Is today’s Church all about “Butts, Bucks, and Bricks”?
Sounds cynical, but that appears to be the way it is.
To put it in more refined terms, hundreds of church pastors have relegated the saving of souls to increasing membership, accumulating money, and building mausoleums, even at the expense of surrendering biblical values, misleading God’s people, and opening membership to unrepentant sinful souls.
When Frank Becker published The Depression Proof Church: The Biblical Answer to the Church in Crisis,” it was hailed by a few and hated by many, much as Jesus was rejected by the religious rulers of His day.
But a few notable individuals championed the book. For example, Paige Patterson, President of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, wrote this:
“In a day of ‘how to’ manuals on church growth and effectiveness, to find a writer who tells the truth…is a breath of fresh air.”
Dr. Patterson, a former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, went on to write:
“Frank Becker, in this book, The Depression Proof Church, has clearly enunciated the one essential, namely, a return to the church of the New Testament.”
Frank Becker penned the now classic Biblical Basis for the Home Church, in 1986.
Becker began planting house churches over thirty years ago. He argues that the intense individual involvement of every believer is the means by which he or she will mature most rapidly, and that growth is most rapid in smaller fellowships. He points to the New Testament pattern of church growth as proof of his premise.
This book— The Depression Proof Church—has been recognized by seminary and Bible College presidents for its solid, Bible-based conclusions.
The Depression Proof Church: The Biblical Answer to the Church in Crisis, exposes the frustrations, summarizes the symptoms, and reveals the causes of failure in our contemporary churches. But it doesn’t stop with a list of woes. It goes on to detail specifically how a return to biblical principles and practices will build up individual believers and revitalize the Church.
A wonderful gift for the serious Bible student on your list!
The Depression Proof Church is available through Amazon and other fine booksellers:
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Frank Becker, Cross Trainers Ministries, Inc, 21518 Karpathos Ln., Spring, TX 77388
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