We have journeyed a mere eight years into the third millennium, and the church is facing a profound crisis of relevance. Do we have anything to offer a creation that is groaning in travail? Tom Sine speaks to this crisis when he asks the question, “Does the future have a church?” “The New Conspirators” is his hope-filled answer. Tom offers convincing evidence that, yes, the future does indeed have a church. It just doesn’t look the same as it used to.
The church of the third millennium is not a church of “bricks and mortar.” It is a church of “poets, monks, clowns, prophets and other conspirators” who are sowing seeds of redemptive compassion throughout the world. These “small, small seeds” are sprouting, growing, and bringing new life and new hope to our groaning world.
In these pages, Tom Sine has assembled a compelling collection of stories of people of faith who are living out the good news of the kingdom of God in their lives. Through their stories, he reminds us that God really does love this world, and more importantly, God is fully invested in redeeming it. These new conspirators of hope are the evidence that God is indeed at work in the world, and Tom Sine invites us to become a part of this divine movement.
This book is particularly good news for those whose souls are aching under the weight of the shallow, trivial, and mundane. It is a book for those who are hungering and thirsting for something of substance in the unsatisfying realm of virtual reality. It is a book for those who want to spend their lives on something that will endure the test of time.
Scott Smith Indiana, USA