{"product_id":"divergent-church","title":"Divergent Church","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"ant-tabs ant-tabs-top ant-tabs-small ant-tabs-card itemTabs\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ant-tabs-content-holder\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ant-tabs-content ant-tabs-content-top\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv role=\"tabpanel\" aria-hidden=\"false\" class=\"ant-tabs-tabpane ant-tabs-tabpane-active\" id=\"rc-tabs-0-panel-description\" aria-labelledby=\"rc-tabs-0-tab-description\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"html htmlcolor bm-lnkin-0\"\u003eNew faith communities are appearing across the U.S.. Many of them\u003cbr\u003ebear little resemblance—on the surface—to ‘church’ in its conventional\u003cbr\u003eform. But when we look a little deeper we see striking continuity with\u003cbr\u003ethe most deeply rooted practices of the Christian faith in community.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat are those practices? What do these unconventional, alternative\u003cbr\u003efaith communities look like? How are they, perhaps, indicators of a\u003cbr\u003ehopeful new future for the church? And what can we learn from them?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthors Kara Brinkerhoff and Tim Shapiro spent more than a year\u003cbr\u003eresearching and exploring these questions, closely examining the life of\u003cbr\u003ea dozen alternative faith communities across the country. They include\u003cbr\u003enew monastic communities, food-oriented communities, affinity group\u003cbr\u003ecommunities, house churches, hybrid churches and others. They are\u003cbr\u003ecreative, ingenious, innovative, clever, dynamic and transformative. But\u003cbr\u003ethey represent human expressions of activities that have always been\u003cbr\u003epart of human religious congregations: hospitality, learning,\u003cbr\u003estorytelling, care, leadership, worship and honoring place.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis fascinating book goes beyond simply analyzing current trends. It\u003cbr\u003ereveals how innovative Christians are engaging in time-honored\u003cbr\u003epractices, creating new types of communities, which will shape the\u003cbr\u003echurch to come. Further, it shows us how we too might innovate while\u003cbr\u003eholding true to the essential practices of our gathered faith. This is\u003cbr\u003ean instructive picture of Christian community, past, present and future.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"21Five Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51288357142752,"sku":"9781501842597","price":2.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0539\/0024\/7224\/files\/m-2026-03-31T113521.793.jpg?v=1774971365","url":"https:\/\/21five.ca\/products\/divergent-church","provider":"21Five Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}