If God shaped your local church the way He envisions it, what would it look like?
Do you aspire to experience something more with your community? Are you still amazed by the moving message of the Gospel? Are you ready to question your model of Church?
Francis Chan looks back on his own dreams and his own mistakes. He rethinks the Church while staying grounded in Scripture and shares the stories of ordinary people who God is using to change the world.
He says: “We have strayed so far from what God calls the Church. We are all aware of this. We know that what we are currently experiencing in our Churches is radically different from the Church as it is represented in Scripture. For decades, church leaders like me have lost sight of the intrinsic mystery of the Church. We have taught people to sit in the pews and become dependent on lesser things. It’s time for that to change.”
When Jesus returns, will he find us caring for his bride more than we care for our own lives? Letters to the Church is a reminder of how powerful and glorious the Church once was. Letters to the Church calls us to be, once again, the Church that God wants us to be.
Francis Chan is pastor of the We Are Church network of churches in the San Francisco area. He is also the author of the bestsellers Crazy Love* and Forgotten God . With his wife Lisa, they have seven children.
Contents :
- Thanks
- Departure
- Sacred
- The commandment
- Clan
- Servants
- Good Shepherds
- Crucified
- Released !
- The church, again
- Epilogue: Surviving the Arrogant
- Notes
ISBN: 9782362494772