Jesus Has Left The Building
March 04, 2007 @ 11:52 PM
Book review of Paul Vieira's
Jesus Has Left The Building
by Paul Sue
Vieira's book is about his
personal journey out of "institutional
Christianity" to a more dynamic and fluid
missional way of "doing church". In his own
words,
The book begins with some biographical details. Vieira was born into a nominally Catholic family. Eventually, the grace of God touched the whole family and they began to worship and study the Bible together as a family. In his newborn zeal, young Paul began to invite his friends over for prayer and mutual edification. God used this group of young people to spread the fire of revival in his neighborhood. Read more...
Vieira's book is about his
personal journey out of "institutional
Christianity" to a more dynamic and fluid
missional way of "doing church". In his own
words,
This book reflects my personal and very painful
journey away from institutional Christianity. What
has driven my quest for a new experience with
'church' has been a growing dissatisfaction with
the alarming contrast between what I read in the
gospels and the Christianity that I have known.
(13)
The book begins with some biographical details. Vieira was born into a nominally Catholic family. Eventually, the grace of God touched the whole family and they began to worship and study the Bible together as a family. In his newborn zeal, young Paul began to invite his friends over for prayer and mutual edification. God used this group of young people to spread the fire of revival in his neighborhood. Read more...