Not Safe for Church: Ten Commandments for Reaching New Generations

Congregations say they want to reach new and younger people, many of whom are simply turned off by church. The big idea is that congregations must be willing to embrace radical ways to connect with new generations. Re-thinking old assumptions is a starting place but more is needed. To really connect congregations have to move beyond and start doing new things that are out of their comfort zones. These authors give ten ways to help you move from just saying what you intend to actually doing it. This book provides tools to help churches re-frame the Good News in non-traditional ways and study questions for church leadership teams.

Author: F. Douglas Powe, Jasmine Smothers
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Published: 01/06/2015
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781426775765
ISBN10: 1426775768
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Church | Growth
- Religion | Christian Living | General

About the Author
F. Douglas Powe, Jr. (Author)
F. Douglas Powe, Jr. is an ordained elder in the Baltimore/Washington Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church. He is the Director of the Lewis Center for Church Leadership and professor of evangelism and of urban ministry at Wesley Theological Seminary. Powe is committed to helping urban congregations and congregations in transitional areas to flourish through community partnering. His research interest are church revitalization, urban theology and Methodist theology. He holds an MDiv from Candler School of Theology and a PhD in systematic theology from Emory University.

Jasmine Smothers (Author)
Jasmine Smothers currently serves as the Lead Pastor of the historic Atlanta First United Methodist Church. Previously, she served as Associate Director for Congregational Vitality through the Office of Connectional Ministries in the North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church.