Manual God Loves the Freaks: A Guide to Subculture Ministry

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Lauren Godfrey rated it it was amazing Jun 05, Stephen Weese has been a Christian and a freak almost his entire life. Jesus was a Freak seeker. God Loves the Freaks points to a serious issue facing the church today - reaching out to subcultures and those who are considered the freaks of society. Preaching to Empty Seats.

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Open Preview See a Problem? Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. God Loves the Freaks points to a serious issue facing the church today - reaching out to subcultures and those who are considered the freaks of society. The "American Christianity" cult that many churches belong to accepts only members who dress, speak and act exactly the same way.

God Loves the Freaks, a Guide to Subculture Ministry

We have somehow turned the church into an elite club where only those who follow man-made cu God Loves the Freaks points to a serious issue facing the church today - reaching out to subcultures and those who are considered the freaks of society. We have somehow turned the church into an elite club where only those who follow man-made cultural rules are welcome. Why is it acceptable for someone to show up in church in traditional Chinese clothing, for instance, but not for someone to have a pink mohawk? The church tries to change the freaks of society, or worse, turns them away at the door.

Jesus reached out to those in society who were different, who were outcast - the freaks. Stephen Weese paints a vision of a church living by grace, in unity; without the legalism that divides and causes us to shun others based on outward appearance. God looks at the heart and he loves everyone, including the freaks. If God loves the freaks, shouldn't the church as well? Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. God Loves the Freaks by Stephen Weese. God Loves the Freaks points to a serious issue facing the church today -- reaching out to subcultures and those who are considered the freaks of society.

The "American Christianity" cult that many churches belong to accepts only members who dress, speak and act exactly the same way. We have somehow turned the church into an elite club where only those who follow man-made c God Loves the Freaks points to a serious issue facing the church today -- reaching out to subcultures and those who are considered the freaks of society.

God Loves the Freaks

We have somehow turned the church into an elite club where only those who follow man-made cultural rules are welcome. Why is it acceptable for someone to show up in church in traditional Chinese clothing, for instance, but not for someone to have a pink mohawk?

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The church tries to change the freaks of society, or worse, turns them away at the door. Jesus reached out to those in society who were different, who were outcast -- the freaks. Stephen Weese paints a vision of a church living by grace, in unity; without the legalism that divides and causes us to shun others based on outward appearance. God looks at the heart and he loves everyone, including the freaks. If God loves the freaks, shouldn't the church as well?

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To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about God Loves the Freaks , please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Oct 06, Aaron rated it liked it Shelves: Just because they look different than mainstream America, the Church should not shun them, but instead bring the message of the love of God through Christ to them. The book spends most of its time breaking down barriers and preconceptions that the author has run into during his life, or things that he has heard about, using Scripture to point out how God's commandments on loving others are often ignored in many churches today.

The back part of the book has a number of appendices focusing on specific subcultures, but those are very shallow and of use only to someone who knows nothing of these subcultures at all. I would have rated the book with four stars, but there are a few editing errors present, including incomplete or run-on sentences, that should have been cleaned up. Stephen Weese has been a Christian and a freak almost his entire life.

He was saved at the age of ten and started playing Dungeons and Dragons when he was twelve. In elementary school the gift of a Commodore 64 computer turned him into a geek.

As he was studying Computer Science in college, he became an assistant to a pastor at a small Baptist church where he began ministry training. He has given sermons in churches and spoken at campus Christian groups and attended leadership conferences at a charismatic church.

He is currently pursuing his second masters in Ministry. Stephen has been teaching computer classes at the college level for over twelve years now and holds a Masters degree in Computer Information Technology.