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by: Jim Henderson, Matt Casper, George Barna See Larger Image List Price: $16.99 Our Price: $11.55 You Save: $5.44 (32%) Prices subject to change. Used Price: $10.06 Third Party New Price: $10.39 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 277.3083 EAN: 9781414313313 ISBN: 1414313314 Label: BarnaBooks Manufacturer: BarnaBooks Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 208 Publication Date: March 15, 2007 Publisher: BarnaBooks Sales Rank: 16510 Studio: BarnaBooks Related Items: unChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about Christianity... and Why It Matters They Like Jesus but Not the Church: Insights from Emerging Generations The Shack Evangelism Without Additives: What if sharing your faith meant just being yourself? Simple Church: Returning to God's Process for Making Disciples see more Editorial Review: Product Description: Jim Henderson pays people to go to church. In fact, he made national news when he 'rented' a soul for $504 on E-Bay after its owner offered an 'open mind' to the highest bidder. In Jim & Casper Go to Church, Hendrson hires another atheist--Matt Casper--to visit ten leading churches with him and give the 'first impression' perspective of a non-believer. What follows is a startling dialogue between an atheist and a believer seeing church anew through the eyes of a skeptic, and the development of an amazing relationship between two men with diametrically opposing views of the world who agree to respect each others' space. Foreword by George Barna. FEATURES: Unique perspective of both Christian and atheist on the church & Christians in the USA Intelligent and respectful, seeking dialogue between key characters Helps the Christian understand the change in attitudes and actions required when shifting from defending the faith to defending 'sacred space'--from talking to listening, from strength to weakness, from debate to dialogue, from manipulation to intentionality Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Rating The Churches is One Thing This Book Teaches Friendship Jim has found a quality idea, instead of spending millions to make our churches "seeker sensitive" why don't we just ask outsiders. Are we as christians above focus groups? Basically what Jim Henderson has, is a one man focus group. Of the ten chapters, its interesting to see what Jim and Casper have to say about the megachurches, but i'd read the chapters on Lawndale Community Church and Drummer's Church as quality examples. Look passed the critique system as well, look ... Read More Rating: - Enjoyable, just not very helpful The premise of this book is what initially intrigued me because our church culture can often be a stretch for first time visitors to comprehend, perhaps more especially for those who are genuine atheists. Like most pastors, I desire to effectively communicate the Word of God/Gospel in understandable terms (insofar as that is possible) to those who are un-churched, or "missing." I'm sorry to say that I did not find this book helpful or insightful. Most of the valid points made about the services and ... Read More Rating: - Jim and Casper Go to church It was a very good book to read. My Pastor ask for a copy of the book, so I bought him one. Well worth reading. Rating: - jim and casper I totally enjoyed this book through and through. I could not recommend it enough. I am buying copies for our staff for us to read together and just talk about. If you are a nuts and bolts kind of person you probably would not enjoy this book but if you want to get a glimpse how an outsider sees what we do,especially on Sundays it is a great read. It is limited to just a glance at churches on Sunday mornings so some will feel like it is a bit unfair but if you can get past that and just enjoy the humor ... Read More Rating: - Jim & Casper go to church This was a great book with some wonderful information on churches from an atheists view. I would recommend it to anyone who serves in any ministry. see more Browse for similar items by category: Qualifying Textbooks - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - Books - General AAS Christian Living - Christianity - Religion & Spirituality - Subjects - Books - General Christian Living - Christianity - Religion & Spirituality - Subjects - Books - General AAS Church History - Christianity - Religion & Spirituality - Subjects - Books - General Church History - Christianity - Religion & Spirituality - Subjects - Books - General AAS