CHURCH NEXT:
Quantum changes in Christian ministry
By Eddie Gibbs & Ian Coffey. IVP. 254 pages. £7.99
ISBN 0 85111 544 6
This book about the church's mission is a goldmine: that is, there are some nuggets of insight that have to be mined out of a bedrock of questionable assumptions.
I found myself arguing with the authors' reliance on business management and marketing surveys to assess both the spirit of the age and the direction for the church and was astounded to find a description of worship as 'divine love-making' and can only hope this was a mistake by the author and an oversight by IVP. Despite these frustrations I did find the book genuinely helpful as it raised some important questions for British evangelicals for example:
