WHAT WOULD THE CHURCH BE LIKE IF ... Mike Betts is convinced that this should not just be a dream , but instead the reality for every local church. By forging relationship and mission together, familiar ideas find new power and fresh hope for the future of the church. Putting these things together, though, is not a course or a programme, but instead values that embed themselves deep in your soul .
Bitter sweet. Having picked it up at a recent conference Mike was speaking at, these words form an expanded version (albeit slightly, as it's a short book) to what was said.
Sweet because it's talking about everything we long for in church life.
Bitter because, through simple (unremarkable) obedience we find ourselves in a nation where this type of church life is (so far) not realised.
Having grown up part of the Relational Mission family of churches I can say with confidence that everything this book stands by is reflected in the day-to-day life of its many congregations.