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| They Like Jesus but Not the Church: Insights from Emerging Generations | 
 enlarge | Author: Dan Kimball
Publisher: Zondervan
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  42 reviews
Sales Rank: 6794
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 272
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 0310245907
Dewey Decimal Number: 277.30830842
EAN: 9780310245902
ASIN: 0310245907
Publication Date: March 1, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 Must read for parents October 22, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a great book if you want to understand the postmodern generation. Interviews with people who like Jesus, but are frustrated with the traditional church. Thought provoking...easy style...great read!
DVD Curriculum on it's way October 10, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
For anyone that liked the book there is a DVD based curriculum for churches and small groups that will be available in early 2008.
Great insight! September 28, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book opened my eyes to seeing how the emerging generation views the church. Being raised in the church seems to be a definite handicap when thinking of how to reach those outside its walls. Church people think differently than unchurched people. Add to that the fact that the emergent generation views Christians with suspicion and you have a group that is fast becoming irrelevant to the culture. Worse yet, that is the group holding the secret to the kingdom of heaven.
At times, Kimball can get you discouraged because of the huge disconnect between the church and the world. But at other times, Kimball gets you excited because you just learned something that will help you connect better than ever. Doing that may be hard work for some. It requires laying aside almost all of the old, outdated methodology. That may be the hardest part for those inside the current church leadership. But after reading this book, it becomes obvious that it must be done in order to reach those outside the church.
Kimball's book is a "must read" book for anyone desiring to connect with people raised outside the church. In the immediate future, that is going to be almost everyone.
 Not What I Expected August 28, 2007
7 out of 33 found this review helpful
This turned out to be a conservative Christian approach to getting people to Jesus and the church. I had hoped it would be a broader look at how people might get connected with churches in a wide number of approaches to faith. But this was another narrow view of religion.
Becoming Missionaries August 24, 2007
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Anyone who is serious about sharing their faith with others in this generation and culture needs to read Dan Kimball's They Like Jesus But Not the Church. Not so that we can package a church that they will like, but so we will, like good missionaries, understand the culture and the spiritual climate in which we minister.
The book convicted me on the very second page when I realized that I had become so busy "doing ministry" that I had lost almost all contact with those outside the church. My prayer now is "get me back into the game."
Dan's tone is full of grace and understanding, but his words are straightforward and prophetic. Based on several years of interviews with folks outside the church, They Like Jesus But Not the Church highlights the reasons that emerging generations respect Jesus but are totally turned off by his bride. Many of the reasons are misperceptions; many are not. Some of the reasons that really jumped out to me included the following:
"The church is an organized religion with a political agenda."
"The church is judgmental and negative. It is known for what it is against more than for what it is for."
"The church is homophobic."
Dan is whole-heartedly committed to the truth of Scripture , and he shows us how we can uphold the authority of Scripture while stripping off some of the extraneous trappings we have picked up along the way. I love Dan's humility and transparency. He is fair and gracious to both sides of the conversation, and he offers hope to those in the church and those outside the church.
This is one of the best books I have read, and I believe all pastors need to read it. We need to understand the culture in which we minister. We need to understand the people we are trying to reach. We need to get outside the walls of our church office and get to know the people in our communities. And we need to think Biblically and critically about how we do church.
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