Reaching the Unreached
Becoming Raiders of the Lost Art
- Church Leadership & Ministry
- Publisher: Zondervan Reflective (Zondervan)
- Published: 2017
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Publisher's Description
For too long church leaders have focused on increasing the size of their church rather than increasing their reach outside of the four walls of the church building. The result? Church life becomes a predictable set of routines with predictable results. Church members struggle to reach the neighborhoods they drive through on their way to church programs, unable to penetrate their surrounding communities in a meaningful way. Reaching the Unreached recounts the stories, struggles, and triumphs of individuals and churches that have reinvented themselves to meet the world where it is, working to reach the ones that no one else is reaching. The search for the “silver bullet” of success has diverted us from tapping into the timeless principles found in the book of Acts, says author, pastor, and front-line church planter Peyton Jones. Yet the spiritual climate that Paul and the Apostles stepped into is not all that different from the brave new world the church faces today. From accidentally planting a church in a Starbucks in Europe, to baptizing members of the Mexican mafia in Long Beach Harbor, Jones has been on the frontlines of today’s missional movement and has lived to tell the tale. In Reaching the Unreached, he teaches church planters, pastors, and church leaders how to convert pew jockeys into missionaries and awake the sleeping giant of Christ’s church, one person at a time. Today there are two types of churches: those who put their proverbial heads in the sand, and those who champion 1st century principles, meet the challenges head on, and embrace the adventure of mission in community. Tomorrow, only one type of church will survive—those that accept the challenge to reach the unreached.
Endorsements (25)
“Peyton Jones is a hard-hitting evangelist with a heart to see people saved. His heart for infiltration is a shared passion, and I am excited to see how this book mobilizes the masses.”
“In Reaching the Unreached, Peyton Jones combines his knowledge of Scripture with his passion for today’s church. The result is a practical, biblical, and missional approach that any church of any size will be able to use.”
“Time to transform church from weekly performance to daily mission. No more spectators! Reaching the Unreached is thoroughly biblical and intensely practical. Jones’s stories are real, hopeful, and as gutsy and dangerous as the Great Commission he calls us back to.”
“Let Peyton guide you back to Jesus’s original adventure of mission on a path that is creative and biblical, provocative and practical. Peyton turns Acts 1:8 into Axe 1:8— cutting to truth, chopping dead branches, and clearing the way to Jesus’s original adventure that we often call the church’s mission.”
“Reaching the Unreached. Filled with numerous stories, humor, and wisdom, Jones’s book is a raw look at what we are all called to do, but few do: make disciples. Read and heed!”
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