Reimagining Church: Pursuing the Dream of Organic Christianity

by Frank Viola

Paperback, 2008

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Author Frank Viola gives readers language for all they knew was missing in their modern church experience. He believes that many of today's congregations have shifted from God's original intent for the church. As a prominent leader of the house church movement, Frank is at the forefront of a revolution sweeping through the body of Christ. A change that is challenging the spiritual status quo and redefining the very nature of church. A movement inspired by the divine design for authenticity community. A fresh concept rooted in ancient history and in God Himself. Join Frank as he shares God's original intent for the church, where the body of Christ is an organic, living, breathing organism. A church that is free of convention, formed by spiritual intimacy, and unbound by four walls.… (more)

Publication

David C Cook (2008), Edition: New, 320 pages

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(19 ratings; 3.3)

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LibraryThing member chriszodrow
Challenging read, but wooly argumentation. Viola is as much a "central figure" in his own scheme as the pastors he decries- a perennial dilemma of the anti-authority set. "Get rid of them, and have me" is a subtext he never openly acknowledges.

I agree with many of his propositions, including
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ending the current "theatre" approach to worship- with bands, "worship leaders", the whole bling of modern church life.
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