{"product_id":"2940170141432","title":"Slow Church: Cultivating Community in the Patient Way of Jesus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2014 Readers' Choice Award Winner.    \u003cbr\u003e2014 Best Books About the Church from Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds Bookstore.\u003c\/b\u003e    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFast food. Fast cars. Fast and furious. Fast forward. Fast...church?    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe church is often idealized (or demonized) as the last bastion of a bygone era, dragging our feet as we're pulled into new moralities and new spirituality. We guard our doctrine and our piety with great vigilance. But we often fail to notice how quickly we're capitulating, in the structures and practices of our churches, to a culture of un-reflective speed, dehumanizing efficiency, and disintegrating isolationism. In the beginning the church ate together, traveled together, and shared in all facets of life. Centered as they were on Jesus, these seemingly mundane activities took on their own significance in the mission of God.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSlow Church\u003c\/i\u003e, Chris Smith and John Pattison invite us to leave franchise faith behind and enter into the ecology, economy, and ethics of the kingdom of God, where people know each other well and love one another as Christ loved the church.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn EChristian, Inc production.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DINE ALONE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47102287642864,"sku":"2940170141432","price":12.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170141432_p0.jpg?v=1763703012","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170141432","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}