Frankviola.org Website Review

Official Blog of Author & Speaker Frank Viola. Digging below the surface and moving beyond the shallows in todays Christianity. Once you subscribe, you’ll get my weekly UNFILTERED articles which are emailed every THURSDAY. You’ll also receive these two books as gifts as well as my NEXT REFORMATION audio seminar. When the book first hit shelves, some described it as “a bomb dropped on the institutional church playground.” Soon afterward, a storm hit with biblical fury. The book was venerated and vilified, honored and hammered, loved and loathed. And of course, profoundly misrepresented by those threatened by its unconventional message. practice of church is radically different from what we find in the New Testament. The book tells the story of how “church” morphed into Several years ago, Michael Hyatt (former CEO of Thomas Nelson) responded to a rumor on his blog. In the post, Michael wrote, There is absolutely no truth to it … If you hear this rumor, I would be grateful if you would help me short-circuit it. You can tell ’em I recall when this rumor was circulating and was saddened (and surprised) at how many Christians believed it without going straight For those of you who don’t know who I am, for over 30 years I’ve been involved in church planting, shepherding the Lord’s people, and training leaders internationally. I’m the author of over 12 published books, 8 of them bestsellers, In all my years of working with fellow teachers, pastors, speakers, authors, and bloggers, I’ve come to the conclusion that most Christian leaders today are plagued with one of two kinds of ministry orientations. The root of these orientations is similar, but they express themselves differently. If you don’t read this entire article, I’m fairly certain you fit into one of these two ministry orientations. Skimming then bolting is another characteristic of each one. Reading this to the very end could change your life. Sadly, the world often blazes past the Christian community, leaving it to cough up dust.