Best book I've ever read on how to do church. Hands down.
The writing is not knock your socks off. The cool factor is fairly low. The editing is a little lacking.
But the concepts ... WOW!
Here is a brief rundown.
The writing is not knock your socks off. The cool factor is fairly low. The editing is a little lacking.
But the concepts ... WOW!
Here is a brief rundown.
- If you set out to make disciples, you will inevitably build the Church. If you set out to build the Church, there is no guarantee that you will make disciples. This is by far the most simple, most profound and most radical concept in the book.
- Everyone needs to be discipled by someone and actively discipling someone (or at least moving toward it). This in itself is not radical or new. People have been talking about this for centuries. What is unique for our era is an actual plan for how to do this and the expectation that it can, must, and will be done. We are actually asking people to model after us - so we better get our lives in line with what we see in Jesus!
- Discipleship takes a great deal of time, intentionality, relationship, and personal investment. If we are genuinely going to disciple someone, we have to invite them deeply into our lives.
