You See Bones, I See an Army: Changing the Way We Do Church by Floyd, Jr. McClung

by Floyd McClung

According to George Barna there are 53,000 people a month leaving Evangelical churches. God is realigning the church, and Floyd believes he wants to use the frustration that people feel toward the church to motivate them to believe for change.There is a valley of dry bones God wants to use, but those bones won't become an army until they are prophesied over. The dry bones are made up of the poor, the rebellious, the marginalized of society, the young, and the uneducated. They carry wounds, have been abused, suffer from AIDS, are widows and single parents. They are often so poor they have lost hope of finding a purpose in life. They are waiting for someone to believe in them. By choosing to follow Jesus, believers have joined a great procession of men and women who are living for something far greater than themselves. The challenge is to act like we really believe what we are called to be and to to become a radical community of Jesus followers who seek to alleviate injustice and share the Father's love with those who have never heard that he cares for them; to show that the church of Jesus Christ is the hope of the world.In this book Floyd shares five core beliefs about leadership, church, and Simple church,Courageous leadership,Focused obedience,Apostolic passion, andMaking disciples.

Genres: Church, Christian, Spirituality, Nonfiction

Paperback

First published December 7, 2007

About the author

Floyd McClung Jr. is the senior pastor of a large, growing church in Kansas City, Missouri, and the international director of All Nations Family. He has lectured on more than 100 university campuses and traveled in more than 175 countries.

Reviews

[Adam Parker · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a decent book. I really appreciated the simple practices the author laid out and didn't find much if anything I disagreed with. It was simple and could serve as a decent blueprint for how to run a healthy local simple church which is totally my style. The writing wasn't excellent, but it didn't have to be. It got the point across. I'd recommend it for folks already interested or involved in a simple church who are wanting to keep pressing into it.

[Haije Bergstra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Book starts well with explaining what simple church is. The second is less interesting end more of the same what others said before.

[Jeremiah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick read, lots of stories and personal anecdotes. You can skip over them to get to get to the good stuff.

[Rick Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

This turned out to be spot on and challenging. Not an easy read for those needing a necessary change.

[Mike · Rating 3 out of 5]

Floyd is a good writer, a great tactician in Christian work and a good man. And what he proposes has had significant impact on South Africa and other developing nations. But the Organic Church does not currently touch the heart of North Americans. There is much within me that wishes it would. But at this current time in NA church history, this is a book out of place.

[Mike Jr. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredible and Inspiring!

God really spoke to me through the wise counsel and stirring challenge of this book! I highlighted passages just about every other page...the most I have done in a book in a very long time. A must-read for those wanting to see the church invigorated and for us to learn how to reach our world and disciple well.

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent book on other ways we can do Church and what is really important about Church!