Deliberate Simplicity
David Browning
Zondervan, 2009, 250 pp., $16.99, www.zondervan.com
In an attempt to recapture the power of first-century Christianity, Deliberate Simplicity offers a “new equation” to developing simple churches that make a big impact in our world.
The backbone of this resource is the author’s own experience of developing a multi-campus, mini-church movement that ministers to thousands of people with a simple approach. Rest assured the author has lived out his convictions on the topic of simplicity and offers numerous success stories of simplicity being practiced in the business world.
However, the overemphasis on a single church’s experience along with the lack of practical application hinders the book’s effectiveness and appeal to a wider audience. Don’t expect to walk away with a list of goals and action steps, but Deliberate Simplicity serves as a great introduction to pastors living in the tension between the complicated and simple church paradigms.
