02364cam a2200313 i 4500 605778155 TxAuBib 20220920120000.0 220114s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780802424273 0802424279 TxAuBib rda Jethani, Skye, 1976- What if Jesus was serious about the church? : a visual guide to becoming the community Jesus intended / Skye Jethani. Chicago : Moody Publishers, [2022] 231 pages : illustrations (chiefly color.) txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. Following the model set by What If Jesus Was Serious?--short readings and engaging illustrations--What If Jesus Was Serious about the Church? looks at what the Bible really says about the church, its purpose, and the impact of its modern captivity to consumer values. Rather than an event, a building, or an institution, the New Testament calls the church to be a community living in communion with God and one another for the sake of the world. Researchers have uncovered the following three trends: First, distrust of institutions, including the church, is at an all-time high. Second, young people raised in the church are leaving at alarming rates and not returning. Third, loneliness and social isolation are at pandemic levels. What's the connection? It appears that an entire generation is starving for the very thing the church is called to provide but has chosen to look for it elsewhere. Why is this happening? Following the model set by What If Jesus Was Serious?-short readings and engaging illustrations-What If Jesus Was Serious about the Church? looks at what the Bible really says about the church, its purpose, and the impact of its modern captivity to consumer values. Rather than an event, a building, or an institution, the New Testament calls the church to be a community living in communion with God and one another for the sake of the world. 20220920. Churchs. Church and social problems. Bible Miscellanea. Christian life. Values.