“Neil Cole is a true trailblazer for today’s church. His story will inspire you and equip you to experience the living Christ in community.” —Jonathan S. Campbell, author of The Way of Jesus   Churches have tried all kinds of ways to attract new and younger members—revised vision statements, hipper worship, contemporary music, livelier sermons, bigger and better auditoriums. But there are still so many people who aren’t being reached, who don’t want to come to church. And the truth is that attendance at church on Sundays does not necessarily transform lives; God’s presence in our hearts is what changes us. Leaders and laypeople everywhere are realizing that they need new and more powerful ways to help them spread God’s Word.   According to international church starter and pastor Neil Cole, if we want to connect with young people and those who are not coming to church, we must go where people congregate. Cole shows readers how to plant the seeds of the Kingdom of God in the places where life happens and where culture is formed—restaurants, bars, coffeehouses, parks, locker rooms, and neighborhoods. Organic Church offers a hands-on guide for demystifying this new model of church and shows the practical aspects of implementing it.  “Neil Cole expertly places a thrilling invitation before us to join probably the most exciting spiritual pilgrimage going on today: the global migration of a church on the way back home. Come and dial in!” —Wolfgang Simson, author of Houses that Change the World

Churches have tried all kinds of ways to attract new and younger members - revised vision statements, hipper worship, contemporary music, livelier sermons, bigger and better auditoriums. But there are still so many people who aren't being reached, who don't want to come to church. And the truth is that attendance at church on Sundays does not necessarily transform lives; God's presence in our hearts is what changes us. Leaders and laypeople everywhere are realizing that they need new and more powerful ways to help them spread God's Word. According to international church starter and pastor Neil Cole, if we want to connect with young people and those who are not coming to church, we must go where people congregate. Cole shows readers how to plant the seeds of the Kingdom of God in the places where life happens and where culture is formed - restaurants, bars, coffeehouses, parks, locker rooms,and neighborhoods. Organic Church offers a hands-on guide for demystifying this new model of church and shows the practical aspects of implementing it.

About Leadership Network xiForeword xiiiPreface xviiIntroduction xxiPart One: Roots of the Organic Church 11. Ride Out with Me! 32. Awakening to a New Kind of Church 173. The Zombie Bride Lives! 314. A Dangerous Question 47Part Two: The Organic Nature of the Kingdom of God 595. Kingdom 101: You Reap What You Sow . . . and You Eat What You Reap 616. An Enchanted Kingdom with Magic Seeds, Fast-Growing Trees, and a Beautiful Bride to Rescue 837. We All Began as Zygotes 91Part Three: From the Microscope to the Telescope 1078. Mapping the DNA of Christ's Body 1099. Epidemic Expansion Starts in the Genes 123Part Four: The Epidemic Kingdom and How It Spreads 14110. It Takes Guts to Care for People 14311. Me and Osama are Close 15912. The How-To of Spreading the Epidemic 171Part Five: The Call to Organic Church 19313. Falling with Style 19514. Tales That Really Mattered 207Notes 219Acknowledgments 225About the Author 227Subject Index 229Scriptural Index 235