Why Would Anyone Go to Church?

This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader.
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I'm sort of torn about this one. So bear with me. Let's start with the book blurb:

A young community discovers why, despite everything, church still matters

There are plenty of reasons to criticize, judge, and even walk away from the church. When Kevin was twenty-three and didn't know any better, he started a congregation with some friends who were on the edge of faith. Together they hoped to discover whether the church was worth fighting for. In this brutally honest account, he shares their story of becoming a community of misfits, outcasts, and oddballs who would learn that, even with all its faults, the church is worth being a part of . . . and must be reclaimed for good.

If you've been burned or burned out by the church, if you've been silenced or misunderstood, if you've left or never even joined in the first place, this candid, hopeful book is your invitation to consider what you miss out on when you give up on church—and what the church misses out on when it gives up on you.

Why Would Anyone Go to Church?

A Young Community's Quest to Reclaim Church for Good

* I do think it's unnecessarily combative—also unproven—to say that the Church is in need of any such reclamation. But that's for another day.

Disclaimer: I received this eARC from Baker Books via NetGalley in exchange for this post—thanks to both for this.