Iglesia Simple (Simple Church)

Ya ha comenzado la revolución de lo sencillo. Las ideas sencillas están cambiando el mundo. Una prueba de ello es el diseño del reproductor de música iPod y la discreta página inicial del buscador Google en Internet.

The simple revolution has begun. From the design of the iPod to the uncluttered Google home page, simple ideas are changing the world. Simple Church clearly calls for Christians to return to the simple gospel-sharing methods of Jesus. No bells or whistles required, so to speak.

Based on case studies of four hundred American churches, authors Thom Rainer and Eric Geiger prove that the process for making disciples has quite often become too complex. Simple churches are thriving, and they are doing so by taking these four ideas to heart: Clarity. Movement. Alignment. Focus.

Each idea is examined here, simply showing why it is time to simplify.

Thom S. Rainer, Ph.D., is president and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources, one of the largest Christian resource companies in the world. He has consulted with more than five hundred churches, served as pastor in four churches and interim pastor in seven churches, spoken in hundreds of venues, and authored seventeen previous books. Rainer and his wife, Nellie Jo, have three adult sons and live in Nashville, Tennessee.

Eric Geiger, Ed.D., serves as executive pastor of Christ Fellowship, a large and growing multicultural church comprised of more than seventy nationalities near Miami, Florida. He has also worked with churches in Ohio, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Geiger and his wife, Kaye, live in Florida.