Product Description: Written for those who are trying to nurture authentic faith communities and for those who have struggled to retain their faith, The Tangible Kingdom offers theological answers and real-life stories that demonstrate how the best ancient church practices can re-emerge in today's culture, through any church of any size. In this remarkable book, Hugh Halter and Matt Smay "two missional leaders and church planters" outline an innovative model for creating thriving grass-roots faith communities.
the way church should be The Tangible Kingdom: Creating Incarnational Community (J-B Leadership Network Series) This is the church of the future. My Son actually attends this church in Denver and can't stop telling us how much he likes the way they do church. It's a great read the author is funny and entertaining, at the same time he teaches you how to reach out to non christins in a non threatening way and show them what Christ is like, much in the same way they did in the book of Acts.I highly recomend it. I bought a copy for my pastor. Brian Wiest
The Tangible Kingdom I found this book's content to be very challenging, going well beyond lifestyle evangelism. It has made me rethink my strategy for reaching those in and outside my circle who don't have faith in Christ.
Missional Living 101 Tangible Kingdom makes me aware, that business as usual in the church, has resulted in the decrease in effectiveness, and the overall decline of the church, we have seen over the years. TK presents incarnational ministry and living 'missionally', as Christ-like qualities we all aspire to, yet seem to fall short of, as we become trapped in our Christian Worlds. I'll paraphrase my favorite quote in the whole book....If you want to love starving African children...you must go to Africa and spend time with them, if you want to love mentally handicapped people....you must spend time with or around those with mental deficiencies...and if we are going to love our neighbors (as ourselves) we must re-engage them, spend time with them, enjoy life with them. We have presented this to key leaders in our church, as a starting point to missional living.
Incredible insight! This book is spot on to the realities faced by churches attempting ot be relevant in a post-modern culture!
If your are a lay or vocational leader of a church and the sweet taste of "church" has turned to limonade without sugar for you, then explore this book.
A Must Read for lay people too Thanks to Hugh & Matt, I was sleep deprived for a whole weekend. The Tangible Kingdom was so good, I didn't want to put it down! As a lay-person, I highly recommend the book. It helped me process my personal frustrations of the Church in a healthier way, and look at how purposefully I'm living among the "Sojourners" in my life.
I'm really glad that Hugh & Matt weren't foolhardy enough to give a "formula" on how to live in community ("Follow these 5 easy steps..."). Instead, they filled the book with stories of their conversations with ordinary people, whether at a bar, a coffee shop, in their neighborhood, and in the living room--places that I hang out in too. That reinforces to me that ministry doesn't have to happen in a church and I don't have to be in vocational ministry to have an impact on people. I can do that wherever I am too. The middle chapters of the book were heavier, as Hugh went into different church models. It was interesting, but not as directly applicable as it would be to a church planter or leader.
The book's also been "key" to me intentionally readjusting my lifestyle. Working in a young marketing firm in California, I'm learning to see and love my coworkers differently. I'm enjoying all the new conversations, getting to know them, and trusting that God is working mightily throughout it all.
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