A review by chellyokelley
Letters to the Church by Francis Chan

3.0

3.5 - This book calls out the consumeristic Church of the West. But rather than focusing solely on the issue of consumers within the Church, Chan calls out the structure and leadership of the Church for creating church models so unlike what God purposed the Church to be. He dresses down the typical Western church model, explaining why it’s problematic point by point. He uses several metaphors to underscore his point, saying that many churches operate like massage therapists rather than personal trainers. At one point he likens the Western Church to a zoo—constantly keeping its congregants safe and fed in their habitats rather than equipping them to hunt and thrive in the wild.

I really strongly agreed with many of Francis Chan’s points in this book. His conviction and urgency bleed through each page. There are a few areas where I diverge from his opinions and where I thought he was being a bit too simplistic or blunt, but I thought the book was well thought out.