On the first Sunday of 2019 at 9 a.m. at Amana Christian Fellowship, we will begin a ten-week series based on Francis Chan’s Letters to the Church. We will be posting updates on our Facebook page. We will begin each session with a short video message from Francis Chan followed by a discussion of the chapter of the week.
Even if you can’t make the Sunday 9 a.m. sessions, I strongly suggest you digest the book. It’s available in paperback, Kindle, and Audiobook. Copies of the paperback will be available in the lobby at Amana, and of course on Amazon and “where great books are sold.” It retails for about $11 but put what you can in the envelope when you grab your copy.
The book is causing a great deal of excitement in the church. This isn’t a study of the letters to the churches found in the Book of Revelations. After Chan finished the book, he realized each chapter was more like a letter. Thus the name. It is a call for us to “Rethink Church.” It asks:
“If all you had to reference was the Bible, what would Church look like?
This isn’t about bashing pastors or calling for structural modifications to churches. It’s aimed at us. We are the church. God’s Church started as a radical, spiritually intimate gathering of believers that ultimately changed history. Yet millions today are content to be mere observers at church. Many more have left, brokenhearted and cynical. But God is waking up His people—people who will risk anything and sacrifice everything to be the dynamic, world-changing Church of Scripture.
In Letters to the Church, Francis Chan invites readers to wrestle with the fact that many churches have drifted from God’s desire for them. He challenges Christians to ask, “What does God want for His Church? When Jesus returns, will He find us caring for His Bride—even more than for our own lives?”
Speaking out of deep love for the Church, Chan guides Christ followers to live out God’s magnificent and beautiful vision for His Church—a vision we may have lost but God has never forgotten.
Start 2019 with new love and passion for the Church as Jesus intended it. See you at 9 a.m. on January 6.
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