Center Church, Timothy Keller
Center Church, Timothy Keller
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Center Church
Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City

Author: Timothy Keller

Narrator: Tom Parks

Unabridged: 22 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 09/04/2012


Synopsis

Practical and Gospel-centered thoughts on how to have a fruitful ministry by one of America's leading and most beloved pastor.Many church leaders are struggling to adapt to a culture that values individuality above loyalty to a group or institution. There have been so many "church growth" and "effective ministry" books in the past few decades that it's hard to know where to start or which ones will provide useful and honest insight.Based on over twenty years of ministry in New York City, Timothy Keller takes a unique approach that measures a ministry's success neither by numbers nor purely by the faithfulness of its leaders, but on the biblical grounds of fruitfulness.Center Church outlines a balanced theological vision for ministry organized around three core commitments:Gospel-centered: The gospel of grace in Jesus Christ changes everything, from our hearts to our community to the world. It completely reshapes the content, tone, and strategy of all that we do.City-centered: With a positive approach toward our culture, we learn to affirm that cities are wonderful, strategic, and under-served places for gospel ministry.Movement-centered: Instead of building our own tribe, we seek the prosperity and peace of our community as we are led by the Holy Spirit. "Between a pastor's doctrinal beliefs and ministry practices should be a well-conceived vision for how to bring the gospel to bear on the particular cultural setting and historical moment. This is something more practical than just doctrine but much more theological than "how-to steps" for carrying out a ministry. Once this vision is in place, it leads church leaders to make good decisions on how to worship, disciple, evangelize, serve, and engage culture in their field of ministry—whether in a city, suburb, or small town." — Tim Keller, Core Church

About Timothy Keller

Timothy J. Keller (1950–2023) was the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, cofounder of Redeemer City to City, and the author of numerous books, including The Reason for God, The Prodigal God, and The Meaning of Marriage. His thirty-one books have sold over six million copies and have been translated into twenty-nine languages.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Arturo on March 15, 2022

This is the first section of another book by Keller: Center Church. I love this book because it explains the centrality of the gospel in the church. This book also includes an essay from Michael Horton and Dane Ortlund to comment on specific sections of this content. Horton agrees with Keller while......more

Goodreads review by Kyle "Bapo" on March 06, 2024

I like the relationship Keller has with the Gospel work within the context of any city. I appreciate his openness to hear responses from other theologians/pastors with good insight into his thoughts and experience. This is the first of three book series of Keller's singular work of Center Church. Th......more

Goodreads review by Carson irvine on January 11, 2025

One of the best books I’ve read on communicating and articulating the gospel to yourself, and others; Christian’s and non Christian’s alike. I picked this book up after getting the actual text book of center church. But seeing the essays from Michael and Dane intrigued me enough to get this copy. An......more

Goodreads review by Josh on March 12, 2024

I love Tim Keller, and I love the premise of this book, with the centrality of the gospel permeating all teaching in one's church. His illustrations about the three ways of obedience, to achieve salvation, to scorn grace, and to respond appropriately to grace, is what I know Keller most for. My only......more

Goodreads review by Tom on January 16, 2021

Keller is consistently insightful. I am especially thankful for his three ways of responding to Jesus as irreligious, religious, and gospel (The Prodigal God does this masterfully.) and how we must preach Christ from every Scriptural text (his Preaching book also masterful and helpful). I’m not stee......more