One of my classmates in my DMin work is Dan Kimball. I really like Dan and his many of his views on things; He is also incredibly creative and funny.
Dan has written a new book, entitled, They Like Jesus but Not the Church. It has just been released, and it’s on order from the big river (Amazon). I can’t wait to read it AFTER I get my work done for my DMin (yeah, right!). Anyway, check it. I hear it offers some great insights that we need to explore.
Dan says about the book:
It will be interesting to see the response to They Like Jesus but not the Church, as I imagine some church leaders won’t be too happy about how people view the church or how I agree with a lot that is said about the church. I don’t blame them for how many outside the church see us. But there is great hope, if we only realize that we have not been to Jesus-like in many situations or realize how we hide in the Christian bubble and get so entrenched in the strange sub-culture that most people don’t get to meet us and build trust in us.
Zondervan’s blurb on it states:
This is a ministry resource book exploring six of the most common objects and misunderstandings emerging generations have about the church and Christianity. The objections come from conversations and interviews the church has had with unchurched twenty and thirty-somethings at coffee houses. Each chapter raises the objection using a conversational approach, provides the biblical answers to that objection, gives examples of how churches are addressing this objection, and concludes with follow-through projection suggestions, discussion questions, and resource listings.
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David is an entrepreneur, pastor, coach, and author. He has his doctorate from George Fox Seminary where he studied under Len Sweet, his M.Div. from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and has done post graduate work in communications from the University of Alabama and the University of South Florida. He lives with his wife Brenna Phillips in Smyrna, DE. 
