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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 262.0017 EAN: 9780785226017 ISBN: 078522601X Label: Thomas Nelson Manufacturer: Thomas Nelson Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 272 Publication Date: January 08, 2008 Publisher: Thomas Nelson Studio: Thomas Nelson Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Has your Church been Hijacked? Millions of people in their fifties, sixties, and seventies feel their churches have been hijacked by church-growth movements characterized by loud praise bands, constant PowerPoint presentations, and cavernous megachurches devoid of any personal touch. They are bewildered by the changes, and are dropping out after thirty, forty, or fifty years in a congregation. It's a crisis! In this fictional story, pastor and author Gordon MacDonald uses topical examples and all-too-familiar characters to reassure readers that it is possible to embrace change, and to demonstrate how that change can actually be a positive influence in their church. The church, he says, has always been in a state of change; it has been changing for the last two thousand years. It is time to embrace that change and use it further the Kingdom of God Average Rating:
 Rating:  - good dealerProduct was in perfect condition and delivered in a timely manner. I highly recommend this dealer Rating: - A sensitive and well written appeal for changeI could not put this book down and I am sharing it with the older members of our church who are working through just how things have changed. Although it is a novelization, I thought I recognized so many of the characters in the book and the tough times and triumphs of the fictional church. It is a sensitive and loving guide for those over 50 on how our churches must change in order to survive. It is also a wonderful witness to who the church really belongs to and what its real mission is. ... Read More Rating: - Pastor Gordon Tries to Keep The Older Generation OnboardThis is a fictional story where the author writes himself into the story as the pastor of a church struggling with change. The older members don't like all the powerpoints and the loud praise music with the same words and phrases robotically repeated. They don't appreciate the organ being turned off and put out of the way. They miss hearing the old hymns. They want to know "Who Stole My Church?" Pastor MacDonald convenes a Discovery Group with many of these older members. He discusses ... Read More Rating: - Great book about changes in the church todayThe author, a pastor with 40 years of experience writes as if dealing with a small committee of people who are concerned with the changes taking place as the church tries to reach out to be more contemporary. With humor, but with compassion, he addresses the fears and concerns of his parishoners when the verities they have clung to about worship style, music, priorities etc are challenged. The characters he posits are much like those I've encountered in my church experience. I can hear my own complaints ... Read More Rating:  - Nice ReadThe author of the book does a good job at highlighting the cultural shift that is taking place and how the older generations in the Church are reacting to it. This is not an academic piece. This narrative reads as a fictional account of a Church going through the changes that postmodernity has brought and asks itself how to deal with it. I found it valuable and a joy to read. I can thoroughly recommend it! 
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