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Summary: If you are serious about being the Church today...
Review: The message of this book is critical for the church today. The sooner we cease trying to get the world to see things our way and begin to bring the gospel to them, the better.This is a book that should be revised every ten years or so as we move through the generational and cultural devlopments or our times. It will be enlightening to see how well the generational cycle plays out. It is a book that has plenty of narrative (in the first and last parts) for those who are most helped by that. It also has plenty of statistical analysis for those who appreciate that. The book would be worth having if it were only composed of part three. All worth meditation. Many modern Christians, including a couple of the reviewers here, are unaware of their own cultural conditioning. They think there is something sacred in the western, 19th-20th century institution and outlook that they call the church. They have a hard time seeing that that was a way of 'packaging' the gospel for a particular place and time in history. Disciples in the 21st century are responsible for taking the gospel to the worlds of the 21st century. Regele helps us to realize that this includes our neighbors as well as people around the world. Read this book if you are serious about being an ambassador for Christ. Remember, an ambassador represents his kingdom to other kingdoms. He must make his message understood and attractive to others in order to serve his king.
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Summary: Important Book
Review: This is one of the most important books for church leaders written in the last few years. I have given away many copies, and I urge every pastor to read it. We are in a time of great social transition, and church leaders had better understand the nature of the changes around us. Mike Regele is not saying that a time is coming when there will be no people of God. What he is saying is that local churches that cannot adapt and penetrate their cultures will die. What would happen if 75% of America's churches would cease to exist in the next 50 years? Change in the culture around us is taking place at such a rapid rate that it could well happen. Thus, change in the church is not optional.
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Summary: NO!
Review: We need more of the spirit, more prayer and more sacrifice in this fleshly, democratic, make the people happy institution we call the church. The church is and always will be US! This book and books like Purpose Driven Church appeal to the people not to God. Sit on the floor, read from a stapled hymnal and see who the real christians are. Throw out your demographics and your wierd graphs and come to Christ like a child. Leave the strategy to him. Ministry is not for the political strategist, but for the trained, zealous mind after God. Try reading Disciple by Juan Carlos Ortiz or 1&2 Timothy and Corinthians
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