Is Your Church Ready?

 A few months ago I self-published an eBook titled Is Your Church Ready for Ministry in the 21st Century? People no longer leave your church service to return to homes surrounded by a white picket fence planning to sip sweet tea and watch fluffy clouds pass overhead. Many of these homes are struggling with issues that threaten their very survival. They want to hear a word from God about these issues, but they dare not admit to anyone they are struggling. Unfortunately, too many churches avoid discussing the issues that threaten many families today, so these families decide that God has nothing to say about these issues and there is nothing that can be done.

The book addresses sexuality issues, gender-identification issues, addictions, racial divisions, violence, suicide and many other issues common in the 21st century. God does have something to say about each of these challenges. There is much that the church can do to help families deal with these issues but only if we are willing to come alongside those that are struggling and help them walk through their struggles.

Such ministry can get messy. We prefer to reach people without significant issues in their lives, but that does not describe many who need Christ. Their lives are messy, and ministry to them can get messy as well. We may have to deal with some major ugliness in order to point them to Christ. I am convinced that is the ministry to which God is calling His church to perform.

Naturally, I would like you to buy the book. It's available through Amazon. You will find within its covers not only appropriate ministry suggestions for the various issues addressed, you will also find a wealth of information about each of the issues. I tried to pull together research and various studies on many of these issues to provide the reader with up-to-date information to better understand the problems faced by persons within their congregation.

Every generation faces new ministry challenges. This generation is no different. If we are to successfully present Christ to our current generation we must understand it and the issues it is facing. I believe this book can help you do that.