Church Shouldn't Suck the Life Out of You

Using humor and frank honesty, Pastor Jim Minor describes how his own street outreach organization transformed from a vibrant, God-infused ministry into a conventional, “safe” church that almost sucked all the passion for ministry right out of him. Then, Jim explains how he got his passion back again.
Who is this book for?

• Pastors and ministry leaders who have lost their focus and have grown to resent the ministries to which they have been called
• Those in the pews who have lost the spark of their passion for God and find themselves merely going through the motions and “playing church”
• Non-churchgoers who stay away because they don’t want any part of a dry, lifeless religion that doesn’t make any difference in the world

If you identify with any of those categories, this book is for you!
Let Jim Minor cast a vision for what church can be. Discover that it’s possible to venture beyond the church walls, to interact with the lost and hurting, and to watch God do miracles in people’s lives. And in the process, church might even become fun and fulfilling once again.

Jim Minor has been preaching and teaching the good news of the kingdom for more than forty years. He is currently the senior pastor of The Harvest Church in Sarasota, Florida, which he planted with his wife, Peggy, in 1984. The church is an integrated congregation that has blessed tens of thousands of people with its outreach. The ministry includes Free Indeed Food Bank and Acts 5th Ave., sources of food and clothing for the needy. The Minors also founded Harvest House Transitional Centers, residential, faith-based, drug and alcohol treatment centers for men and women. These homes have been instrumental in leading thousands to Christ.
Jim and Peggy have five grown children and seven grandchildren, all of whom are serving the Lord with their parents in Sarasota.