is that attendance at church on Sundays does not necessarily transform lives; God's presence in our hearts is what changes us. Leaders and laypeople everywhere are realizing that they need new and more powerful ways to help them spread God's Word. According to international church starter and pastor Neil Cole, if we want to connect with young people and those who are not coming to church, we must go where people congregate. Cole shows readers how to plant the seeds of the Kingdom of God in the places where life happens and where culture is formed - restaurants, bars, coffeehouses, parks, locker rooms,and neighborhoods. Organic Church offers a hands-on guide for demystifying this new model of church and shows the practical aspects of implementing it. |
Cuprins
Ride Out with Me | 3 |
Awakening to a New Kind of Church | 17 |
The Zombie Bride Lives | 31 |
CONTENTS | 43 |
A Dangerous Question | 47 |
The Organic Nature | 59 |
An Enchanted Kingdom with Magic Seeds | 83 |
We All Began as Zygotes | 91 |
and How It Spreads | 141 |
Me and Osama Are Close | 159 |
The HowTo of Spreading the Epidemic | 171 |
The Call to Organic Church | 193 |
Tales That Really Mattered | 207 |
Notes | 219 |
Acknowledgments | 225 |
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