Is a Radical Church Possible?
Reshaping its Life for Jesus' Sake
Adrian Alker
Mainstream Christian denominations are facing critical decline in the United Kingdom. Church leaders call for new strategies for growth but will these be effective?
In this book, Adrian Alker calls for an honest look at the life of Jesus and the faith of the Church and suggests a radical and more honest reshaping of the churches to enable them to face the challenges of the present day.
Author Bio
Adrian Alker has served in four dioceses in the Church of England. He founded the St Mark's Centre for Radical Christianity in Sheffield and currently is Chair of the Progressive Christianity Network Britain. He was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Sheffield for his service to the community.
Previous Titles
Christmas - Ancient Meanings, Modern Faith (Together in Hope), 9781905278480, youbooks, 2011.
Endorsements
We have in God a radical vision of distributive justice for our earth. We have in Jesus a radical vision of its lived presence on our earth. But where is the radical vision of a Church that lives with that God and in that Jesus? Read this book and learn how what is necessary must be possible. Learn also that you are the Church, while the Church lasts. And now Honest to God, Honest to Jesus, and Honest to Church abide, these three, but the hardest of these is Honest to Church.
John Dominic Crossan
Promotional Plans
Extensive marketing publicity through a number of websites: PCN Britain, St Mark's CRC, Modern Church and other liberal organisations. Social media - through the author's Facebook page.
USP
A book which can be used to stimulate discussion in groups as well as to be read by the lone enquirer.
Competing Books
For God Sake Don't Go to Church (9780853054467), by Jonathan Blake
Arthur James Ltd, 2013
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