Going Deep

I just finished reading Going Deep by Gordon MacDonald. In this book MacDonald uses a fictions church and congregation to try to explain what it would look like for a church to "go deeper" in their discipleship. His primary focus of the book was to help the reader to understand that the process of discipleship should be the primary focus of every pastor and teacher. It is not about the number of people in the pew it is about the depth of their spirituality.

The first half of the book is MacDonald's conquest in trying to figure out just what this process of "going deeper" would look like in a structure of the church. What kind of programs or structure would be best suited to fulfill the needs of the congregation and help them grow in their relationship with God. In my opinion MacDonald does not necessarily ever give a concert answer on how to accomplish such goals, and never gives any real solid advice on how to grow each person individually, which is what I was hoping for in this book.

Overall I was not satisfied in reading this book. It was not that it was not well written but I just felt lost at times (maybe it is because I did not read his other books) and did not feel that the book was very applicable to any solid growth. Certain chapters seemed wordy and repetitive at time.