The Kingdom Focused Church: A Compelling Image of an Achievable Future for Your Church

Great book with unique insight. Recommended read for pastors and lay leadership if you are looking for principles to involve all members and to reach the unchurched.

I personally loved the book. I had just recently preached a message about "The Kingdom of God" and decided to explore a little more in other writings about the topic. I did not have a problem with the fact that Mims spent much of the book exploring what the Kingdom of God means, like one of the other reviewers complained about. It is a highly neglected teaching in the Church today. Mims says in his book that Jesus is quoted in the gospels as using the words Kingdom of God or Kingdom of Heaven around 90 times and yet He is only quoted as using the word Church twice. I appreciated his explanation of the neglected term. My understanding of what Mims believes is that the Kingdom of God means the will of God being done on earth, through our lives and through our Church. I really believe his ideas of a Kingdom Church are very biblical and very needed today. I totally agree with Mims thoughts that Churches today are trying to grow their Churches through means that are not biblical and not God-directed. He complains about the quantity of conferences about How to Build Your Churches that are nothing but someone else's success method that we try to adapt to our Church. I would recommend this book to every Pastor who cares about being a Biblical Church, and building a Church God's way instead of by man's methods. I also recommend it to every Church leader in the Church. Im looking forward to reading his other book about the 5 Churches not in the book of Revelation.