The statistics are sobering. Frustrated church members across Europe and North America are leaving their congregations. Why? Floyd McClung believes that God is realigning the church"€"that he wants to use people's frustration to motivate them toward change. The kind of change McClung envisions may surprise you. It involves a valley of dry bones ready for use"€"ready to become an army"€"but only after they are prophesied over. The dry bones are the poor, the rebellious, the marginalized of society, the young, the uneducated. They carry wounds, have been abused, suffer from AIDS, are widows and single parents. They are waiting for someone to believe in them, uphold them in community, and send them out in the service of God.
Language
English
Pages
255
Format
Paperback
Publisher
YWAM Publishing
Release
June 01, 2008
ISBN
1576584380
ISBN 13
9781576584385
You See Bones, I See an Army: Changing the Way We Do Church
The statistics are sobering. Frustrated church members across Europe and North America are leaving their congregations. Why? Floyd McClung believes that God is realigning the church"€"that he wants to use people's frustration to motivate them toward change. The kind of change McClung envisions may surprise you. It involves a valley of dry bones ready for use"€"ready to become an army"€"but only after they are prophesied over. The dry bones are the poor, the rebellious, the marginalized of society, the young, the uneducated. They carry wounds, have been abused, suffer from AIDS, are widows and single parents. They are waiting for someone to believe in them, uphold them in community, and send them out in the service of God.