
- 306 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Church reimagined for a new dayÂ
Katie Hays, planter-pastor of Galileo Church, shares the story of departing from the traditional church for the frontier of the spiritual-but-not-religious and building community with Jesus-loving (or at least Jesus-curious) outsiders. Now well-established, Galileo Church "seeks and shelters spiritual refugees" in the suburbs of Fort Worth, Texasâespecially young adults, LGBTQ+ people, and all the people who love them.Â
Told in funny, poignant, and short vignettes, Galileo's story is not one of how to be cool for Christ. Like its founder, Galileo is deeply uncool and deeply devout, and always straining ahead to see what God will do next. Hays says curiosity is her greatest virtue, and she recounts how her curiosity led her to share the good news with people who are half her age and intensely skeptical.Â
If you are all-in with Jesus but have trust issues with church, We Were Spiritual Refugees will give you hope for finding a community-of-belonging to call home.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword by Doug Pagitt
- Preface: I Know Why Youâre Here
- Introduction: What I Hoped For
- 1. Before: The Making of a Church Planter
- 2. Year One: Getting Our Shit Together
- 3. Finding Our Voice for Worship: Everything Is Architected
- 4. This Is Church: Infrastructure Follows Ethos
- 5. Missional Priorities: Get You Some
- 6. Things That Were Harder Than We Thought: (And That Iâd Rather Not Tell You)
- 7. #Adulting: We Are Not as Cute as We Used to Be
- 8. We Are So Glad Youâve Come: Or: The Work I Was Born For
- Epilogue: How to Write a Book When Youâre the Church Founder
- Appendix: In Their Own Words