Turning the Ship

By Dustin Guidry

Book Overview

"....Turning the Ship is not for the faint of heart...." Dr. Voddie Baucham Elder, Grace Family Baptist Church, Houston, Texas "The Church today desperately needs prophets to challenge us on how we... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1607912627
• ISBN13: 9781607912620
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Xulon Press
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

An Important Book

Dustin Guidry has written a book that I could not put down. Turning the Ship tells the story of a journey that Ridgewood Church has faithfully embarked upon. Simply put, the journey has them moving from a man-made model of ministry to clinging to the supremacy of scripture for every directional and operational decision. Dustin does a good job of sharing a brief background to the battle today's church is facing. Prime among the embedded enemies of the church is the subtle workings of pragmatism. This is a powerful section of the book, as he lays bare the loss of distinction between the operations of the church and the rest of the world. From there, the book is a back and forth between the significance of holding the Bible as the final word on matters of the church and the remarkable story of how God lead the staff and church to become broken-hearted over the program-driven church that they were and how God has brought about remarkable changes. The most significant of the changes was the move from an age-segregated Sunday School to an age-integrated ministry. "But how do you do that?" I'm glad you asked! Read the book. Dustin has an entire chapter dedicated to the buts that most people present at the thought of moving toward age-integration. Turning the Ship was a quick read. It has humor injected throughout. Most importantly, though, Dustin shares his heart in a way that both challenges and encourages the reader. Thank you, Dustin, for sharing your story!

Be Warned - This Book May Shame You

Not just thought provoking, 'Turning the Ship', is life-changing in the area of raising children. Shame on us for getting so far away from where God wants us to be as parents! How did we allow our society to get to the point where we have to apologize for bringing our children up as moral, caring, responsible human beings? 'Turning the Ship' forced me to look at my own part in this slow and sickening process and, thankfully, presented me with the steps to begin turning things around.

A Well-Timed Book

This is a good book that covers the issue of age(family)-integration very well. He goes over all of the standard objections, and tells true stories of how these types of transitions are made.

An exciting story!

What an exciting story Dustin has told in this book! God has done a great work and I am so glad to have read it. "Turning the Ship" offers an incredibly compelling Biblical case for returning to the New Testament pattern of church practice used for the first 1900 or more years. Thank you, Dustin and Ridgewood Church for your great example of obedience to the Scripture over reason. May God save our families, our churches, and our nation. Ronny [...]

FIrst of many to say what God is doing in churches across America

My thoughts are simple and to the point: As far as I know, there have been no other successful transformations of 'neo-traditional' churches to fully family-integrated churches. God is working out Mal 4:6-7 even in the church formats. Dustin tells of his own story, very compelling, and certainly a testimony of what God continues to do in the church. His writing style is VERY easy to read, with humorous points and shocking statistics. If you fellowship in a church that splits up the family, you will have to reckon with some extremely challenging points herein. Buy a copy for you and one for each of your pastors and deacons/elders.