This is a book I have just finished reading by David Kinnaman from the Barna Group. The purpose of the book is to find out why Christians have an image problem in non-Christians eyes, and what we can do about it.

The research they come up with is pretty hard-hitting. There were six key attributes that were consistently applied to Christians. They were: hypocritical, only interested in conversion, anti-homosexual, sheltered, too political, and judgmental. In short, people would describe us as being unchristian. The book also looks at what we can do to turn this image problem around. It suggests that one of the key reasons we have this image problem is that these labels are a lot of the time true, that we need to seriously consider the feedback we are getting and instead show the world that we can be authentic, truly interested in people, caring towards homosexuals, courageous, beyond politics, and compassionate. In as much as we have failed to do that, we have failed to represent Jesus in this world.

I would  definitely recommend this book to anyone concerned about how their non-Christian neighbours or friends views Christianity. Another cool thing about this book is that it comes with its own website – <a href=”http://www.unchristian.com”>www.unchristian.com</a>