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Deep & Wide: Creating Churches Unchurched People Love To Attend (2012)

by Andy Stanley(Favorite Author)

4.32 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0310494842 (ISBN13: 9780310494843)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Zondervan

review 1: Stanley’s book starts with a very vulnerable and candid perspective of his life growing up as the son of his famous father and preacher Charles Stanley. He is able to identify well with much of the evangelical’s sub-culture and because of that, offer a penetrating challenge to abandon dying models of church. His book’s sub title, “Creating Churches Unchurched People Love to Attend”, may scare away some more missional minded readers who will assume that it is advocating for an attractional model of church. While that point could be made, it is really a book that teaches leaders how to arrange their church around their vision. While the particularities may not be applicable in all setting, the generalities certainly are. If you are a church leader who wants to be c... morehallenged and inspired in creating a greater single-focused alignment of your church with its Biblical mission around a compelling vision, this is a must read.
review 2: Andy is fun writer to read. He simplifies things often too much, is a bit arrogant, but still I think there are many insights in this book. It's not a book I would keep going back to as a model for ecclesiology but it's worth a read and some his ideas are worth reflection. Ultimately he only knows what has worked with his north point model and he is just sharing that story. That part I enjoy. What concerns me the most is Andy's flippant approach to "truth." At times he seems more concerned with what works and if he can slap a Jesus sticker on that with a scripture reference great. But fundamentally his approach is not steeped in a deep biblical and systematic theology. He does have some great points which I think are well supported with scripture yet his allegiance seems to be more in pragmatism than biblical thinking. I found myself writing all over this book and honestly very challenged by it. The leadership insights are very helpful as well. less

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