{"product_id":"from-pews-to-people-reimagining-the-church-for-community-transformation","title":"From Pews to People: Reimagining the Church for Community Transformation","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\"\u003e\n \u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n   \u003cspan\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003e\n   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFrom Pews to People\u003c\/span\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat if the Church was never meant to be attended, but lived?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn a world where people are working harder than ever yet still feeling stretched thin, disconnected, and alone, faith has often been reduced to something observed rather than embodied. Community is discussed, generosity is encouraged, but shared life rarely carries the weight it was meant to.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFrom Pews to People\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an invitation to return to something older and more human.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrawing from Scripture, lived experience, and practical wisdom, Roni Leah and Charles Rogers explore the original meaning of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eekklesia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — not a building or an institution, but a people called together to share responsibility, care for one another, and live faith in everyday life. This book challenges the idea that faith belongs only in a service or a structure and reclaims it as a way of living that touches finances, relationships, healing, and community.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRather than offering critique or condemnation, this book offers clarity. It gently dismantles the myth of radical independence and replaces it with a vision of shared life where burdens are carried together, resources circulate with purpose, and dignity is preserved for everyone involved.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInside, you will discover:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy isolation is not a personal failure, but a structural one\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow the Acts 2 Church functioned as a sustainable model, not an unattainable ideal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy blessing was always meant to circulate rather than stagnate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow modern tools, including nonprofits, can support ancient, people-centered design\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat it truly means to become the Church through shared responsibility\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n     \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n   \u003c\/ul\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eall people\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, regardless of background or belief, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFrom Pews to People\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e does not ask readers to abandon churches, traditions, or structure. It invites them to rediscover where faith truly lives — in shared meals, mutual care, practical generosity, and everyday presence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is not a program.\n     \u003cbr\u003eIt is not a platform.\n     \u003cbr\u003eIt is a way of life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n   \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf you have ever felt that faith should mean more than attendance, that community should carry real substance, or that life was never meant to be carried alone — this book will help you see what is possible when people choose to live as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eekklesia \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eagain.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Verity House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42390782115925,"sku":null,"price":5.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0639\/1883\/3749\/files\/81NImuxejaL._SL1500.jpg?v=1775837915","url":"https:\/\/verityhouse.us\/products\/from-pews-to-people-reimagining-the-church-for-community-transformation","provider":"Verity House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}