In The Connecting
Church 2.0, Randy Frazee explored the configuration of the church in today’s
times and how over the years it has changed dramatically. This version of the
book is a revised edition. Randy Frazee begins the book by introducing characters
Bob and Karen. They have two children and both spouses work busy filled jobs.
Like most Americans, they struggling with having enough time during the day to
get everything completed. Most nights they fix frozen meals because they don’t
have the time to cook and prepare proper meals. Sometimes they even are
bringing home work. They attend a small group that meets every other week. They
are wanting to have deeper friendships and more meaningful relationships. But
the small group setting just isn’t enough connection to make lasting
relationships. They are longing and looking for more but they don’t know how to
obtain it.
Randy Frazee pointed out that God has created us for
community and connection with other people. He backed this up with research on
the importance of community. One study at the Ohio State University Medical
Center revealed that marriage improves your health, boosts immune systems, and
you heal faster from sickness. Having intimacy in our marriages is more
important than we may realize. Another study conducted has shown that males
that provide and take care of their children have attachment hormones and they
bond to them. Positive relationship is what all of us long for but many of us struggle
to find people we can be real with, hang out with, and share our deepest secrets.
The book stated that God is consisted of three persons known
as the Trinity: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. He desires to know each
person He created intimately. Adam was created from the dust of the earth and
God knew that it wasn’t good for man to be alone. Some of us like to be independent
and we believe that we can survive in this life without letting anyone know the
real us. Connecting with others require risk that not everyone is willing to
take. God has written the book of Acts to prove that we need others and
community.
The book covered “Five Characteristics of Community
Around a Common Place”. Some of these included frequency, sharing meals,
availably, and more. The book also included ways and suggestions on how to
create an authentic community and reach out to your fellow neighbors.
I would recommend this helpful resource to anyone who are
longing to find noteworthy relationship with your neighbors and community. Time
have changed and most of us don’t even know our neighbors names. I can honestly
say this was talking about me because I don’t know many of them. I live on my
own land so it’s a little bit more challenging to find people to start a
friendship with. But really I haven’t tried. The biggest concept that I found
myself agreeing with was the author’s findings on how important uniting with
others truly is. I thought the suggestion of inviting people over to share a
meal, pray, read the word, pray together, and serve our neighbors was immensely
beneficial. I believe that Randy Frazee is living what the book preaches and I
would love to be able to experience the deep connection among my neighbors that
he has. This book will change churches and communities for the better if we apply
the principles presented. Authentic communities are something most of us are
looking for and it’s been around us the whole time and it’s still possible to
have deep friendships! This book will inspire you to reach out to others, get
to know more people, and develop a community. If everyone would form a
friendship and create a community of believers with their neighbors imagine,
how much the world would be happier and fulfilled.
If
you would like to purchase a copy of The
Connecting Church 2.0, then check it out on Amazon.com:
“I received this book for free from Cross Focused Reviews
/ Zondervan for this review”.
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Andrew,
Thanks for contributing to the blog tour.
Shaun Tabatt
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