LONGWOOD, FL-Whether you are a seasoned churchgoer or a postmodern seeker of spirituality, Douglas A. Hagey's In Search of the Church ($14.99, paperback, 978-1-60477-143-5; $24.99, hardcover, 978-1-60477-144-2) will inspire you to settle for nothing less than an authentic experience of church the way Jesus intended it to be. Filled with humorous and sometimes heart-wrenching stories that will help you rethink the meaning of church, this book asks foundational questions about how we have historically conducted church services, offers specific ideals of what church could be, and presents an honest examination of the effects of church on the author’s journey.
Says Hagey, "It is my hope that readers will rethink the meaning and purpose of church and move on to reform church to be effective in a postmodern culture. The church is becoming more sub-cultured and less of a 'Jesus' influence in culture."
This timely book focuses on changing ideas in a changing world a paradigm change. Throughout much of Hagey's 40-year walk with God, he invested a great deal of effort into discovering what Jesus intended for the church. The answer to this question came through a bevy of life experiences-planting churches, developing a youth ministry, and participating in missions. In the pages of his book, he hopes to convey the authentic truths he has learned so that readers will reexamine their own pilgrimage into the church and begin to plant the seeds for the church Jesus intended.
Xulon Press, a part of Salem Communications Corporation, is the world's largest Christian publisher, with more than 3,900 titles published to date. Retailers may order In Search of the Church through Ingram Book Company and/or Spring Arbor Book Distributors. Salem Communications is the country's leading Christian communications company with interests in radio, Internet, and magazine publishing.
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2007