{"product_id":"slow-church-cultivating-community-in-the-patient-way-of-jesus","title":"Slow Church: Cultivating Community in the Patient Way of Jesus","description":"Readers' Choice Award Winner\nBest Books About the Church from Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds Bookstore\nFast food. Fast cars. Fast and furious. Fast forward. Fast . . . church?\nThe church is oftenidealized (or demonized) as the last bastion of a bygone era, dragging our feet as we're pulled into new moralities and new spiritualities. We guard our doctrine and our piety with great vigilance. But we often fail to notice how quickly we're capitulating, in the structures and practices of our churches, to a culture of unreflective speed, dehumanizing efficiency and dis-integrating isolationism.\nIn the beginning, the church ate together, traveled together and shared in all facets of life. Centered as they were on Jesus, these seemingly mundane activities took on their own significance in the mission of God. In Slow Church, Chris Smith and John Pattison invite us to leave franchise faith behind and enter into the ecology, economy and ethics of the kingdom of God, where people know each other well and love one another as Christ loved the church.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0830841148\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: RDV.0830841148.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Smith, C. Christopher|Pattison, John\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This book is in good condition with very minimal damage. Pages may have minimal notes or highlighting. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reliant Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46432867549361,"sku":"RDV.0830841148.G","price":6.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0544\/8872\/7729\/files\/0830841148-0.jpg?v=1764524068","url":"https:\/\/www.reliantbookstore.com\/products\/slow-church-cultivating-community-in-the-patient-way-of-jesus","provider":"Reliant Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}