{"schema_version":"bf_book_companion_v1","release_id":"20260417T143742Z-pairingsrefresh","book":{"amazon_purchase_url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/083084127X?tag=bookfrontier-20","asin":"083084127X","authors":["David E. Fitch"],"book_id":"9780830841271","canonical_url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/faithful-presence-083084127X","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780830841271.jpg?v=20260417T143742Z-pairingsrefresh%3A2026-04-17T16%3A17%3A56Z","description":"- Missio Alliance Essential Reading List of 2016 In our quest to renew the church, Christians have walked through seeker-friendly, emergent, missional, and other movements to develop new expressions of the body of Christ. Now in the post-Christian world in North America we're asking the question again: Is there a way to be the church that engages the world, not by judgment nor accommodation but by becoming the good news in our culture? In Faithful Presence , noted pastor and scholar David Fitch offers a new vision for the witness of the church in the world. He argues that we have lost the intent and practice of the sacramental ways of the historic church, and he recovers seven disciplines that have been with us since the birth of the church. Through numerous examples and stories, he demonstrates how these revolutionary disciplines can help the church take shape in and among our neighborhoods, transform our way of life in the world, and advance the kingdom.This book will help you re-envision church, what you do in the name of church, and the way you lead a church. It recovers a future for the church that takes us beyond Christendom. Embrace the call to reimagine the church as the living embodiment of Christ, dwelling in and reflecting God's faithful presence to a world that desperately needs more of it.","forthcoming":false,"isbn13":"9780830841271","publication_date":"20161201","publisher":"InterVarsity Press","slug":"faithful-presence","subtitle":"Seven Disciplines That Shape the Church for Mission","title":"Faithful Presence"},"discovery":{"categories":{"all":[{"bisac_code":"REL067050","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Ecclesiology","score":0.84,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"REL108010","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Church Growth","score":0.8314,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"REL108030","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Church Leadership","score":0.81,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"hint":[{"bisac_code":"REL067050","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Ecclesiology","score":0.84,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"REL108010","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Church Growth","score":0.8314,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"REL108030","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Church Leadership","score":0.81,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"publisher":[{"bisac_code":"REL067050","confidence_band":"high","label":"Ecclesiology","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"REL074000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Pastoral Resources","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"REL108010","confidence_band":"high","label":"Church Growth","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"}]},"genres":[{"label":"Ecclesiology","score":0.84,"slug":"ecclesiology"},{"label":"Church Growth","score":0.8314,"slug":"church-growth"},{"label":"Church Leadership","score":0.81,"slug":"church-leadership"}],"reader_fit":["Good for readers who enjoy Ecclesiology","Good for readers interested in spiritual","Good for fans of Theology"],"related_lists":[{"intro":"","slug":"shelf-rel067050-ecclesiology","title":"Ecclesiology Books","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/lists/shelf-rel067050-ecclesiology"}],"series":null,"similar_books":[{"authors":["Hugh Halter","Matt Smay"],"book_id":"9780310325857","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780310325857.jpg?v=20260417T143742Z-pairingsrefresh%3A2026-04-17T16%3A17%3A56Z","score":17.3726,"title":"AND","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780310325857"},{"authors":["Dave Ferguson","Jon Ferguson"],"book_id":"9780310326786","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780310326786.jpg?v=20260417T143742Z-pairingsrefresh%3A2026-04-17T16%3A17%3A56Z","score":17.3653,"title":"Exponential","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780310326786"},{"authors":["Eddie Gibbs"],"book_id":"9780830822614","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780830822614.jpg?v=20260417T143742Z-pairingsrefresh%3A2026-04-17T16%3A17%3A56Z","score":17.0165,"title":"Churchnext","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780830822614"},{"authors":["JR Woodward","Dan White Jr.","Alan Hirsch","& 0 more"],"book_id":"9780830841332","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780830841332.jpg?v=20260417T143742Z-pairingsrefresh%3A2026-04-17T16%3A17%3A56Z","score":15.0276,"title":"The Church As Movement","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780830841332"},{"authors":["Mark Driscoll"],"book_id":"9780310270164","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780310270164.jpg?v=20260417T143742Z-pairingsrefresh%3A2026-04-17T16%3A17%3A56Z","score":14.9838,"title":"Confessions of a Reformission Rev.","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780310270164"},{"authors":["John Burke","Tom Casaletto","Zondervan","& 0 more"],"book_id":"9780310275015","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780310275015.jpg?v=20260417T143742Z-pairingsrefresh%3A2026-04-17T16%3A17%3A56Z","score":14.9612,"title":"No Perfect People Allowed","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780310275015"},{"authors":["John Stott","John R.W. Stott"],"book_id":"9780830838059","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780830838059.jpg?v=20260417T143742Z-pairingsrefresh%3A2026-04-17T16%3A17%3A56Z","score":14.9536,"title":"The Living Church","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780830838059"},{"authors":["Thom Schultz","Joani Schultz","Group Publishing","& 0 more"],"book_id":"9780764488443","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780764488443.jpg?v=20260417T143742Z-pairingsrefresh%3A2026-04-17T16%3A17%3A56Z","score":14.9381,"title":"Why Nobody Wants to Go to Church Anymore","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780764488443"}],"topics":[{"evidence_refs":["keyword:christian"],"label":"Christian","score":0.3947,"slug":"christian"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:spiritual"],"label":"Spiritual","score":0.1442,"slug":"spiritual"},{"evidence_refs":["keyword:prayer"],"label":"Prayer","score":0.0531,"slug":"prayer"}],"what_you_get":["Themes: Christian, Spiritual, Prayer.","Reading lane: Ecclesiology and Church Growth.","Publisher: InterVarsity Press."]},"llm_signals":null,"source_presence":{"amazon":true,"book_detail":true,"goodreads":true,"llm_signals":false,"similarity_seed":true},"stats":{"amazon_ratings_count":234,"goodreads_ratings_count":438,"goodreads_reviews_count":52,"quality_score":0.9103}}