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Christianity for the Rest of Us | 
| Manufacturer: HarperCollins e-books
Category: EBooks
List Price: $10.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 2480
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Dewey Decimal Number: 230
ASIN: B000W965PS
Publication Date: October 2, 2007
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"The Surprising Story of the Thriving Neighborhood Church"
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 Christianity for the Rest of Us September 15, 2008
Butler Bass has written a very readable book about growing the church
outside of Christian fundamentalist, evangelical traditions.
It is loaded with practical ideas for growing congregations
but more importantly, it talks about the need for non-fundamentalist
Christians to reclaim the language of faith, community and personal
transformation.
 Reflections after a congregational study September 4, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I would like to express my appreciation for "Christianity for the Rest of Us." As the pastor of a small, struggling mainline congregation, much of what Diana Butler Bass has written here resonates. My congregation just spent almost six months with this book. We used each of the "signposts of renewal" that form the heart of the book as a theme for ten weeks. Each member read the chapter in advance and the liturgy, scriptures and hymns were all chosen and crafted to accompany the theme. Before going into the book, I didn't know what to expect. It could have been deadly dry and dull; it could have been fluffy and shallow; it could have been yet another piece about what we're doing wrong. Instead I found a very enjoyable, readable book that touched me deeply often. It reaffirmed to me that my tiny congregation that struggles along is indeed going in the right direction and is part of a larger whole of God's people who see their faith-life differently than many other congregations. It also made me realize that we need to continue our work; we are not done here and God has plenty more in store for us. How exciting! I am grateful that "Christianity for the Rest of Us" found its way into our congregational life. Though our formal study is over, as I said to the congregation last Sunday, we are not done with this book.
An excellent sociological perspective of hope August 4, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Diana Butler Bass has visited numerous mainline Protestant churches all over the continental U.S. This is her "report": mainliners are NOT on the way out; as a matter of fact, they have the best hope of re-introducing to our tired-of-secluded-suburban country a much-needed sense of true community through the neighborhood church. When glittering technology gets old, when surface religion becomes a drag, there is genuine depth (imagine that) and substance to the mainliners' faith. Diana Butler Bass describes the Church's focus on a handful of very important areas that provide that sense of community. She offers a wonderfully hopeful perspective for those people who have felt devalued by the more vociferous "evangelical" circles.
 Christianity for the Rest of Us June 21, 2008
0 out of 11 found this review helpful
This is probably well written, but I don't really believe in many of the concepte she is proposing therefore I cannot consider it a good book. For those who are searching for something it would be a good read.
Following the GPS on a new journey June 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Diana Butler Bass continues presenting her helpful (and hopeful) data and analysis for mainline congregations. This is an excellent book to study in clergy groups, or with parish lay leaders as part of a strategic planning process. On many counts the information is time-tested; but there are fresh insights about new directions for "God-provided-signs" (GPS)to guide us toward the Kingdom.
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