Books by Jeremy Myers

Close Your Church for Good is a book for churches that want to reach their community with love and service, but feel stuck in the tradition of their current service and program structure. They want to reach others for Jesus, but just don't know how.Within these pages are concrete, hard-hitting, and risky suggestions for how your church can love your community with nothing more than what you have in your church right now. You don't need to raise funds, hire a new pastor, or attend another conference.This book challenges you to stop being just another church, and start being a missional community of people who move with power and conviction into the world with the love and grace of Jesus Christ.This volume contains revised and reworked versions of the following six books by Jeremy Myers: Skeleton Church The Death and Resurrection of the Church Put Service Back into the Church Service Dying to Religion and Empire Church is More than Bodies, Bucks, and Bricks Cruciform Pastoral Leadership

Do you want to be the church?How can you, if you don't know what the church actually is?Only after you understand what the church is can you begin to properly live and function as God's church in this world.Thankfully, Skeleton Church simply and easily defines "church" for you, so that you can embark on the thrilling adventure of being the church and following Jesus wherever He leads.By reading this book, you will also discover answers the most basic questions all humans have about their own existence and identity. Understanding church is the first step to understanding everything!In Skeleton Church, Jeremy Myers provides a bare-bones basic definition of the church which then allows the reader to understand their role within human history and God's plan for the world.Furthermore, the basic definition of the church provided in this book helps create peace and unity within all types of churches around the world and throughout history. By understanding the biblical definition of church, we can fulfill the prayer of Jesus that we be one (John 17:21). Let us return to the skeleton church and grow in unity once again.And don't worry. This book does not push or emphasize any one denomination or style of church. The ideas in this book apply equally to mega-churches and house-churches, as well as to Episcopal and non-denominational churches (and everything in-between.Read this book today to begin functioning as God's people in this world.

Churches around the world are trying to revitalize their church services. There is almost nothing they will not try. Some embark on multi-million dollar building campaigns while others sell their buildings to plant home churches. Some hire celebrity pastors to attract crowds of people, while others hire no clergy so that there can be open sharing in the service. Yet despite everything churches have tried, few focus much time, money, or energy on the one thing that churches are supposed to be doing: loving and serving others like Jesus. Put Service Back into the Church Service challenges readers to follow a few simple principles and put a few ideas into practice which will help churches of all types and sizes make serving others the primary emphasis of a church service. This revised and updated book now includes discussion questions, perfect for a small group setting. Books in the "Close Your Church for Good" series: Preface: Skeleton Church Volume 1: The Death and Resurrection of the Church Volume 2: Put Service Back into the Church Service Volume 3: Dying to Religion and Empire Volume 4: Church is More than Bodies, Bucks, & Bricks Volume 5: Cruciform Pastoral Leadership

Can Christianity exist without religious rites or legal rights?Are baptism and communion required for the church to exist?What about the freedom of religion and the right to assemble?Building on what he has written in other volumes of the "Close Your Church for Good" series, Jeremy Myers argues that our traditions of baptism and the Lord's Supper, and our dependence on the legal rights from the government, have actually hindered the growth and development of the church.Dying to Religion and Empire is a call to leave behind the comfortable religion we know and follow Jesus into the uncertain and wild ways of radical discipleship. To rise and live in the reality of God's Kingdom, we must first die to religion and empire.This revised and updated book now includes discussion questions, perfect for a small group setting. Books in the "Close Your Church for Good" series:Preface: Skeleton ChurchVolume 1: The Death and Resurrection of the ChurchVolume 2: Put Service Back into the Church ServiceVolume 3: Dying to Religion and EmpireVolume 4: Church is More than Bodies, Bucks, & BricksVolume 5: Cruciform Pastoral Leadership