Church Uncorked

Very readable, fresh and refreshing, thought-provoking, challenging, provocative, wide-ranging, extensively researched, rightly disturbing! The authors are right to challenge the institutional church model as all too often the organisation has become static and ceased to be a dynamic organism. They present the model of the person-centred church in persuasive and practical terms with real-life examples. Their challenge is relevant and will not just go away.

Church Uncorked is a thought-provoking call to action for anyone in church leadership who wants less stress and more impact!

I wholeheartedly recommend that you read this book. It is well-written, earthed in personal experience, informed by living faith and motivated by love for people. It refreshes with quirky humour, personal stories kindly told, candour, grace and loads of help to think differently and to do creatively. It aims to help you to release the treasure of the people God has put around you so that our communities are "uncorked" to let God's Life flow everywhere to everyone.

Church Uncorked offers us a very real opportunity to "think again". Catherine and Sean bring fresh perspective to re-imagining church life and a very real hope of engaging "Christ followers" who, to quote their words, "felt they had nothing to offer, or had been discounted and written off, coming to life, finding new confidence and purpose".

As I read this hugely engaging book I began to understand why and how a change in the traditional church leadership model and approach could radically impact the twenty-first-century church. This offers a transformational leadership approach that can engage all walks of life and communities.

I enjoyed this book immensely. It is a great combination of biblical context, personal examples and theoretical frameworks all seamlessly combined into an easy and informative read. The book challenges all Christians in a thought-provoking and constructive manner.

This is easy to read and honest (with delightful touches of humour) putting into words issues you may have been aware of at some level but not yet brought to the surface. The authors have done a huge amount of research, talking to countless church attenders and church leaders and drawing examples, so you can feel confident in their conclusions.

Lots of books outline the problems of current church leadership. Here is one that provides an answer. More a manual than a manifesto, Church Uncorked will help any leader wanting to develop peoples' God-given potential in ways that are honest and genuine.

Catherine Cowell and Sean Kennedy write persuasively about their enthusiastic belief in person-centred churches what they look like, how they work and how to lead and manage them. In their view, "releasing people and getting them motivated is the holy grail of Christian leadership", and their book contains a generous bag of ideas, stories and resources for the task.

I highly recommend Church Uncorked as a great read for busy church leaders. It is all communicated in a fresh, humorous and easy-to-read style with plenty of interesting examples and anecdotes. The authors strongly argue their case for a bottom-up and person-centred model of church.