Comments on: “simple” church

By: ob1

ob1 — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:16:59 +0000

glenno – i think the book is largely about principles, but as hamo says, many of the illustrations are out of larger churches. but, i personally think some of them are pretty cool churches, so i don’t have a problem with that.

i think the principles could easily be applied to a great variety of church shapes…

By: Barry

Barry — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 09:24:20 +0000

Bill Hybels made a big admission recently that willow had largely failed in this area…brave move..I’m increasingly conviced that most of what we do is related to leadership and discipoleship…..

By: hamo

hamo — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:13:23 +0000

Yeah it is applicable to everyone, but the illustrations he uses are exclusively larger church based.

By: Glenno

Glenno — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 04:39:25 +0000

Can I ask how it’s impacted your ministry / church Mark and Hamo?

By: Glenno

Glenno — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 04:36:45 +0000

Does the book focus more on style than principles? More on principles? Good balance?

By: ob1

ob1 — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 22:31:46 +0000

well, i think it certainly is a great book for established churches, but i reckon it would be an awesome orientation text for ANYONE starting ANY sort of church – frankly, i think all kinds of churches, including church plants, lose their way in the weeds pretty quickly.

there’s probably a big component of that which is part of spiritual warfare and the fact that our enemy does not want us to accomplish our mission, and part of it is our own lack of real understanding about what we’re actually trying to accomplish.

anyhoo… as you say, worth recommending.

By: hamo

hamo — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:56:59 +0000

definitely one of the best books around for est churches on how to make disciples and not get caught in other less important stuff!

i read it last year and have been recommending it everywhere