Many people today, especially among emerging generations, don’t resonate with the church and organized Christianity. Some are leaving the church and others were never part of the church in the first place. Sometimes it’s because of misperceptions about the church. Yet often they are still spiritually open and fascinated with Jesus. This is a ministry resource book exploring six of the most common objections and misunderstandings emerging generations have about the church and Christianity. The objections come from conversations and interviews the church has had with unchurched twenty and thirty-something’s at coffee houses. Each chapter raises the objection using a conversational approach, provides the biblical answers to that objection, gives examples of how churches are addressing this objection, and concludes with follow-through projections, suggestions, discussion questions, and resource listings. Many people today, especially among emerging generations, don't resonate with the church and organized Christianity. Some are leaving the church and others were never part of the church in the first place. Sometimes it's because of misperceptions about the church. Yet often they are still spiritually open and fascinated with Jesus. This is a ministry resource book exploring six of the most common objections and misunderstandings emerging generations have about the church and Christianity. The objections come from conversations and interviews the church has had with unchurched twenty and thirty-something's at coffee houses. Each chapter raises the objection using a conversational approach, provides the biblical answers to that objection, gives examples of how churches are addressing this objection, and concludes with follow-through projections, suggestions, discussion questions, and resource listings. Dan Kimball es autor de varios libros, incluyendo "Emerging Worship", y "Jesús me convence, pero la iglesia no". Él es pastor de la iglesia Vintage Faith en Santa Cruz, California, una iglesia misionera enfocada en la cultura emergente y post-cristiana. Dan y su esposa, Becky, tienen dos hijas, Claire y Katie, y un viejo Ford Mustang de 1966. "JESS LOS CONVENCE, PERO LA IGLESIA NO" Insights From Emerging Generation By DAN KIMBALL Vida Copyright © 2009 Dan Kimball All right reserved. ISBN: 978-0-8297-5363-9 Contents Reconocimientos.........................................................................................10Introduccin: El mundo ha cambiado; no sea un pelele....................................................111. Probablemente no me gustaran los cristianos si yo no fuera uno de ellos.............................252. Por qu me escap de la oficina de la iglesia........................................................363. Jess como Hijo de Dios y una figura de accin plstica..............................................504. Conozca a aquellos a quienes Jess los convence......................................................605. La Iglesia es una religin organizada con una agenda poltica........................................736. La iglesia es condenatoria y negativa................................................................967. La iglesia est dominada por los hombres y oprime a las mujeres......................................1158. La iglesia es homofbica.............................................................................1369. La iglesia afirma con arrogancia que las dems religions estn equivocadas...........................16310. La iglesia est llena de fundamentalistas que toman toda la Biblia literalmente.....................18711. Cmo desean que sea la iglesia......................................................................21312. Nuestras dos barreras ms grandes...................................................................23413. Una gran esperanza para el futuro...................................................................247Crticas a este libro...................................................................................257Notas...................................................................................................265 Chapter One Probablemente no me gustaran los cristianos si yo no fuera uno de ellos Los cristianos son difciles de tolerar; no s cmo lo hace Jess. BONO No me gusta ir al gimnasio, lo aborrezco. Yo no soy un atleta, a menos que usted considere que jugar a los bolos es un deporte, pero creo que Dios quiere que nosotros cuidemos de nuestros cuerpos, as que durantes ciertos momentos del ao, con muy buenas intenciones, hago algunas intentos de ir al gimnasio para estar en mejor forma. Para alguien como yo, resulta suficientemente fastidioso tratar de usar las pesas y dems equipo del gimnasio, pero es aun ms difcil debido a los espejos que tienen a todo alrededor de manera que no te queda otra que ver tu poco atractivo cuerpo mientras que maneja torpemente las pesas y el equipo. Pero s que es importante ir, de man