Over the past few years, I have had the privilege of visiting many different churches in many different countries. Some of these visits were related to my Epic project, some to From the Rising of the Sun, and some to conferences or events. It has been a joy to worship in a host of churches spanning every one of the inhabited continents.
I would love for children to be able to experience some of the wonder of worshipping in contexts and cultures very different from their own. I’m thankful, then, that they will soon be able to do so through God’s Great Big Global Church, a book I have written for younger readers that invites them to visit 10 kids and their churches all around the world. I’m excited to not only announce it, but also to let you know that it is now available for pre-order at retailers like Amazon and Westminster Books.
There are free downloadable bonus resources available that can assist parents to better understand and apply the book to their children, allow their kids to think about how their own church is special, help them create a fun little passport, and so on.
Note: Pre-ordering, especially from Amazon, is an increasingly important aspect of releasing a book, since publishers will give more attention to titles with many pre-orders than those with only a few. So if you plan to order a book anyway, it’s a helpful practice to pre-order it.
Here is how the publisher describes God’s Great Big Global Church:
Take kids on an exciting adventure exploring the global church!
Kids will gain enthusiasm for going to church on Sundays as they discover that they and their local fellowship are part of something much bigger: a family of people worshiping God all around the world!
Join Tim Challies as he guides you on this illustrated journey through 10 countries. Your children will be delighted to meet fictionalized kids just like themselves as they discover…
- Fascinating facts about life in each location
- Fun stories about how life, worship and church community are different all around the world
- A connected Bible passage about worship
Each positive, eye-opening visit to another country is based on Challies’ own travel experience and conversations with local church leaders.
While this project is not formally related to Epic or From the Rising of the Sun, it complements them well.
You can pre-order it from:
- Amazon
- Westminster Books
- or wherever else good books are sold.
