The Bikeable Church: A Bicyclist's Guide to Church Planting (Metrospiritual Book Series) - Softcover

Benesh, Sean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0692495541 ISBN 13: 9780692495544

Publisher: Urban Loft Publishers, 2015

Synopsis

The Bikeable Church: A Bicyclist's Guide to Church Planting is an off-the-cuff look and exploration into the bicycling world in Portland. More than that, it pokes and prods church planting in the urban petri dish to discover what it'd be like to plant pedal-powered churches. Chalked full of stories, antics, and slightly questionable research, The Bikeable Church spins forward the church planting revolution in light of the changing transportation infrastructure in cities like Portland, and asks whether we can truly start churches where the primary vehicle of use is the bicycle. This book is for the everyday bicyclist and ordinary church planter. You'll be happy to hear that no spandex was worn for the writing of this book.

About this title

About the Author

Sean Benesh (DMin, Bakke Graduate University) lives in Portland, Oregon where he is the Developer of Urban Strategy and Training for TEAM and directs the PDX Loft, a church planting and urban immersion training center for the Upstream Collective. He is the author of several other books including The Urbanity of the Bible, Blueprints for a Just City, and View From the Urban Loft.

From the Back Cover

"Since Sunday at 10:00 am might be the most auto-centric time in America, The Bikeable Church presents an ecclesial vision that could only be imagined in Portland. Benesh reflects on his immersion in Portlandia's bike culture with the eye of a missiologist and urban planner. Although many U.S. cities are less bikeable, Benesh's call for churches to give attention to the intersection of transportation infrastructure, proximity, and culture is timely and transferrable across North America's urban landscape."

-- Scott Hagley, PhD, Assistant Professor of Missiology, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

"Bicycles are a growing feature of many urban transportation landscapes. But how might the church relate to the bicycle lifestyle and mindset? In The Bikeable Church, Sean Benesh applies his missiological instincts and insights to answering this question in ways that only a bike enthusiast can!"

-- Craig Ott, PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, co-author of Global Church Planting

Edition details

• Publisher: Urban Loft Publishers
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0692495541
• ISBN 13: 9780692495544
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 142