The Living Church
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December 17, 2007
John Stott has just published a new book on the ministry of the church, called The Living Church: Convictions of a Lifelong Pastor. The structure of the book flows from Stott's exposition of Acts 2 and his admiration for the early church. As the pastor of a church that is considering a capital campaign, I am especially interested to see that Stott devotes one entire chapter to giving as an essential grace of a gospel-centered church.