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Insights from Philip Yancey''s personal pilgrimage away from and back to the church—what made him walk away, and what drew him back.

Why are there so many more professing Christians than churchgoing Christians? Is it because something is wrong with the church?

In his candid, thought-provoking manner, award-winning author Philip Yancey reveals the reasons behind his own journey back from skepticism to wholehearted participation in the church. This book:

  • Weighs the church''s human failings against its compelling worth as the body of Christ.
  • Looks into what God may have in mind for His church.
  • Discusses how the church can reach beyond its walls and into the communities and lives around it to be more than just “Sunday worship.”


Yancey does not whitewash the church''s faults. He sets them against the overwhelming balance of its strengths: its heart for God, its care for the hurting, its outreach t

Church Why Bother

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    A Paperback / softback by Philip Yancey, Eugene H. Peterson

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      Publisher Zondervan
      Published 5 November 2015
      ISBN-13 9780310344407
      978-0310344407
      ISBN-10 0310344409
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      Christian life and practice

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Insights from Philip Yancey''s personal pilgrimage away from and back to the church—what made him walk away, and what drew him back.

      Why are there so many more professing Christians than churchgoing Christians? Is it because something is wrong with the church?

      In his candid, thought-provoking manner, award-winning author Philip Yancey reveals the reasons behind his own journey back from skepticism to wholehearted participation in the church. This book:

      • Weighs the church''s human failings against its compelling worth as the body of Christ.
      • Looks into what God may have in mind for His church.
      • Discusses how the church can reach beyond its walls and into the communities and lives around it to be more than just “Sunday worship.”


      Yancey does not whitewash the church''s faults. He sets them against the overwhelming balance of its strengths: its heart for God, its care for the hurting, its outreach t

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