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Going To Church

A user's guide

  • Paperback
  • 128 pages
  • Publisher: SPCK Publishing
  • 14.9 x 21.1 x 1 cm

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Do you go to church wishing it was (more often) a more uplifting experience? Are you contemplating giving church a try?

If so, this book is for you. Looking in turn at the church as it is, the church as it’s meant to be, and the church as it might become, John Pritchard offers not only humour and insight, but also encouragement to feel that going to church is really worthwhile . . .

The Rt Revd Pritchard is Bishop of Oxford. He has written many well-received books, including How to Pray, The Intercessions Handbook and The Life and Work of a Priest, all published by SPCK.

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  • Author

    John Pritchard

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    SPCK Publishing

  • Published

    May 2009

  • Weight

    194g

  • Page Count

    128

  • Dimensions

    14.9 x 21.1 x 1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780281058105

  • ISBN-10

    0281058105

  • Eden Code

    1582391

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    I found this a most stimulating and enjoyable book (its closing word is “Enjoy”!), written with the author’s characteristic clarity and humour. I suspect you wouldn’t need Chapter 6 – “Ten things to do in a boring sermon” - if he was the preacher! What is the Church for (worship, mission, community and ‘restoring the sacred centre’)? What is it not for (entertainment, escape capsule, club for ‘religious anoraks’, or religious health spa)? What could it be when defined by values rather than structures? John Pritchard sets out to be “honest about the problems, but confident about the value”. For all its many shortcomings, the Church is “alive, well and busy”. It is “a flawed but wonderful band of pilgrims, worshipping, serving and having fun in the light of God’s love”. Why go to church? Turn to Page 118 for the bishop’s answer. This book will certainly make you think, whether you are a church attendee or not. Try reading it in a group, and talking it over with the help of the questions listed at the end of each chapter.

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