Books | Wake Up Dead Man
Author Biography
Matt Stephens is a business and life coach based in York. He is Associate Director of Global, an organisation that works across York.
Publication Date
January 2008
Blurb
"Is anyone else feeling extremely embarrassed at what we have done with God's church? Come on now, be honest with ourselves - there's hope if we are honest. WE have made Him the laughing stock of the nation."
Church attendance is on the decline and the local church's impact on the world is neglible. Too many churches are doing church for church's sake with little or no impact in their communities. If trends continue, the local church in Britain could be a thing of the past.
But this is not just another book bemoaning the state of the church in Britain: 'Wake Up, Dead Man' is a rallying call for churches to once again become relevant and credible for our time. Matt Stephens offers an exciting vision of what the church can become again and the book is crammed full of useful hints, tips, strategies and challenges that can revolutionise your world and your church.
First chapter
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Reviews
"It is a good read... This book should come with a health warning: you may not agree with everything in it but you cannot ignore its direction of travel."
- The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu
" "Jesus, Jesus help me, I'm alone in this world, and a f*cked-up world it is too..."
Quoting U2, Matt Stephens begins his book about the state of the church in the West with righteous anger, and doesn't let up. In a post-Dawkins world, 'Wake Up Dead Man' delivers an interesting riposte: rather than refute a God Delusion, Stephens instead worries about how the church in the West has managed to misrepresent God so badly.
But this isn't another book just attacking the church... instead, there's genuine hope in the pages, with Stephens spelling out ways in which the church can once again become relevant and credible for today's society, providing a plan to actually 'Wake Up' the 'Dead Man.' The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, agrees on its cover, "this book should come with a health warning. You may not agree with everything in it, but you cannot ignore its direction of travel."
The book is deceptively simple to read with the author pulling out key phrases and peppering his pages with striking visual flair. As far as I can tell, the book is unique in the marketplace with its mix of business acumen, self-help doctrine and Biblical principles challenging the reader to make changes in their lives in order to achieve great things. Over the next few months, we'll be seeing this referred to as a book that every Christian should read... and, for once, it'll be true."
- The Bookseller
"MEMBERS of Britain's churches have made God "the laughing stock of the nation" with their petty squabbles and ivory towers.
This is the view of York-based business coach Matt Stephens who is also the associate director of Global, one of the fastest growing churches in Britain.
He argues in his timely book, Wake Up Dead Man, that church attendance is on the decline and too many churches are doing church for church's sake with little or no impact on their communities.
If trends continue, he warns, the local church in Britain could be a thing of the past.
But this is not yet another book bemoaning the state of the church in Britain. Rather, it is a rallying call for churches to become relevant and credible in the 21st century.
The Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu has described it as a book that should come with a health warning: "You may not agree with everything in it but you cannot ignore its direction of travel."
Certainly, Stephens offers an exciting vision of what the church can become again by offering useful tips and strategies designed to revolutionise how congregations can pool their skills and resources to improve life in the communities they serve."
- The Press
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