Where are we now?

DISAPPEARING CHURCH
By Mark Sayers
Moody Publishers. 176 pages. £10.99
ISBN 978 0 802 413 352

Mark Sayers’s new book is important. It’s not an easy read. For those used to books padded out with stories about things that happened to the authors, this is remarkably dense.

It’s just 176 pages, but that’s equivalent to 400 pages for many modern writers. However, the premise of the book – an assessment of where the church is (and why) and where we go now – is essential.