Read the Book, come for a discussion either on July 12 or July 15. Copies and registration are available in the St. John’s church office

Dear Church: A Love Letter to the Whitest Denomination in the U.S.

Lenny Duncan is an unlikely pastor. Formerly incarcerated, formerly homeless, and formerly unchurched, he is now a black preacher in the whitest denomination in the United States: the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Shifting demographics and shrinking congregations make the headlines, but Duncan connects the church’s lack of diversity to it lack of vitality. Part manifesto, part confession, and all love letter, Dear Church offers a bold new vision for the future of the church (Dear Church book cover)