Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #65421 in Books
• Published on: 2004-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

Synopsis
Reformation is the continual reforming of the mission of the church to enhance God's command to reach out to others in a way that acknowledges the unique times and locations of daily life. This engaging book blends the integrity of respected theoreticians with the witty and practical insights of a pastor. It calls for a movement of missionaries to seek the lost across the street as well as across the globe. This basic primer on the interface between gospel and culture highlights the contrast between presentation evangelism and participation evangelism. It helps Christians navigate between the twin pitfalls of syncretism (being so culturally irrelevant that you lose your message) and sectarianism (being so culturally irrelevant that you lose your mission). Included are interviews with those who have crossed cultural barriers, such as a television producer, exotic dancer, tattoo studio owner, and band manager. The appendix represents eight portals into the future: population, family, health/medicine, creating, learning, sexuality, and religion. Mark Driscoll was recently featured on the ABC special The Changing of Worship.

Customer Reviews

The Challenge of Reformission
This is probably the most challeging Christian book I have read for a few years and summonses us to change our thinking on mission; if you're sitting there thinking the church is rapidly heading for oblivion then this book is for you! Mark tells us that today's mission field starts on our doorstep; he describes 'Reformission' as a radical call for Christians and Christian churches to recommit to living and speaking the gospel, and to resist the pressure to compromise its truth.

Mark is founding pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle and well known to many more through his travelling and his podcasts. He challenges us to repent of our self-righteousness and to get on with the task of the great commission.

Mark writes intelligently, using clear conceptual models and drawing from research to support his material and yet, his message is clearly inspired and annointed, extremely readable, very blunt, provocative and will surely challenge his readers into action!

Each section ends with a set of reformission questions which makes the book ideal for house groups, and should enable them to transfer from Mark's experience of Seattle in to their own particular cultures where-ever they may be.

Honest, provoking and fun!
Mark Driscoll pulls no punches and as such in a postmodern age when nobody says anything about anything it is a very refreshing break from the Norm. I enjoyed this book, it is instructive and is rife with fresh Ideas about how to do Church in the 21st Century without betraying Biblical principles. You may not agree with all he says but do give it a try and don't be afraid to laugh, your allowed to!

Church, Christianity, can it be radical?
Refformission isn't necessary very new or Radical, but this book is excellent! It has in many ways changed my attitudes towards Church and Christianity.

It is an incredibly accessible book, where I was left wanting more and to my joy was not left with out when I found out about Driscoll's next book; "Confessions of a Reformission Rev". Equally as provocative and engaging!

At the end of each chapter there are a few questions about the content of the chapter, which is very helpful for group discussion or own personal reflection, which is what is needed when thinking corporately or individually about what is said. Both I think are needed!

Christianity and Church according to the Bible and Jesus is apparently life changing, it affects every facet of life, this book is a reminder of that and encourages every Christian to be hospitable, brutally honest in love, and applicable to whatever generation we may find ourselves in with out leaving bits out of the gospel, which means "good news", if it is good news, why keep it to ourselves or in the last century or even centuries ago?