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Blue Ocean Faith - by Dave Schmelzer (Paperback)

Blue Ocean Faith - by  Dave Schmelzer (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Dave Schmelzer is the executive director of Blue Ocean Faith, an innovative network of churches throughout the country that has helped thousands of secular people-from Harvard deans to public housing residents-connect with God. He lives in Santa Monica with his family where they are starting another Blue Ocean church.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>People and churches across America are discovering that their secular friends and neighbors have been unknowingly waiting for the chance to experience the good God. Blue Ocean Faith is a network of churches that have seen thousands of secular people--from Harvard deans to public housing residents--connect with God. Blue Ocean founder Dave Schmelzer details six profound paradigm shifts that unlock a depth of connection to God that's new for many churchgoers and that's unprecedented for their secular neighbors. Embracing centered-set faith, becoming <em>solus Jesus</em>, and taking a third-way approach to LGBTQ congregants are among the game-changers that empower this rich life of faith. Rather than retreating from or drawing lines against our increasingly secular world, people of faith can join Jesus--as followers like Saint Francis of Assisi have done for millennia--in joyfully entering the world around them with profound wonder and an equally-profound offer of a life that really is life.</p> <p>"Blue Ocean Faith is a riveting book about an exciting new movement of churches emerging out of the ashes of American evangelicalism/fundamentalism. This could be a charter document for a new kind of Jesus movement. Everyone should read it," writes David P. Gushee, Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics and Director of the Center for Theology and Public Life at Mercer University.</p> <p>With plenty of engaging storytelling, Schmelzer brings together ancient and cutting-edge insights in a book that might revitalize your experience of God, open up your connection to your neighbors and your city ... and maybe even kick off a new Jesus movement.</p>

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