Holy Places, Small Spaces: A Hopeful Future for The Small Membership Church

by Bill Kemp

Book by Kemp, Bill

128 pages, Paperback

First published August 30, 2005

About the author

Bill has a sticky mind. He loves assimilating ideas from a variety of sources and applying them to everyday life, as well as, everyday religion. He loves to tell stories. He also believes in the power of a simple illustration. When Bill was a child, his father often answered questions by grabbing a napkin and drawing a picture. It’s worth a thousand words. Today, Bill will often use a thousand well chosen words to leave a vivid image in a reader’s mind.

For over three decades Bill’s day job was as a United Methodist pastor. For the last dozen years, he has been mostly writing. His fiction books, such as the recently released, Mary Sees All - the Race to Save Jesus from the Cross, are designed to allow even the non-religious reader to appreciate the dramatic events of the first century. Bill also writes books for bible and small group studies. His “Fixing Church 7.0” and “Ezekiel’s Bones: Rekindling Your Congregation’s Spiritual Passion,” are written for lay people who feel that their church may be lacking something. Writing without jargon or denominational ties, his church leadership books provide simple, back of the napkin style, insight into making any church or non-profit more effective.

Bill Kemp also runs Not Perfect Yet Publishing and is a member of the Alliance for Independent Authors. His books and additional resources can be found at www.notperfectyet.com. He maintains a blog at www.billkemp.info where he addresses topics related to social justice, personal or organizational transition, and hearing God’s word in today’s world.

Bill lives on a peaceful street near Pittsburgh with his wife, two cats, and a dog. He loves travel, macro photography, retro (film) cameras, sci-fi movies, and discovering new things.