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In The Prodigal Church, Jared Wilson challenges church leaders to reconsider their priorities when it comes to how they “do church” and reach people in their communities, arguing that we too often rely on loud music, flashy lights, and skinny jeans to get people in the door. Writing with the grace and kindness of a trusted friend, Wilson encourages readers to reexamine the Bible’s teaching, not...

The message of the cross was not absent from the Hybelses’ vision for a new kind of church. “We need to be reckless purveyors of saving grace,” they said. “In the end, it’s only this love of Christ that can change [us].”2 This book, along with Rick Warren’s The Purpose Driven Church3 and the blueprint for a seeker-targeted model of ministry they presented, scratched a big itch for me and for many others. And it wasn’t because they planned to discard the gospel. But the problem, as many of us see
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