The following 4-session course will help you and your group assess how your church is following the original purpose of the church by asking questions like: Why is it that we seem to feel deeply about, and remember, the hurts associated with church? How can we help people who have been hurt by a church? Are you, as church members, pleased with your church's ministries, or are you unsatisfied with the results? Do you think local churches turned out the way God planned? If not, how are they missing their purpose?
Week One
Surviving a Grace-Deprived Church
G. K. Chesterton propounded the Christian faith with great wit—and sheer intellectual force.
Week Two
George Barna: Prophet to Evangelicals
He believes his ten-year campaign to reform the church has failed. What is evangelicals' most quoted statistician going to do next?
Week Three
5 Principles of a Purpose-Driven Church
Rick Warren's genius is in helping pastors see the obvious.
Week Four
Wounded by the Church
How should we treat those deeply hurt in our midst?
