{"product_id":"ditch-the-building-7-ways-the-church-could-go-rogue-and-fix-everything-paperback","title":"Ditch the Building: 7 Ways the Church Could Go Rogue and Fix Everything - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNick May\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSometimes going radical means getting to the root. Sometimes it means pulling something up by the roots. What is it that is keeping you from doing what God wants you to do?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are many books about how to do church \"right.\" There are programs for every imaginable thing you might want to improve in your church. There are at least as many measures by which you can determine whether your church is successful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDitch the Building\u003c\/em\u003e ditches that approach and asks you to look at what God is calling you to do, and how ingrained church structures are keeping you from actually following that call. Nick May doesn't claim to know what you're supposed to be doing, or even what's stopping you. What he does know from the experience of growing up in church, working in a megachurch and then pastoring a church plant, is that many of you are precisely at that point. You likely have at least the glimmering of a vision of what you believe God is calling you to do. When it comes time to start doing it, however, you find things in your way. It may be things in your own life or things in your church.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIngrained structures may be your physical building. They may be your order of worship. They may be found in your Christian education department where you are implementing innovative ideas to prepare your children and youth to live in the 90s--1890s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe often hear that God hasn't changed. This is supposed to tell us that we don't have to change either. But people and culture do change, the challenges change. We have to find God's way of responding and building God's people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you want to live out your life comfortably, \u003cem\u003edon't buy this book.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you think the church today is just fine, \u003cstrong\u003edon't buy this book.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut if you hear the call to follow wherever God leads, no matter how radical that makes you seem, \u003cstrong\u003ethen buy and \u003cem\u003eread\u003c\/em\u003e this book.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe're not telling you that this book will change your life. We're hoping that after reading it, you will be empowered to let God change your life, your ministry, your church, and our world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.23 x 6.5 x 6.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 13, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42110275518599,"sku":"9781631996726","price":14.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/ba61fb08ed33d31d827d30f0b7a5e8ed.webp?v=1732479682","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/ditch-the-building-7-ways-the-church-could-go-rogue-and-fix-everything-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}