Take 2.0 Ministry for the Next Generation

Larry Crabb in his book of Real Church discusses his idea and opinions through all 153+ pages of his book. Larry Crabb does some great exploration and defining why he doesn’t care for church in the way that many have come to know it today.

In this book I have to admit I had a hard time getting started as it appeared to me that it was going to be a book of complaining and nit-picking on the church. I actually laid the book down and took a few days to a week or so sabbatical from it and I was only in the first couple of chapters. But once I came back to it and tried to see his views as not ones that are trying to tear the church apart but wanting to challenge the church to come back to a true north then I found myself resonating with more of what Larry Crabb was questioning.

As far as reading, once the reader understands the motive of Larry and his questioning it really is an easy read. Larry does a great job of bringing the reader along if the reader gives Crabb a chance to do so. At the end of reading regardless of if you agree with his journey and assessment or not, you cannot deny the legitimacy of his journey. You may even find yourself agreeing so much in his journey and questioning along with his interpretation that you will realize that you are not alone.

Pat of the core of the book for me was in Crabb’s discussion of what the church does need to do for it’s community. Here are some but by no means an extensive mention of all of them. For that you really do need to buy the book. Again it would be a good resource to have.

Briefly some of the core concepts: Real churches will send it’s community out to serve the community and end up expanding Gods message, practice forgiveness, grace and love, explain in more fullness the Character of God, the grace we have in the Gospel, and our proper response through the Holy Spirit.

I am not saying if I agree with or disagree with Larry Crabb and his book “Real Church”, I am only saying it could be a good resource to own.

I of course enjoyed this just being a coffee drinker, but as I watched it I thought - ouch! There is so much truth throughout this whole video. What are your thoughts?