Exiles: Living Missionally in a Post-Christian Culture

I really enjoyed reading this book, because although I felt as I often do while reading missional books that Frost goes overboard in being critical of the established church, I sensed that he was authentic in what he was saying. Not only do I believe that Frost intentionally tries to model what he is writing in his life, but I am drawn to the practical and holistic advice that he gives. His model of living has integrity in that he seems to intuitively recognize the interconnectedness of life, arguing in one place for wise eating habits and in another for getting away from reality TV. He incorporates environmentalism and social justice into missional living in a way that is refreshingly holistic. While he is unnecessarily radical, he also makes a compelling argument for a radically different lifestyle than the one that the vast majority of Christians currently lead. I picked up a great deal from this book. I appreciated the way that he clarifies social justice issues, and was really interested in his passage on hyper-reality. I resonated with his section on overly-romantic language in worship music, and although I regret that he had to be so disparaging, I think that he has a good point. I really liked his emphasis on living worshipfully and de-emphasis on singing worship music. He argues that many Christians have become so focused on worshipping God that they have not taken following Him seriously. This is an interesting point that I haven’t heard before, and I think there may be some truth to that as well. All in all, Frost does a remarkable job of writing on the missional church yet incorporating many things that few other authors are saying. His holistic style is appealing to me.

I have been a Christian for over 50 years. But for many years I have felt like an outcast by the leadership of the Christian community. I got great comfort from reading this book and connecting with the fact that there are millions of people around the world who are returning to true message of Jesus Christ. Jesus Himself was an "exile" and went to the masses with His message, instead of employing the "come to us" philosphy of the modern day church. Michael Frost does an outstanding job of telling you where the modern church is going wrong and helps you to find the pathway to the missional movement.

Great book with intellectual insights

Great perspective on missional living. Thank you

This book has been a vital companion in ministry for 10 years. take a read.

"Responsibility cannot be preached: it can only be borne, and the only possible place to begin is with oneself" Living missional as an exile begins with me.

this book has been both an encouragement and a challenge to me, expressing topics and thoughts i've had in my mind but not been able to verbalize as well as provide insight on a response to such questions and ideas i've had.

I found this to be an extremely useful book. It develops a Christian missional theology and draws on numerous practical insights that explore the implications for Christians who don't quite belong in the mainstream church. While the book is quite dense and explores a broad range of topics (that most would not dare tackle) it is very well written.

I really enjoyed Frost's earlier book, The Shaping of Things to Come, so I picked this one up without hesitation. It's a book written for those who find themselves on the outside of church, or somewhere between the church and culture, and it seeks to explore a vision for Christian living in this 'wilderness'.In the first part of the book Frost explores the idea of the exile through God's people, and through Jesus himself as an exile. He then delivers something of a manifesto for non-institutional christian living, based around community, generosity, authenticity, service, and whole-life discipleship. Finally, he shows how Christians outside the mainstream church have the opportunity to model good attitudes back to society and the church, particularly where we have failed in the past on issues such as justice and the environment.I should warn you that one or two friends who have borrowed my copy felt that Frost was overly dismissive of the institutional church, so if you're part of one it's best to be prepared for a bit of a critique - but critique is important, and we must value those that can offer it gently and intelligently. Personally I found it an inspiring and refreshing read, with a good balance between Bible content and contemporary examples, and I'd recommend it.

If you want to be re-energised about mission, looking to consider pioneering in church ministry, start here. This covers so much material. I have been delighted with the book, making copious notes and using it to source elements for an essay. A go-to book for me.

A well written work, displaying a great amount of scholarship with very clear challenges for the church today.

Excellent book to really understand why Jesus came, with the mission He had and why this has been passed onto us. I highly recommend reading this if you want a clearer idea of how to work in, and not against, a constantly changing world with changing values etc.

This is an amazing book. Exiles puts into words so many of the thoughts I've had and especially struggles I had in marrying the forms of church I've seen and the Jesus I read of in the gospels. I will read this book again very soon, which is a rarity unless the book is short and particularly good. Read and be inspired, it gives voice to the reasons why I changed my job, home and lifestyle in order to hopefully follow Jesus a little better each day.