Deliberate Simplicity: How the Church Does More by Doing Less [Paperback]

Dave Brownings message of Deliberate Simplicity has important implications for ministries of all sizes. Whether yours is a smaller multiple campus ministry like Christ The King, part of the house church movement, a mid-sized church, or even a so-called megachurch like the one I pastor; youll benefit greatly from this penetrating expos? of the dangers of complexity, excellence, over-caution, and the goofy idea that bigger is somehow always better. -- Larry OsborneI've watched David's ministry now for several years and I'm convinced that what he is doing is one of the most powerful forms of church life I've ever seen. It's a testimony to the fact that size doesn't matter if the church has a God-sized mission. This book is not only worth reading but also keeping on your desk for guidance through a new paradigm of church. -- Bill EasumAs the landscape of Christendom changes, most look for new methods, slick fixes, or new forms of church. In Deliberate Simplicity, you get something completely unexpected. Dave cuts through all the mess with practical ways to make church natural, simple, and effective. Regardless of the form or stage of your church, Deliberate Simplicity will save you time, money, and misery. -- Hugh Halter, AuthorAs an artist, I learned long ago that less is more. I have devoted my life to simplifying the process of vital church life so that more people can do it and so that it can multiply to the ends of the earth. This book is a valuable contribution to the move toward lowering the bar on how church is done and raising the bar on what it means to be a follower of Christ. -- Neil Cole, AuthorEinstein noted once that any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex, but that it takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage to boot -- to move in the opposite direction. Drawing deeply from the living witness of Christ the King Community Church, David does exactly that, and in the process gives us not only a highly informative text onlc0