Blue Ocean Faith: The vibrant connection to Jesus that opens up insanely great possibilities in a secularizing world-and might kick off

Schmelzer, Dave

ISBN 10: 1942011431 / ISBN 13: 9781942011439

Published by Front Edge Publishing, LLC, 2017

Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G1942011431I2N00

Synopsis:

People and churches across America are discovering that their secular friends and neighbors have been unknowingly waiting for the chance to experience the good God. Blue Ocean Faith is a network of churches that have seen thousands of secular people—from Harvard deans to public housing residents—connect with God. Blue Ocean founder Dave Schmelzer details six profound paradigm shifts that unlock a depth of connection to God that’s new for many churchgoers and that’s unprecedented for their secular neighbors. Embracing centered-set faith, becoming solus Jesus, and taking a third-way approach to LGBTQ congregants are among the game-changers that empower this rich life of faith. Rather than retreating from or drawing lines against our increasingly secular world, people of faith can join Jesus—as followers like Saint Francis of Assisi have done for millennia—in joyfully entering the world around them with profound wonder and an equally-profound offer of a life that really is life.

“Blue Ocean Faith is a riveting book about an exciting new movement of churches emerging out of the ashes of American evangelicalism/fundamentalism. This could be a charter document for a new kind of Jesus movement. Everyone should read it,” writes David P. Gushee, Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics and Director of the Center for Theology and Public Life at Mercer University.

With plenty of engaging storytelling, Schmelzer brings together ancient and cutting-edge insights in a book that might revitalize your experience of God, open up your connection to your neighbors and your city … and maybe even kick off a new Jesus movement.

About the Author: Dave Schmelzer leads Blue Ocean Faith, an innovative network of churches that has helped thousands of secular people connect with God, co-hosts the Blue Ocean World podcast, and is the author of Not the Religious Type: Confessions of a Turncoat Atheist.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Blue Ocean Faith: The vibrant connection to ...
Publisher: Front Edge Publishing, LLC
Publication Date: 2017
Binding: Paperback
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket