The Sending Church: The Church Must Leave the Building

When crowds refused to disperse at Elvis Presley concerts in hopes of another encore from the king of rock and roll, the announcement that “Elvis has left the building” had to be made. Pastor Pat Hood recalls from childhood one such performance that came to his hometown, and with his new book The Sending Church he makes a similar declaration: "The church must leave the building."

Indeed, our lives should be “sent” in worship to the King of kings, spreading out from our weekly gathering plac...