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A Church Called Tov

Forming a Goodness Culture That Resists Abuses of Power and Promotes Healing

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Christian Book Award - Finalist 2021 (print)!!

What is the way forward for the church?

Tragically, in recent years, Christians have gotten used to revelations of abuses of many kinds in our most respected churches―from Willow Creek to Harvest, from Southern Baptist pastors to Sovereign Grace churches. Respected author and theologian Scot McKnight and former Willow Creek member Laura Barringer wrote this book to paint a pathway forward for the church.

We need a better way. The sad truth is that churches of all shapes and sizes are susceptible to abuses of power, sexual abuse, and spiritual abuse. Abuses occur most frequently when Christians neglect to create a culture that resists abuse and promotes healing, safety, and spiritual growth.

How do we keep these devastating events from repeating themselves? We need a map to get us from where we are today to where we ought to be as the body of Christ. That map is in a mysterious and beautiful little Hebrew word in Scripture that we translate “good,” the word tov.

In this book, McKnight and Barringer explore the concept of tov―unpacking its richness and how it can help Christians and churches rise up to fulfill their true calling as imitators of Jesus.

©2020 Scot McKnight and Laura McKnight Barringer (P)2020 Tyndale House Publishers Church & Church Leadership Christian Living Discipleship Theology Christianity Ministry & Evangelism Social Issues Ecclesiology House Church
Biblical Insights • Healing Perspective • Practical Guidance • Thoughtful Analysis • Transformative Content

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The authors critique the modern, western, evangelical church culture in necessary ways, and point us back to Jesus and his ways— a message every church leader needs to hear and then re-hear until its truth takes hold within us.

Important. Essential.

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An unbelievably raw and honest review of how church members can recognize, and support healing on a journey to TOV.

humbling

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liked the awakening to the wrong focus of the 2x2 church I was raised up in

Truth

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All church members should read this book, especially if you have been caught up in “system” type church where church becomes an organization filled with many programs and to do’s and peoples hearts are far from God. Churches that worship filling seats, focus solely on evangelism, giving, discipleship and fellowship, that have leaders who were taught to follow human rules and pass them on, who carry narcissistic tendencies and miss the entire point of what it means to follow Jesus. The book like all book isn’t perfect, take what you may from it.

A must read!

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every pastor, leader, and member needs to read this book and put it's principles into place because these are biblical principles that the American church is lacking.

should be required reading

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