Jim White's book Rethinking the Church takes a hard look at the way we "do church" today. Using his experience as pastor/church planter/leader White walks through key activities in the life of the church for leaders examine. For those looking for answers on how to bring our congregations back to their heydays, to feed the believer in the pew or attract a younger crowd "because they are the future vitality of the church" this book will not service your expectations. In fact Rethinking the Church asks questions like: "Are we doing church right? Is church even something Christians do or is it something they are? How do we effectively reach the 'spiritual but not religious?'"
The book begins by asking the reader to rethink some fundamental questions of "why church":
What is the purpose of the Church?
What's its mission?
Who's the Church trying to reach?
Using Acts 2.42-47 Jim pulls out five key activities that church leaders/members need to rethink: Discipleship, community, worship, ministry and evangelism.
In each chapter, the reader examines the activity's form yesterday and in light of today's non-believer examining its original intent and asking how church leaders could implement the activity in their congregation.
