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The Prodigal Church: A Gentle Manifesto against the Status Quo is unavailable, but you can change that!

Pastors want to reach the lost with the good news of Jesus. However, we've too often assumed this requires loud music, flashy lights, and skinny jeans. In this gentle manifesto, Jared Wilson—a pastor who knows what it's like to serve in a large attractional church—challenges pastors to reconsider their priorities when it comes to how they "do church" and reach people in their communities. Writing...

worship experiences we add adjectives that communicate the intended effect. We call our worship “dynamic” or “exciting” or “engaging.” The unintended message is that worship is not for God but really for the worshiper. Which raises the question, Who are we worshiping? Unfortunately, the net effect of worship evangelism has not been pleasing, and now Sally Morgenthaler has essentially disavowed her own claims. In conducting research into the fruit of the movement she was instrumental in building, she