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David Fitch

19 May 2017

David Fitch – Faithful Presence and The Discipline of Conversation

by Chris Smith | posted in: Books, Conversation, Theology | 0

I read David Fitch’s excellent new book Faithful Presence: Seven Disciplines That Shape the Church for Mission earlier this year, but haven’t had a chance to write much about it yet.  I have been thinking a lot about it though in relation … Read More

Books, Conversation, David Fitch, Mission, Spiritual Disciplines
27 Jun 2015

David Fitch’s Alternative Criteria for Measuring Church Success

by John Pattison | posted in: Books | 1

The first time I heard about David Fitch was at the Inhabit Conference a few years back. I was talking to a couple of friends in the main lobby of the Seattle School of Theology & Psychology, the seminary where … Read More

David Fitch, Metrics, Slow Church Conference, The Great Giveaway

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About the Authors

CHRIS SMITH and JOHN PATTISON are the coauthors of the award-winning Slow Church: Cultivating Community in the Patient Way of Jesus.

Chris is also the author of Reading for the Common Good: How Books Help Our Churches and Neighborhoods Flourish (IVP, 2016). The editor of the Englewood Review of Books, Chris lives in the Englewood neighborhood of Indianapolis.

John is also the coauthor of Besides the Bible: 100 Books that Have, Should, or Will Create Christian Culture (IVP, 2010). He previously served as Managing Editor of CONSPIRE Magazine and Deputy Editor of the Burnside Writers Collective. He lives in Silverton, Oregon, a rural community 40 miles south of Portland.

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