Reading for the Common Good: How Books Help Our Churches and Neighborhoods Flourish

by C. Christopher Smith

Book Overview

We have been created to live and work in community. But all too often we see ourselves primarily as individuals and run the risk of working at cross-purposes with the organizations we serve. Living faithfully in a neighborhood involves two interwoven threads: learning and action. In this book C. Christopher Smith, coauthor of Slow Church, looks at the local church as an organization in which both learning and action lie at the heart of its identity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 083084449X
• ISBN13: 9780830844494
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: IVP Books
• Length: 179 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.2"