Mackenzi Huyser

Church Forsaken

Church Leadership & Ministry

“In Church Forsaken, Jonathan Brooks beautifully weaves the lessons he's learned on his journey as a pastor in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood with the instructions the Israelites are given while in exile in Babylon (Jeremiah 29). Brooks writes with raw and honest emotion about his journey as a pastor and father. The questions he raises about where and with whom get to the heart of the vision he sees for Christians and the local church. Filled with stories that draw the reader into Brooks's life and into the lives of his neighbors in Englewood, Church Forsaken offers a stirring invitation to practice presence, thereby opening opportunities for authentic transformation that have the power to change each one of us and the local church.”