The Relevant Church: A New Vision For Communities Of Faith - Softcover

My contribution to this project communicates 4 Essential Values to Dynamic Ministry...Passion: Sustaining Purpose for LivingEncounter: Transcending the Material to Engage the SpiritualIntimacy: Building Relationships in Safe CommunityClarity: An Authentic Expression of Relevant Truth"God has purposed the Church to be the lifeblood of His expression in the world; it exists for His glory, and we are honored to be swept up in a movement one day consummated in worship for eternity. If God values church like I value my bride, then our call is to engage her with the highest and best and most talented parts of ourselves, and to adorn her with every grace and gift we have been given by God. We individually exist to bring Him glory; the Church corporately exists for God's glory, and the more relevant we make her, by tuning our values to the world's deep needs, the more glory is ascribed His name. If the Church has become irrelevant, it is because this generation has withdrawn from the grand dialogue.Re-engage the Church, and discover an emerging organism that is alive, that sweeps us up into living a life of passionate purpose, and that glorifies the God who established her in the first place." -Mike Howerton

Mike Howerton is one of several contributors, along with Mike Bickle, Mark Driscoll, and Alex McManus.