From the author of Reimagining Church comes an essential guide that provides practical, effective tools for finding vibrant Christian communities. Driven by a passion for the body of Christ, Frank Viola has written some of todays most authoritative and celebrated works on the growing home, organic, and missional church movements. Now Viola shares practical keys to a healthy and successful church plant. Viola contends that many congregations today are struggling to survive, not because of bad planning, but poor planting. He presents an essential guide for starting and nourishing organic churches in any culture. Drawing from both Scripture and a wealth of experience, Viola offers real-world tools, insights, and practical suggestions so churches wont just grow, but thrive.
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"An excellent and practical book about starting a shared-life community church. Frank Viola has had 20 years of experience on the ups and downs of this type of life and is a great authority on the subject. This book is a must read for people interested in Organic Church life."
— Mel (4 out of 5 stars)
" Ministers my read and then resign. "
— Richard, 11/17/2013" Good for what it: a very practical guide to doing non-leader led meetings. "
— Thomas, 1/1/2012" Excellent practical manual on planting organic churches. It contains one of the best explanations of apostolic ministry from the new testament I've ever come across. A modern-day "Paul's Missionary Methods" for our time. "
— Renee, 10/30/2011" I'm no apostle, but I'm not sure that was comprehensive. "
— Glesnertod, 11/13/2010" I liked this one, but he sounds a bit elitist and know-it-all"ish" for me. <br/>Good ideas to counter the crazy place we find the church in today. <br/>Take it with a grain of salt... "
— Laura, 10/1/2009Frank Viola is a bestselling author and popular conference speaker. He writes and speaks on the uniqueness, beauty, and supremacy of Jesus Christ, the deeper Christian life, and the changing shape of Christianity today. His blog, Beyond Evangelical, is one of the most popular Christian blogs today. He has written for or contributed interviews to many popular publications, including Time, Christianity Today, Charisma, Ministry Today, Relevant, and CBN.
Lloyd James (a.k.a. Sean Pratt) has been a working professional actor in theater, film, television, and voice-overs for more than thirty years. He has narrated over one thousand audiobooks and won numerous Earphones Awards and nominations for the Audie Award and the Voice Arts Award. He holds a BFA degree in acting from Santa Fe University, New Mexico.