I was excited to receive an advance reading copy of Your Church Is Too Small: Why Unity in Christ’s Mission Is Vital to the Future of the Church by John H. Armstrong from the good folks at Zondervan Academic.  I will be participating in the Your Church is too Small Blog Tour running March 14-20, 2010.  You can learn more about the blog tour here:  LINK.  I’ve included the synopsis found on Zondervan’s product page as well as information from the table of contents below, so you can get a better feel for what to expect in this forthcoming book.

Synopsis

In Your Church Is Too Small, John Armstrong presents a vision of the unity possible for Christians across social, cultural, racial, and denominational lines. When Jesus’ followers seek unity through participation in the kingdom of God and the mission of Christ, they demonstrate God’s character to a watching world.

Table of Contents

past:  the Biblical and Historical Basis for Christian Unity

1.  the road to the future
2.  my journey to catholicity begins
3.  searching for the elusive truth
4.  the Jesus prayer for our unity
5.  our greatest apologetic
6.  Christ the center
7.  the four classical marks of the church

present:  Restoring Unity in the Church Today

8.  how can we restore unity?
9.  the cause of our disunity
10.  sectarianism:  our enemy
11.  thinking rightly about the church
12.  the servant church and the kingdom
13.  what place should we give to tradition

future:  The Missional-Ecumenical Movement

14.  searching for the true church
15.  who is a real christian?
16.  the missional-ecumenical church
17.  a new paradigm
18.  what does the missional-ecumenical paradigm look like?
19.  disturb us, Lord!