Left behind in a megachurch world :

Tucker, Ruth, 1945-

Left behind in a megachurch world : how God works through ordinary churches / Ruth A. Tucker. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Books, c2006. - 221 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-217) and index.

Introduction: Left behind with purpose -- Personal reflections on left-behind churches -- The Wal-Mart gospel blues -- The precipice-driven pastor -- A left-behind theology -- Burnout in the parsonage and parish -- Megachurch mania -- Literature, seminars, and theory of church growth -- Left behind with a woman's touch -- Left behind in community -- Left behind with a sense of humor -- The messiness of the left-behind church -- Spiritual memories of the church in the valley -- The church in the valley of the shadow of death -- New life for the left-behind church.

0801012694 (cloth)

9780801012693

2005030614


Small churches.

BV637.8 / .T83 2006

250.973