Essential Church?
Reclaiming a Generation of Dropouts

Decent conclusions, poor foundations These two authors provide many biblically faithful methods and activities for local churches. However, this book is loaded with pragmatism and typical (and aging, I might add) church growth philosophy. This book was so much like many others in this genre. Pick up......more

Confession: I am incredibly fed up with reading books that are simply written to let Christian leaders know that we're all failing miserably and if we don't fix it all real quickly we're going to have no American church in like…20 years! Fortunately, having read the author's previous book, "Simple Ch......more

Church has become a collection of issues and opinions. Disagreements alienate so many people in the church. And it seems like the younger generations are being alienated at astounding rates. I found this book to be dead on in the assessment of the problems facing the church. The book is based on a st......more

This book deals with the fact that most 18 to 22 year olds are dropping out of church and why they are. The authors did a study and go through the results with 4 major points: Simplify the church structure Deepen your knowledge of the Bible Expect more of your members Multiply - a discussion around evan......more