Giving Church Another Chance

Everybody wants to be spiritual. But nobody wants to be religious. Everybody is looking for a rich spiritual life. But nobody is looking to church.As a pastor, Todd Hunter found himself disillusioned, burned out and needing to drop out of traditional forms of church. He experimented with house churches and other options but was still dissatisfied. Eventually he found himself sneaking off to worship services on Sunday mornings with surprising results.What did the historic spiritual practices of church do for him? How did they lead to a life of centered peace, chart a path to simplicity and cause him to reach out to others while focusing on the glory of God?Walk with Hunter on this journey to find spiritual riches in a surprising place. You might just give church another chance.

Bishop Todd D. Hunter leads Churches for the Sake of Others, a church-planting initiative of the Anglican Mission in the Americas on the west coast. He was formerly national director at Vineyard Churches USA and then at Alpha USA. He is also the author of Christianity Beyond Belief and Giving Church Another Chance.