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Scot McKnight and Laura Barringer, authors of the popular 2020 book, 'A Church Called Tov,' talk to us about their follow up book, 'PIVOT'. They answer questions about how congregations can tell if toxic traces taint their cultures, what it takes to "detox" a church, and practical steps congregations can take to start the process of culture change.
Link to PIVOT: The Priorities, Practices, and Powers That Can Transform Your Church Into a Tov Culture, by Scot McKnight and Laura Barringer

Link to A Church Called Tov: Forming a Goodness Culture That Resists Abuses of Power and Promotes Healing, by Scot McKnight ad Laura Barringer

Link to Renovation of the Church: What Happens When a Seeker Church Discovers Spiritual Formation, by Kent Carlson and Mike Lueken

Link to The Christian Chronicle Podcast Episode 11

Link to Sharing God's Love: The Jesus Creed for Children by Laura Barringer

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God's design for humanity and the world is one full of good.  In our sin and idolatry we have messed that up.  But God in HIS goodness wants to show us a better way through the Gospel.

New Testament scholar Scot McKnight and his daughter Laura Barringer join the Tent to discuss their book A Church Called Tov. Though it initially focuses on toxic church environments, abusive church leaders, and the people who enable them, the book is primarily a call for our communities to be transformed into families devoted to goodness as we seek—to use McKnight's word—Christoformity together. There is no quick fix to developing a "goodness culture" as Barringer and McKnight recommend. Instead, they offer an invitation to a conversation—many conversations—between church leaders and every Christ follower about how we can begin to make those "one inch a week" changes to our personal relationships and overall leadership cultures.

You can find out more about A Church Called Tov, including group study guides and numerous other resources at their website. 

Scot McKnight's newsletter can be found here, his Jesus Creed blog can be found here, and you can find a way to go study with him at Northern seminary by looking into their website.  

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