Unfinished Business: Returning the Ministry to the People of God

The Reformation restored the Scriptures to the point the people, but the job was only halfway finished. Today the church is awakening to the truth that ministry is not just the domain of clergy, but belongs to the entire body of Christ. God is moving her to complete her unfinished business of placing the ministry back in the hands of the people.

Unfinished Business has played a pivotal part in helping the church reclaim ministry at the grassroots level.  First published in 1990 as The New Reformation, it has become a classic resource for church life. Expanding on and updating the original material with fresh examples and references to eight key movements, this new edition lays foundations for the church to move from:

• passive to active
• clergy to people of God
• maintenance to mission
• teacher/caregiver to equipping enabler

Pointing us back to the church as an organism, not and institution, author Greg Odgen shows how each of us is called to help finish the Reformation's unfinished business: expressing the priesthood of every believer practically in the church, the world, and all avenues of life.