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Seeker Churches

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America’s religious landscape is in flux. New churches are springing up and many older churches are redefining themselves to survive. At the forefront of this denominational free-for-all are evangelical “seeker” churches.

These churches target “seekers”—individuals of any faith or denominational background who seek spiritual fulfillment but are not currently affiliated with any specific church. By focusing on this largely untapped group, seeker churches have become one of the fastest-growing religious movements in the country. In his study, Kimon Sargeant provides a sociological context for the rise of these churches by exploring the rituals, messages, strategies, and denominational functions of this emerging ... Read more

Sargeant focuses on the success of the Willow Creek Association, the seeker church association started by the Willow Creek Community Church near Chicago.  With over 5,000 member churches, the seven-year old association has already outdistanced 90 percent of American denominations and is the leader of the seeker church movement.  Through eyewitness accounts and careful research, Sargeant reveals the “seeker” movement to be a “reformation” of American Protestantism. Show Less

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813527871
SKU
V9780813527871
Shipping Time
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About Kimon Howland Sargeant
KIMON HOWLAND SARGEANT is a program associate in religion at The Pew Charitable Trusts.

Reviews for Seeker Churches
In the last two decades, thousands of churches across the U.S. have combined traditional evangelical theology with innovative marketing principles to respond to the contemporary cultural environment. . . . Sargeant provides a sociological mapping of the seeker church movement. He focuses on Willow Creek Community church (a widely recognized suburban Chicago congregation) and the over 5,000 churches that form ... Read more

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