Trolls & Truth: 14 Realities about Today's Church That We Don't Want to See

by Jimmy M. Dorrell

Publisher:

New Hope

, 2006

Overview

The poor, the mentally ill, and the outcasts see your church more clearly than you do. Trolls & Truth is a wake-up call for today's church, delivered by modern day trolls who meet at the Church Under the Bridge in Waco, Texas. These outcasts are more often feared and misunderstood than appreciated for who they are and what God does in them. Through their truths, spoken ever so bluntly, we learn that the gospel cannot be held hostage to cultural values and remain “good news.” About the Author Jimmy Dorrell is pastor of Church Under the Bridge, an interdenominational church that grew from a Bible study with five homeless men in Waco, Texas, in 1992 underneath an interstate bridge. Today, 300 people of many races and economic backgrounds meet outside under the same interstate bridge each week. Dorrell and his wife, Janet, also founded Mission Waco, a Christian, holistic nonprofit to empower the poor, in 1992. Dorrell remains Mission Waco's executive director. Dorrell is on the board of the Heart of Texas Homeless Coalition and has founded four nonprofits that benefit the poor. He and his wife, Janet, have four children: Seth, Josh, Zach, and Christy.

Product Details

• Title: Trolls & Truth: 14 Realities about Today's Church That We Don't Want to See
• Author: Jimmy M. Dorrell
• Publisher: New Hope
• Print Publication Date: 2006
• Logos Release Date: 2020
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subject: Christian living
• ISBNs: 9781596690103, 1596690100
• Resource ID: LLS:WS_1EAAD95C3F9A4EE48C81F549E18BEE7E
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T04:03:42Z

About Jimmy M. Dorrell

Since 1992, Dr. Dorrell has been executive director of Mission Waco, a Christian-based non-profit organization that ministers to the poor and unchurched. He also serves as pastor of Waco’s Church Under the Bridge. He has earned degrees from Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Baylor University, and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and serves on the boards of several community based organizations and the national board of Christian Community Development Association. Dr. Dorrell has served on the Baylor University Family Ministry Advisory Board and the McLennan Community College Continuing Education Advisory Board. He also teaches civic and community education classes at Baylor, which involve students in local hands-on volunteerism. Dorrell is also the author of two books, Trolls and Truth: 14 Realities About Today’s Church That We Don’t Want to See and Plunge2Poverty: An Intensive Poverty Simulation and several journal and periodical articles.