Adventures in Churchland

Adventures in Churchland:
Finding Jesus in the Mess of Organized Religion
By Dan Kimball (© 2012. Zondervan)

“When the church decides to organize around controlling people, politics, and self-preservation, it eventually leads to unhealthy and restrictive organization. But when the church organizes around the biblical mission that Jesus gave his followers to share his good news of hope and forgiveness with people and lovingly encourage them in their desire to know Jesus, this leads to healthy organization—organizing ourselves to serve others.” —Dan Kimball, from the book

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Walking Like Jesus

Jesus seems to have an unhurried pace. That is to say, he always seems to have time to stop for people, even when doing so was annoying to those around him.

Fight Church: A Fighting Chance

“Here was a people group that wasn’t being served by any form of chaplaincy like many major sports have,” says Pastor Joshua Boyd, of the local MMA community. “And they needed care just like anyone else.”

Perfectly Imperfect Churches

Most of the great breakthroughs and innovative ideas are a result of problems being viewed not as a problem to solve, but an opportunity to make things better.