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The Church That Used to Be St. Elmo's - Jackson, Gordon S
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$87 Million . . . a blessing? Or a curse? St. Elmo's Church receives a lavish, anonymous gift of $87 million-on condition that it change its name. Another condition is that the church be united in accepting the gift. But church members and especially its pastor, Haydon Beckett, quickly discover that this act of grace comes with a price: they get all kinds of requests for a share of the church's anticipated wealth; a media frenzy erupts that would place the gift in jeopardy if the donor is identified; and rising tensions emerge within the church over how to spend the money. Pastor Beckett finds…mehr

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$87 Million . . . a blessing? Or a curse? St. Elmo's Church receives a lavish, anonymous gift of $87 million-on condition that it change its name. Another condition is that the church be united in accepting the gift. But church members and especially its pastor, Haydon Beckett, quickly discover that this act of grace comes with a price: they get all kinds of requests for a share of the church's anticipated wealth; a media frenzy erupts that would place the gift in jeopardy if the donor is identified; and rising tensions emerge within the church over how to spend the money. Pastor Beckett finds that managing this transition becomes more complicated, as his apparently healthy church community struggles to embrace this gift while staying focused on its mission. Previously submerged rifts within the church come to the surface, with surprising results that force St. Elmo's to see God's grace in a new way.
Autorenporträt
Gordon S. Jackson is a South African-born educator and author.He received his undergraduate education in South Africa and his MA at Wheaton College, Illinois. He worked as a reporter and editor on a news magazine in Johannesburg before obtaining his PhD in mass communications at Indiana University. He then taught journalism at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington, for 32 years before retiring in 2015.He is the author or compiler of fourteen books (twelve commercially published), including two satirical novels. He is married to another South African, who he says helps keep his accent honest.