Church Shouldn’t Suck The Life Out Of You

A Fresh Perspective on Church for the Weary and Discouraged. Using humor and frank honesty, Pastor Jim Minor describes how his own street outreach organization transformed from a vibrant, God-infused ministry into a conventional, safe church that almost sucked all the passion for ministry right out of him. Then, Jim explains how he got his passion back again. Who is this book for? Pastors and ministry leaders who have lost their focus and have grown to resent the ministries to which they have been called. Those in the pews who have lost the spark of their passion for God and find themselves merely going through the motions and "playing church." Non-churchgoers who stay away because they don't want any part of a dry, lifeless religion that doesn't make any difference in the world. If you identify with any of those categories, this book is for you! Let Jim Minor cast a vision for what church can be. Discover that it's possible to venture beyond the church walls, to interact with the lost and hurting, and to watch God do miracles in people's lives. And in the process, church might even become fun and fulfilling once again.