The Humble Church: Renewing the Body of Christ

The Humble Church

Renewing the Body of Christ

31.03.2021

In this bold and provocative invitation, Martyn Percy imagines what the post-pandemic Church might look like and sets out what it needs to learn. He argues that the Church needs to stop obsessing about itself—its size, its strategies to shore up decline, its waning public influence—and rediscover how to live as the body of Christ.

As Christ poured out his life for the sake of others, Percy considers ways in which the Church might imitate Christ in practice today. Extolling the virtues of humble service in the community—not because it is an effective way to grow numbers, but because it is faithful to Christ's own example—this book avoids responses of exasperation or wishful thinking. Instead, it sets out an incisive, imaginative vision for the Church's future that is both deeply biblical and christological.