want an "outsider's view"?

I just finished a thought-provoking book entitled Jim and Casper Go to Church. Jim Henderson, a pastor from Seattle, and Matt Casper, an atheist from California, form a friendship as they visit 12 churches together in order to get Casper's critique and write a book together.

They head off to Willow Creek, Mosaic, The Dream Center, the Potter's House, Lakewood, Imago Dei, Mars Hill Seattle, Saddleback, The Bridge, a house church of a friend, First Presbyterian in a Chicago suburb, and Lawndale. The conversation is intriguing, and it's worth reading for church leaders who wish to reflect on how effective their way of "doing church" is in making disciples who follow Christ's teachings in this world.