Seeking the Spirit: How to Create a Community of Seekers - Brunett, Harry, and Jennifer Grow. Morehouse (an imprint of Church Publishing Incorporated), 2006. 116p. $15.00, paperback. ISBN-10: 978-0-8192-2194-0. morehousepublishing.org 277.3’083 Journeys Community (Columbia, Md.). Non-institutional churches—Maryland—Columbia—Case studies.

How to reach the unchurched and church-averse population is a question with which manycongregations have struggled. The Journeys Community in Maryland has sought to answer that question by creating an open “seeker” community. Their story and philosophy is presented in Seeking the Spirit, a slim narrative of how they established and increased their ministry among those who were wary of more traditional approaches to Christianity.

Co-authored by the founder and creative director of the Journeys Community, this book is designed to raise awareness about the need to minister to those seeking spiritual experiences— a ministry that may or may not result in either conversion to Christianity or church membership.

Presented as a how-to guide, this book reads more like a history of one seeker community with the occasional tip and suggestion for those interested in trying to establish their own such community. The most valuable information for the intended reader is found in the book's appendices, which contain sample outlines for worship and a list of worship themes.

Myka Kennedy Stephens
Druid Hills United Methodist Church
Atlanta, Georgia