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*** Best Theology Book of 2024!
Improvising Church:
Scripture as the Source of Harmony, Rhythm, and Soul
Mark Glanville
Paperback: IVP Academic, 2024
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Mark Glanville has a deep understanding of the challenges that churches face today, and deeply hopeful vision of what the church could be. Improvising Church draws upon his experience as a jazz pianist to create rich metaphors for how churches can be as creative and nimble as a jazz musician. This is an important book for all church leaders to read!
- ERB Editor C. Christopher Smith
“Improvising Church is a harmony of scriptural insight and pastoral wisdom, soulfully explored. Drawing from the metaphors of jazz, Glanville calls Western churches in post-Christian contexts to embrace an improvisational journey shaped by the biblical narrative and the perception of artists within incarnational community that loves their place and its people. Like a musician in sync with our contextual rhythm, Glanville urges us to embrace our interconnectedness with creation, tying that to the need to confront the legacies of colonialism with courageous solidarity. This book resonates deeply, hits all the right notes, and will inspire you to embrace a new, transformative song to improvise with for our twenty-first-century witness.”
- Drew G. I. Hart, associate professor at Messiah University
and author of Who Will Be a Witness?
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