Roger Owens, Associate Professor of Christian Spirituality and Ministry, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary About the Author Winsomely written, well-researched, and eminently practical, this book is a gift to anyone who knows that a faithful church needs to tackle tough topics and longs for wise guidance on how. Steve Wiens, Pastor, Genesis Covenant Church Author of Shining Like the Sun If the list of topics covered in this book makes it feel too hot to handle, that's proof of how badly we need it. I'm not only cheering her on I'm following her lead. In Brave Church, Elizabeth Hagan shows why this needs to change and how it can change. Donna Claycomb Sokol Pastor, Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church Washington, DC Church may be a lot of things, but few would call it a safe place to have difficult conversations. Hagan not only speaks her truth, she provides a roadmap for how pastors and laypeople can create critical truth-telling space that could be the key to setting people free.

If you're tired of the silence or the division, this book is for you. How is it that the church has so often been a place where the truth is suppressed instead of beckoned to be told? Too often, church folk chose to walk away from a disagreement or a faith family altogether, instead of creating space where differences and truth telling can be spoken aloud.

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