DEEP
Passion, Character, Community
By Frog and Amy Orr-Ewing. Authentic. 186 pages. £8.99
ISBN 978-1-85078-811-9
This book presents a vision of church from two leaders of a growing inner-city Anglican church in London. The book comes from talks given on the topic and so has a chatty and story telling feel to it.
The underlying thrust of the book is that the church needs to have depth in all that it does. This call for depth comes from C.S. Lewis’s comment that he preferred ‘deep church’ (although there is no discussion of what he meant by that). Chapters cover our passion for God, the use of our minds, the importance of Christian character, the fact that we are physical beings, and the need for immersion in our communities. In each of these five areas of church life there is a discussion around six dimensions: worship, word, history, action, mission and leadership. This framework is interesting and can result in insight, but often feels a little forced and inconsistently applied.
