Essential church? : Reclaiming a generation of dropouts /

Why do so many young adults (18 to 22) leave the church, and what will it take to bring them back? This important question is examined and duly answered in Essential Church? The book is based on a study of one-thousand so-called "church dropouts" who were interviewed about why they left. Their... Full description

Main Author: Rainer, Thom S.
Other Authors: Rainer, Sam S.
Published: Nashville, Tennessee : B&H Publishing Group, 2008
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Online Access: Full text CDL - Book opens through link in DTL
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Table of Contents:
  • My faith is not my parents' faith
  • Looking for a different kind of community
  • That's life! It changes
  • New spin on hypocrisy
  • All eyes on the main man
  • Essential church and the back door
  • Simplify: getting the structure right
  • Deepen: getting the content right
  • Expect: getting the attitude right
  • Multiply: getting the action right
  • Building an essential church: a case study.