Why Nobody Wants to Go to Church Anymore: And How 4 Acts of Love Will Make Your Church Irresistible: 1 [Kindle Edition] Author: Thom Schultz | Language: English | ISBN:
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- Publisher: Group Publishing, Inc.; First edition (October 1, 2013)
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- Language: English
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I really hate giving a low rating but as I read this book I felt like I was reading a long advertisement and an endless sales pitch on a ministry the authors created.
I know the author means well by this book and i as well know the church is in need. It is seeing a decline (not all but most denominations are, some are actually growing, Assemblies of God for example) and we all are on the same team and need to work together to see our world in an awakening to the heart of God. As i read this i didn't feel a sense of togetherness as i would have hoped for (that is unless you were having a Lifetree cafe as your church, then all view points are welcomed).
i think the author's heart is in the right place, he just needs to grow some in the area of reaching out together. At one point in the book they state that these principles can work in a traditional church setting as well as in the lifetree cafe setting, but in another part they are blasting the traditional church setting as being fruitless and past it's time (i don't know how both concepts can work together, meaning by these two conflicting statements i see talking out of both sides of his mouth).
By what they say in the book - "The typical Sunday morning service of half lecture and half sing-along isn't a useful way for them to connect with God. It doesn't matter how carefully the preacher prepares or delivers the sermon or how well the musicians perform (i think that is a misnomer, as i don't see it as a performance). That formula just doesn't work for most people anymore(location 733)."
Do i disagree? Yes. do i believe it is boring to sit and listen to a lecture for half an hour, yes.
Do i agree that the Holy Spirit works through the proclamation of the word of God, a resounding Yes.
Is the modern American church broken? And can it be fixed with a Starbucks-style makeover? Those are the questions you'll be asked to face if you dare to open Thom & Joani Schultz's newest book, Why Nobody Wants to Go to Church Anymore. Or, as the Schultz's put it:
"What if, instead of the church being like a theater, a police station, or a seminary, it was more like a coffeehouse?"
It's an interesting, and challenging question. And the authors are definitely up to the challenge, dealing with it in depth, with thoughtfulness and a spirit of humility. It seems they are genuinely interested in being part of the effort to fix our broken churches, and this book is their plan for how to do that.
The first three chapters of Why Nobody Wants to Go to Church Anymore lay out the problem articulated in the title. If you thought that maybe the Schultz's were exaggerating for effect with the title wording, well you're wrong. As the stories and statistics in these early pages clearly show, people are abandoning American churches at an alarming rate--and Christians themselves are a significant part of those numbers. As a result, every year more than 4,000 churches close their doors. Those houses of worship aren't missed because, surprise, nobody really wants to go to church anymore.
Thom & Joani Schultz don't leave us hanging with just the problem, though. As they say repeatedly, "Remember, we love the church." And so chapters four through 13 give their plan for reinvigorating America's churches through, yes, a coffee-shop approach to ministry. From their perspective, four "acts of love" are necessary for all churches to reverse the current downward trends in American church attendance.
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