Full disclosure: I have family that attends Long Hollow Church where Pastor Robby pastors. The reason I mention is that there is material out there to help pastors/churches that is written by people that have great theories but have not put them into practice. Pastor Robby and Long Hollow live and breathe this material and it is impacting the community.
Gallaty and Green will lead you through real life examples, funny stories, transparency on what worked and didn’t work in their experience, and most importantly, from a heart to see people become disciples of Christ.
This is not a “Follow Our Plan” style book. This is a challenge that deals with the heart issues and structural issues of our churches that keep us from being disciple-makers that create disciple-makers.
My advice: Don’t consume this book. Slow down. Read. Contemplate. Pray. Re-read the chapter again. Do not race through this book. Even better, go through this book with a group from your church.
Every pastor, church volunteer, and member need to read this important book. It is time for the Body of Christ to be about our Father’s business in fulfilling the Great Commission.
I received this ARC from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an unbiased review.