Confessions of a Reformission Rev.
Hard Lessons from an Emerging Missional Church
- Church Leadership & Ministry
- Publisher: Zondervan Reflective (Zondervan)
- Published: 2006
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Publisher's Description
This is the story of the birth and growth of Seattle’s innovative Mars Hill Church, one of America’s fastest growing churches located in one of America’s toughest mission fields. It’s also the story of the growth of a pastor, the mistakes he’s made along the way, and God’s grace and work in spite of those mistakes. Mark Driscoll’s emerging, missional church took a rocky road from its start in a hot, upstairs youth room with gold shag carpet to its current weekly attendance of thousands. With engaging humor, humility, and candor, Driscoll shares the failures, frustrations, and just plain messiness of trying to build a church that is faithful to the gospel of Christ in a highly post-Christian culture. In the telling, he’s not afraid to skewer some sacred cows of traditional, contemporary, and emerging churches. Each chapter discusses not only the hard lessons learned but also the principles and practices that worked and that can inform your church’s ministry, no matter its present size. The book includes discussion questions and appendix resources. “After reading a book like this, you can never go back to being an inwardly focused church without a mission. Even if you disagree with Mark about some of the things he says, you cannot help but be convicted to the inner core about what it means to have a heart for those who don’t know Jesus.”—Dan Kimball, author,The Emerging Church “… will make you laugh, cry, and get mad … school you, shape you, and mold you into the right kind of priorities to lead the church in today’s messy world.”—Robert Webber, Northern Seminary
Endorsements (5)
“Mark Driscoll will keep you riveted with his personal and sometimes irreverent account of the planting and growth of Mars Hill Church in Seattle. Be warned — this book is not for the faint of heart! Mark writes in the honest, straightforward, street-level vocabulary of his church’s target audience. I found it refreshingly honest, entertaining, and challenging and would highly recommend it to anyone who is serious about trying to reach those who have grown up in a postmodern world.”
Dr. Gary B. Zustiak
“goes where no shepherd has gone before.”
“For some, this book will inspire and energize you to keep going as a church on a mission for Jesus. For others, it may rekindle the sense of passion and mission you lost years ago. For others, it may awaken you to the realization that you have only been going through the motions of church and never really experienced the joy of serving Jesus as a missional church. Whatever the case, after reading this book, you will never go back to being an inwardly focused church without a mission.”
“I walked with Mark as a friend through many of the stories in this book. Reading it was a great reminder of how faithful our God is. Mark gives the straight story on his journey in church-planting, pulling no punches. This book is a great encouragement encouragement to anyone wanting to plant a church or living in the trenches of ministry.”
“how to be a pastor. People with a passion to be missional will resonate with Mars Hill Church’s story of implementing their vision to create a healthy body of believers in the least-churched city in the least-churched state in the country.”
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