This book is NOT a How to Build a Big Church manual. It is a call to a more spiritually healthy church and Christian life. The author performs a spiritual autopsy from head to toe on an imaginary dead church. Hundreds of Bible verses are used as a sharp scalpel exposing potential killers of the contemporary church. Creative and challenging insights will help you and your church avoid the spiritual obituaries. Some chapter titles are: Traces of Adam's DNA, Fingerprints of the Murderer, Mindless Christianity, Hardened Hearts, Itching Ears, Dry Eyes with Blurry Vision, Loss of Blood, Untamed Tongues Set on Fire, Unbending Knees and Unholy Hands, Ugly Feet. As you investigate the spiritual condition of this dead church ask yourself these questions: What is the spiritual status of my church? What is my personal spiritual status?
Lou Mancari has helped to plant and pastor two churches in the United States, one in New York City and the other in rural Pennsylvania. A senior pastor for fourteen years, he now works in missions with Gospelink (www.gospelink.org) as a regional representative. He helps church-planting pastors in Africa, India, Russia, and Ukraine and travels regularly to the foreign field to train national pastors and provide accountability. He visits dozens of American churches each year as a missions conference speaker and Bible teacher. He is available to do pulpit supply on a wide range of topics. He primarily addresses local churches on the subject of foreign missions, revival, and family life issues. Lou and his wife, Iris, reside in Lynchburg, Virginia, with their four children: Amber, Becca, Christal, and Luke. He may be contacted at (434) 384-1232 or lmancari@gospelink.org.