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Title: Building a Contagious Church by Mark Mittelberg, Bill Hybels ISBN: 0-310-25000-5 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.12 (17 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Yawn. . . I did not finish it
Comment: I just could not quite finish this one. Too bad, I was looking forward to gaining some powerful insights on how to build an evangelistic, i.e., contagious church. Mittelberg lays out a step-by-step plan on how to build an evangelistic church. It is perhaps one of the most comprehensive books on evangelism I have read. But therein lies its weakness.
Very rarely does a step-by-step plan work. I don't even think they worked at Willow Creek. Life is not that easy. The author assumes that the bright-eyed pastor who bought this book has the leadership abilities to turn his church around. But in reality, even the most gifted evangelistic pastor will find it very difficult to motivate the flock as Mittleberg suggests.
A more useful book building an evangelistic church would be Thom Rainer's books Surprising Insights from the Unchurched. Nevertheless, you would profit from reading Mittelberg's book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Culturally relevant and theologically accurate
Comment: Mr. Mittelberg's challenge is one that I hope every church leader will take on. It is encouraging, practical and able to be adapted to any church that wants to feel the excitement of seeing friends, family and their community impacted by the love of Jesus through the local church.
Rating: 1
Summary: Don't Bother
Comment: This book contains some good ideas for reaching out to people around us but is flawed at it's core. I am disappointed that it contains nothing on how to build people to maturity so that they are equipped to do the actual work of the ministry. Yes, outreach and evangelism are important but so is equipping the saints, glorifying God through worship, giving, serving etc. This books leaves me flat on a number of fronts....... I cannot recommend it. Lets stick to the word of God and stop running to every new fad that comes down the pike. If you want to ruin your church make sure that you follow his advice to have some "blessed subtractions"(page 128). Also, if you don't agree with this concept you need to be confronted for your sinful attitude(page 129). This makes me very nervous. And to top it off if you really want to make this concept work you have to tinker with your worship service to make it man centered so that the "seekers" will like the music, preaching, style, etc. Nowhere in the book does the author ever ask what does God think about any of this? It's all about pleasing man. He does use a lot of bible passages but mostly out of context. The bible teaches that we can join God in His grand redemptive plan or we can sit on the sidelines. Lets join Him in His work done His way.
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Title: Becoming a Contagious Christian by Bill Hybels, Mark Mittelberg ISBN: 0310210089 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 02 May, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: Evangelism Outside the Box: New Ways to Help People Experience the Good News by Rick Richardson ISBN: 0830822763 Publisher: Intervarsity Press Pub. Date: December, 2000 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: Surprising Insights from the Unchurched and Proven Ways to Reach Them by Thom S. Rainer ISBN: 0310236487 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 01 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: 101 Ways to Reach Your Community by Steve Sjogren ISBN: 1576832201 Publisher: NavPress Publishing Group Pub. Date: 05 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.00 |
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Title: How To Change Your Church {without Killing It} by Jim Mellado, Gene Appel, Alan Nelson ISBN: 0849916607 Publisher: Word Publishing Pub. Date: 19 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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