Out of The Ooze

This book brings you face-to-face with pastors and elders, committed attendees, back-pew sitters, and people who have walked out of the church looking for something more. Their unlikely love letters give you an opportunity to hear firsthand from the whole body of Christ.

Out of the Ooze marks the beginning of an annual series publishing the best of each year’s articles exploring the themes of faith, social justice, art, and ministry.

We need more than statistics. In a day when millions of people are walking out of church and more churches are closing their doors than opening them, we need to discover what is really happening. Spencer Burke, creator of TheOoze.com, brings you face-to-face with pastors and elders, committed attendees, back-pew sitters, and people who have walked out of the church looking for something more. Their unlikely love letters give you an opportunity to hear firsthand from the whole body of Christ.

Out of the Ooze marks the beginning of an annual series publishing the best of each year’s articles exploring the themes of faith, social justice, art, and ministry.

Spencer Burke, creater of the TheOoze.com and emergent church charter member, is a speaker and consultant for traditional and emergent churches nationwide. His interviews appears in National Public Radio, the Christian Science Monitor and L.A. Times. He sparks new thought and conversation with innovative thinking, humor, compassion, and use of arts and technology.