Letters to the Church: Study Guide

by Francis Chan

What does God want for His Church? For your church?

Building on each of the nine chapters of his latest book, Letters to the Church, Francis Chan urges Christ-followers to

ask honest questions about the structure and values of our churches; study God’s commands for the body of Christ; pray in expectation of the Spirit’s power; and get excited about doing whatever it takes to be the Church God desires. Journey with those around you—in your community, your church, or your small group—and take intentional steps toward living out the biblical principles that fueled a world-changing movement. Don’t settle for just going to church. Be the Church. With the Letters to the Church Study Guide, be challenged and guided to passionately pursue Christ and His magnificent, beautiful vision for His Bride.

Designed to be used with the Letters to the Church Video Series (available separately). This interactive study guide includes a free QR code and URL to access all nine videos, plus additional content for engaging study as a group or on your own. To aid you in your planning, following are the session titles and video run   1          The Departure             9:48 2          Sacred                         8:31 3          The Order                    7:35 4          The Gang                     6:49 5          Servants                      8:09 6          Good Shepherds         8:07 7          Crucified                      6:18 8          Unleashed                   6:43 9          Church Again               4:10  

Genres: Christian, Christian Non Fiction, Nonfiction

127 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 1, 2018

About the author

Francis Chan is an American pastor and teacher, who lives in California with his wife, Lisa, and their four children. He is the former pastor of Cornerstone Community Church in Simi Valley, CA, which he and his wife started in 1994.

Reviews

[Carrie Daws · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good guide to go along with the series. Doing the study alone, the book and video would have been enough, but the study guide would add to the conversation in a small group.

[Lynn Franklin · Rating 5 out of 5]

A really challenging book for those with what is often viewed as a mature faith. Chan takes to task those of us who've grown comfortable in our pews/chairs/walls. He progressively chips away at what we presume to be the 'way of Christ' until the reader is forced to recon with what the Holy Writ actually has to say about things like fellowship, salvation, baptism, communion, and a host of other topics twenty-first century Christians take for granted.

[Tracey · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a study guide the to book Letters to the Church. The study guide was helpful and full of questions for book talk. There were more questions than we could get to as a group of 3 in 1.5 hours of a book study! (Maybe we got off topic a bit too much!) Anyway, the study guide was good.

[Barb Hegreberg · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great for Small Groups

I have always enjoyed the work of Francis Chan because of the humility with which he approaches the lessons.

If you are looking for a small group study Letters to the Church would be a good choice.

NOTE: The videos can be found on YouTube.

[Steven Curo · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an excellent book that challenges us to take the scriptures seriously and live as true Christians and not just as Christians in name only. This book inspired me to want to love the way Jesus loved.

[Laurel · Rating 5 out of 5]

A book the churches, the big churches, in America need to read. We are not prepared to meet Jesus.

[Stephen · Rating 4 out of 5]

READ JAN 2020

Good companion for anyone working through this material in a group. The video is also highly recommended.

[Andy Febrico Bintoro · Rating 4 out of 5]

Study guide

This is a study guide and you need to read the real book, though here you could also read the summary of each chapters.

[Joseph Carlson · Rating 5 out of 5]

excellent view on what the church should look like from a Biblical perspective

[Jan Norton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Companion to the book of the same name

Francis Chan gives the Christian food for thought. He loves Christ and he loves people. Many churches use this model in their small groups. This is not a new way of thinking, but a timely study.