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About the Author
DUSTIN WILLIS has served as a marketing consultant, organizational executive, and pastor over the last 17 years, working with small businesses, local churches and some of the largest faith-based nonprofits in North America. He is the author of Life in Community and the co-author of Life on Mission and The Simplest Way to Change the World. Dustin and his wife Renie have two children and are daily seeking to live on mission just outside of Atlanta, GA.
BRANDON CLEMENTS is pastor at Midtown Fellowship in Columbia, South Carolina. He has been married to his college sweetheart, Kristi, for nine years and they have three children: Sully, Jeremiah, and Isla. Brandon currently blogs at www.DearBibleBelt.com and has previously published a novel, Every Bush is Burning.
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How to make disciples using hospitality
Deep down, every Christian wants to make a difference. But for many of us, the years come and go and we never do. The good news is: change can be as simple as opening your front door.
The Simplest Way to Change the World is about biblical hospitality and its power for the gospel. Since people will sooner enter a living room than a church, hospitality is a natural and effective way to build relationships for Christ. You’ll learn: How the home can be a hub for community How hospitality leads to joy, purpose, and belonging How it grows families to love the things of God How it’s not about being the perfect host How to be hospitable regardless of your living space
Hospitality is a beautiful legacy of the church, and a great way to make disciples. As you open your life up to others, you share in the very character of God and experience His joy. And you get to witness lives change—including your own.
Includes 20+ creative ideas for hospitality, plus questions for small groups
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Praise for The Simplest Way to Change the World
“Biblical hospitality is not complicated, but it is hard. It is also unfortunately absent from much of our missional conversation. We tend to drift toward a subtle idolatry of our homes, forgetting God’s great hospitality toward us and undermining one of the greatest tools we have in our gospel mission. This book is immensely helpful in unpacking the astounding realities that fuel our hospitality while giving practical application for ordinary believers to engage in the radical, everyday ministry Jesus has entrusted to us.”
— Kevin Peck | Author of Designed to Lead; Lead pastor of The Austin Stone Community Church, Austin, TX
“We’re living in this bizarre polarity of unprecedented connectedness and unprecedented isolation. If you have small groups at your church, you should encourage them to use The Simplest Way to Change the World. Dustin and Brandon have set the table for conversation all our churches should be having.”
— Clay Scroggins | Pastor, Northpoint Community Church, Atlanta, GA
“Every moment in life, from the exhilarating to the mundane, is an opportunity to remain living on mission for the glory of God. Willis and Clements offer the body of Christ the much-needed reminder of how it’s the day in and day out faithful witness of the church that changes the world. What a simple yet profound concept!”
— D.A. Horton | Author of Bound to Be Free; Pastor of Reach Fellowship, Long Beach, CA; Chief evangelist for the Urban Youth Workers Institute
“Whether we live in an apartment or high-rise, whether we’re single or married, young or old, we all have at our disposal a simple way to display who God is and how He loves: our tables. I believe hospitality is the way we will impact, engage, and influence our communities in the days ahead, and Dustin and Brandon have provided a helpful guide. I’m grateful for this book.”
— Christine Hoover | Author of The Church Planting Wife and Messy Beautiful Friendship
“Hospitality is a requirement for anyone who wants to be an elder. In this book, Dustin and Brandon unpack exactly why. But unlike a TV stunt, Jesus says, “Please try th
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