Dead Church Walking: Giving Life to the Church That is Dying to Survive
"Jimmy Dorrell is one of the best pastors on the planet. His ragamuffin congregation at Church Under the Bridge is one of the clearest glimpses of the Kingdom I've ever seen. For decades, Jimmy has been studying like a scholar and getting his hands dirty like a saint. He loves the Church, and because of that love, he is not willing to accept Her as She is. May this book move us all a little closer to the Church we dream of." -- Shane Claiborne, author, activist, recovering sinner... and one of the compilers of Common Prayer, a new resource to unite people in prayer and action. www.thesimpleway.org "Many Christ-followers today are disillusioned, disconnected, and disappointed with the current expressions of church. Jimmy Dorrell puts forth a compelling case that although the world is changing around us at breakneck speed, the church is often an unchanging island to itself, and it is only the churches that can adaptively change that will be the ones that thrive in every generation. Just because "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever" does not mean that the expression of his church should be static. This is not a book of quick fixes but a primer for bringing about the deep change that reflects the selfless heart of the gospel in every generation. Jimmy is not a peddler of doom but a prophet of hope for what the church can be today." -- Eric Swanson, Mission Specialist, Leadership Network, Co-Author ofTo Transform a CityandThe Externally focused Quest