Ministry Rediscovered
Shaping a Unique and Creative Church
by Mike Starkey
Paperback
Price: £7.99
Publisher:BRF (Bible Reading Fellowship)
Published:2011
ISBN:978-1-841-01616-0
GoodBookStall Review:
This is a fluent and convincing appeal for non MacDonald’s churches, but rather ones which are genuinely local, relevant, caught by their own vision not a pre-packaged hand-me-down. (Starkey rightly points out the irony that churches such as Willow Creek did of course begin like this, but deny their own DNA when they become ‘franchised’). There is a deliberate echo in the title of Vincent Donovan’s classic, Christianity Rediscovered – still an essential – alongside some very worthwhile reflection on Starkey’s own wide experience. But his own principles – as he acknowledges – mean that no Ten Top Tips or pending programme can readily be offered. So this more a musing than a manual, though shot through with practical wisdom and theological common sense. Well worth a read to shake off the shackles of other people’s stories and start living your own, and one to give to a minister you know who needs a breath of fresh air…..
Reviewer: David Thomson (11/01/12)
This is a fluent and convincing appeal for non MacDonald’s churches, but rather ones which are genuinely local, relevant, caught by their own vision not a pre-packaged hand-me-down. (Starkey rightly points out the irony that churches such as Willow Creek did of course begin like this, but deny their own DNA when they become ‘franchised’). There is a deliberate echo in the title of Vincent Donovan’s classic, Christianity Rediscovered – still an essential – alongside some very worthwhile reflection on Starkey’s own wide experience. But his own principles – as he acknowledges – mean that no Ten Top Tips or pending programme can readily be offered. So this more a musing than a manual, though shot through with practical wisdom and theological common sense. Well worth a read to shake off the shackles of other people’s stories and start living your own, and one to give to a minister you know who needs a breath of fresh air…..
Reviewer: David Thomson (11/01/12)
