“Who Stole My Church” – A review

Gordon McDonald, who turns seventy this year has written a great book with the full title of, Who Stole My Church?: What to Do When the Church You Love Tries to Enter the 21st Century.

This book follows the conversations in a fictional church in which Gordon and his wife Gail represent the only "real" people in the story. Forming a "Discovery Group" these church members address some of the issues facing a church as it tries to move into the contemporary world in which we live today.

I'm not sure who else could have written this book. Gordon, as a respected pastor, and slightly older gentlemen, is in a wonderful position to be able to address the concerns of an older generation in a way in which a younger person would be unable to. The characters in the story are well written and don't serve simply as straw figures for Gordon to make his point. Indeed Gordon deals thoughtfully and carefully with the full range of personalities that can be found in the church including one who decides to leave. …