Sailboat Church
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Sailboat Church

Helping Your Church Rethink Its Mission and Practice

  1. 176 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Sailboat Church

Helping Your Church Rethink Its Mission and Practice

About this book

Is your church a rowboat church or a sailboat church?

Rowboat churches depend largely on human effort. When church budgets shrink and membership declines, rowboat churches frantically row harder against a current, often frustrated and disappointed at their efforts. Sailboat churches, on the other hand, take up the oars, hoist sails, and rely on the Holy Spirit to guide them.

Arguing that churches should be "sailboats, " Joan S. Gray encourages readers to shift concern from the many daily, practical concerns of their local church to fresh ideas that can be found using the guidance of the Holy Spirit. The book includes forty days of sailing prayers, quotes from Scripture, brief reflection questions, and an extensive bibliography that is arranged by theme. Perfect for groups to read together, this book will help leaders reframe their church's mission and practice with the Holy Spirit as their guide.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication Page
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter 1: Created to Sail
  10. Chapter 2: The Sailing Life
  11. Chapter 3: The Wind
  12. Chapter 4: Our Boat, the Church
  13. Chapter 5: The Church’s Mission
  14. Chapter 6: The Making of Sailors
  15. Chapter 7: From Rowboat to Sailboat: Raising the Sails
  16. Chapter 8: Moving with the Wind
  17. Chapter 9: Preparing for Storms
  18. Chapter 10: Navigation
  19. Conclusion
  20. Guide to Forty Days of Prayer
  21. Notes
  22. Readings for Further Exploration