Blog Tour: "Turning Controversy into Church Ministry" by W.P. Campbell
W.P. Campbell . Turning Controversy Into Church Ministry: A Christlike Response to Homosexuality. Zondervan, 2010. 240pgs. Another blog tour sponsored by http://engagingchurchblog.com/ . Thank you for allowing me to be a part of this. I have to say that when the option to sign up to review this book arrived I was intrigued. Read that title a couple of times; doesn't it sound interesting? As a pastor how could I not want to turn controversy into church ministry? So, I signed up with two hopes: that this book would offer helpful insight into the issue of homosexuality and into some more general applications for dealing with controversies in the broader sense. Were my hopes met, or dashed against the rocks? Read on to find out! Campbell has divided this book into three parts. In part one he invites the reader to analyze the current position and situation of his own church with three chapters focusing on three questions: Where do you stand in te...