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The Gifts Of The Small Church

by Jason Byassee

  • Paperback
  • 130 pages
  • Publisher: Abingdon Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 0.9 cm

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Dizzying changes have taken place in American religious life in the last half century. Yet in spite of that fact, taking a snapshot of a typical Christian church in America would reveal a surprising number of small-to-mid-sized congregations, rooted in a local neighborhood or community, tied to a specific denomination, where most of the members know each others names, and hence are blessed (and cursed) with being the church together. In this clear-eyed, humorous appraisal, Jason Byassee contends that the church around the corner occupies a particular place in the divine economy, that it is especially capable of forming us in the virtues, perspectives, and habits that make up the Christian life. Not that he romanticizes these churches, however. Having been a rural, small membership church pastor, Byassee knows too well the particular vices and temptations to which they are subject. But he also knows the particular graces they ve been given, graces like the prayer ladies, those pillars of the congregation who, when one told you she was praying for you it meant something. When one hugged you, you remembered all week. When one cooked for you the casserole tasted like love. And when you were around them you were in the presence of Jesus. Anyone who serves, or belongs to, a church around the corner will find their ministry strengthened by this enlivening, inspiring book.
The Gifts Of The Small Church and Practicing the Way
Practicing the WayThe Gifts Of The Small Church

  • Author

    Jason Byassee

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    Abingdon Press

  • Published

    June 2010

  • Weight

    168g

  • Page Count

    130

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 0.9 cm

  • ISBN

    9780687466597

  • ISBN-10

    0687466598

  • Eden Code

    3495858

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