Better Than Brunch: Missional Churches in Cascadia - Paperback

by Jason Byassee (Author), Ross A. Lockhart (Author), Darrell L. Guder (Foreword by)

What could be better than brunch on a Sunday morning? For most people in Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver, the answer of gathering to worship the Triune God and be sent as witnesses would not be top of mind. And yet, across the Pacific Northwest the authors discovered deeply rooted missional communities worshipping God and serving their neighborhoods, offering evidence of unexpected Cascadian treasure in clay jars. Join the authors on a treasure hunt throughout the region as they identify new patterns of post-Christendom Christianity that will inspire and challenge your understanding of church.

Author Biography

Jason Byassee teaches preaching at the Vancouver School of Theology in British Columbia, where he holds the Butler Chair in Homiletics and Biblical Hermeneutics. He is a longtime contributor to Christian Century magazine and the author, most recently, of Northern Lights: Resurrecting Church in the North of England (2020).



Ross Lockhart is Dean of St. Andrew's Hall, Professor of Mission Studies at the Vancouver School of Theology and founding Director of the Centre for Missional Leadership. He is author of Lessons from Laodicea: Missional Leadership in a Culture of Affluence and Beyond Snakes and Shamrocks: St. Patrick's Missional Leadership Lessons for Today.