{"product_id":"a-fellowship-of-differents-showing-the-world-gods-design-for-life-together-9780310531470","title":"A Fellowship of Differents: Showing the World God's Design for Life Together","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this compelling book about diversity and community, McKnight shares his personal experiences and his study of the Apostle Paul to answer this significant question: \u003cem\u003eWhat is the church supposed to be?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLocal churches matter far more than we often know because they determine what Christian life looks like for you. The church McKnight grew up in was a fellowship of sames and likes. Mostly white, same beliefs about everything, same tastes in music and worship and sermons and lifestyle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the church God designed, says McKnight, is meant to be a fellowship of di­fference and di­fferents. A mixture of people from all across the map and spectrum: men and women, rich and poor, black and white, and everything in between.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Fellowship of Differents\u003c\/em\u003e explores the church as God's world-changing social experiment of bringing unlikes and differents to the table to share life with one another as a new kind of family, showing the world what love, justice, peace, reconciliation, and life together is designed by God to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcKnight, Scot:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eScot McKnight (PhD, Nottingham) is the Julius R. Mantey Professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary in Lisle, Illinois. He is the author of more than fifty books, including the award-winning \u003cem\u003eThe Jesus Creed\u003c\/em\u003e as well as \u003cem\u003eThe King Jesus Gospel\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA Fellowship of Differents\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOne.Life\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Blue Parakeet\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eKingdom Conspiracy\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zondervan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50917553373458,"sku":"9780310531470","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_904a3a72-d5eb-44ff-b3f7-97432f6aeaa6.jpg?v=1738867985","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-fellowship-of-differents-showing-the-world-gods-design-for-life-together-9780310531470","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}