Centered-Set Church: An Author Event by NCB's Radix Live

Join our monthly Radix Live event, as host Matthew Steem invites Mark D. Baker to talk about his book, Centered-Set Church: Discipleship and Community Without Judgmentalism (IVP Academic, 2022). A "centered-set' is an alternative to either a "bounded-set" (churches with hard boundaries that can repel newcomers or make it difficult for them to join) or a "fuzzy-set" (churches with so much inclusion that they lack a vital sense of shared faith and identity). This Radix Live event will include a conversation between Mark and our two panelists, Steve Joh, with Arbor Communities (a ministry of Rewire), and Dustin Maddox, with North Fresno Church, who have used a centered-set approach in their ministries. Questions will be welcomed.

About Mark D. Baker: Dr. Baker has authored a number of books in English and Spanish. He was a missionary in Honduras for ten years and a campus minister with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship for three years. He taught at Fresno Pacific Biblical Seminary (formerly Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary) from 1999-2024. He has continued ministry involvement in Latin America and, since 2008, has led a weekly Bible study in the county jail.