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Summary: A Research Team Member Chimes In
Review: As one of the privileged research team members for "The Unchurched Next Door," I would like to say that the book only covers half of what we actually did to research this work. Dr. Rainer did a great job of condensing our research, feelings, and attitidues into a book length work, and the conclusions he arrives at are solidly based in real, live, interviews. On occaision, we researchers had to endure criticism, scolding, tears, cussing, and other generally nasty behavior, along with some true blessed events, such as hearing people ask, "What must I do to be saved?" Each of us was assigned several states and we each had to "discover" our own interviews. That in itself was an educational effort. Some traveled, others utilized the telephone, while others still demonstrated great creativity in many ways to meet the unchurched. Each of us discovered, personally, the unchurched persons that we interviewed. Ultimately, as a pastor, I highly commend this work to both the pastor's library and the average church members's library as a reminder of God's Great Commission; to seek and disciple God's lost sheep. It is easy to read, easy to understand, and with dilligence, easy to do!
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