Barefoot Church: Serving the Least in a Consumer Culture by Brandon Hatmaker

When I finished up my book review last year, I was half-way through this book. I could barely stand NOT to share it with you for a whole year, so if this seems like something I've already shared, please bear with me. 

Here's the skinny on Barefoot Church... 

"According to the prophet Isaiah, our worship is somehow validated by how we treat the poor & oppressed. According to Jesus, so is our faith. People around the world are seeking a community that focuses more on others than on themselves. Yet most don't know where to start.

Barefoot Church shows us how today's church can be a catalyst for individual, collective, and social renewal in any context. Drawing from his own journey, Brandon Hatmaker reminds us that serving the least is not a trendy act of benevolence but a lifestyle of authentic community and spiritual transformation." -P. 4 of book cover.

Weather you are a leader or a layperson, this book gives thoughtful consideration to how we in America 'do church'.

Most of you know that this is where my heart truly is & while I know that only the Holy Spirit can convict the heart, I am also very much aware of the platform I have as a pastor's wife. It is my hope that God would continue to open our eyes more & more to the needs of our community & that we would see it as the church's responsibility to lead the charge! 


“While we’ve been charged to ‘equip the saints’ for works of service, the brutal truth is most of us have reduced our expectations of ‘serving’ to a once-a-month tour of duty as an usher or greeter. We’ve settled for serving ourselves and serving as an event rather than serving those in need and living a new way of life that Jesus has called us to…Here’s something to consider: we may say we’re a church on mission, yet we have so many on-campus programs that our people never have time to live on mission in their neighborhoods. We may say we’re more than just a Sunday service, but 90 percent of our resources and efforts are either committed to the Sunday morning experience or events designed to draw people to our building. We may think we serve, but if we took an honest look, we’d find only a small percentage of our people actually serving outside the church.” -Brandon Hatmaker, Barefoot Church

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