The Unique Witness of Unlikely Friendships

Every church wants to grow and thrive. But attractional churches focus on making Christianity as attractive as possible, sometimes to the detriment of the gospel they are supposed to proclaim. Jared Wilson—managing editor of Midwestern Seminary’s For the Church, and director of the Pastoral Training Center at Liberty Baptist Church in Kansas City, Missouri—offers an insightful critique of the attractional church model in his new book, The Gospel-Driven Church: Uniting Church Growth Dreams with the Metrics of Grace. He writes as an attractional church insider and outsider, having spent years in both spheres. From Attractional to Gospel-Driven Wilson helps the reader…