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Book Introduction
“Asking the church’s sore spots head-on with common sense and the gospel.”
A community discussion resource and a must-read field guide for pastors and laypeople alike, with the courage to push through with gospel common sense without avoiding sensitive topics.
"What Do You Want to Eliminate from Churches?" is a book that organizes hundreds of comments on Country Doctor TV by topic, and a pastor (Park Jeong-yeop) and a doctor YouTuber (Hwang Won-jang) respond to them through honest conversation.
It contains the behind-the-scenes story of the 27-minute video released on a channel with 50,000 subscribers, as well as key discussions that were left out during the editing process, and contains a sincere desire to resolve misunderstandings and distrust and restore the 'unity' of the community.
The criteria presented in this book are simple.
The center of the gospel is that “God is a personal, sensible, and orderly God.”
Therefore, the church should be run with 'common sense', the position should be one of service, not rank, the offering should be 'a willing heart', not a monetary amount, and the pulpit should not be a stage for political agitation, but a place where the word of life is proclaimed.
Throughout the book, this principle is clearly confirmed through biblical interpretation and examples.
The structure is ‘duty-donation-politics-architecture-relationships-questions-apologies’, and the “Questions to Share” at the end of each chapter is designed to be discussed immediately at ranch/cell meetings.
At the end, we provide '20 actual comments' and reference books to provide voices from the field and a reading guide.
This is a practical guide that addresses sensitive issues facing the church with “common sense and love” without avoiding them, while also helping with practical application.
A community discussion resource and a must-read field guide for pastors and laypeople alike, with the courage to push through with gospel common sense without avoiding sensitive topics.
"What Do You Want to Eliminate from Churches?" is a book that organizes hundreds of comments on Country Doctor TV by topic, and a pastor (Park Jeong-yeop) and a doctor YouTuber (Hwang Won-jang) respond to them through honest conversation.
It contains the behind-the-scenes story of the 27-minute video released on a channel with 50,000 subscribers, as well as key discussions that were left out during the editing process, and contains a sincere desire to resolve misunderstandings and distrust and restore the 'unity' of the community.
The criteria presented in this book are simple.
The center of the gospel is that “God is a personal, sensible, and orderly God.”
Therefore, the church should be run with 'common sense', the position should be one of service, not rank, the offering should be 'a willing heart', not a monetary amount, and the pulpit should not be a stage for political agitation, but a place where the word of life is proclaimed.
Throughout the book, this principle is clearly confirmed through biblical interpretation and examples.
The structure is ‘duty-donation-politics-architecture-relationships-questions-apologies’, and the “Questions to Share” at the end of each chapter is designed to be discussed immediately at ranch/cell meetings.
At the end, we provide '20 actual comments' and reference books to provide voices from the field and a reading guide.
This is a practical guide that addresses sensitive issues facing the church with “common sense and love” without avoiding them, while also helping with practical application.
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index
Recommendation: "10 Minutes of YouTube Recommended Comments"
Preface / 7
Introduction 11
Position 19
Donation 35
Politics 53
Architecture 67
Relationship 75
Question 87
Apple 97
Things I Wish We Knew We'd Remove from Churches (Actual Comments) 20 min / 104
Reference Book / 110
Preface / 7
Introduction 11
Position 19
Donation 35
Politics 53
Architecture 67
Relationship 75
Question 87
Apple 97
Things I Wish We Knew We'd Remove from Churches (Actual Comments) 20 min / 104
Reference Book / 110
Publisher's Review
This book is not an indictment listing things that need to be eliminated.
Rather, it is closer to a pilgrimage to follow through to the end to “why it hurt,” peeling away the shell of systems and habits and recovering the kernel of the gospel.
The conversation, which began as a YouTube comment, tackles a divisive topic—jobs, donations, politics—head-on, but ultimately settles on "common sense" and "love."
The starting point is understanding God.
“God is a personal, sensible, and orderly God.” This premise alone should be the standard by which the church operates.
For example, in the chapter on “Office,” the author repeatedly reminds us that “the titles of elder and pastor are not an elevation in rank, but a calling to serve in a lower position.”
We firmly draw the line against the reality of misunderstanding one's position as 'power' and buying and selling it using money as a medium.
Such language does not arise from moral condemnation, but from a theological call to build the church as “one body.”
The tone is consistent even in the “Donation” chapter.
It corrects the practice of misusing the Ananias-Sapphira incident as a text of fear and re-centers the classic but essential teaching that the Lord looks at “the heart, not the amount.”
Ultimately, the standard for donations is not 'forced' but 'enjoyed', and the transparency of community finances is also explained as a process for building trust.
Even on the hotly debated topic of “politics,” the book does not mistake the neutrality of the podium for mere neutrality.
He emphasizes the balance that the church must maintain in its prophetic function of "rebuking wrongdoing and praising good deeds," but warns that the moment a specific faction is pushed forward as if it were the "correct answer to the gospel," the Word will be torn apart and the community will be divided.
Indeed, the author concludes with a list of practical suggestions, such as “Stop talking about politics in your sermons.”
All of this reads like a confession that has been personally taught that the quickest shortcut to destroying the unity of the church is 'politicization.'
It also has strengths in terms of format.
Each chapter begins with a short, real-life comment (aligned precisely with the reader's concerns), dissects the issue in a conversational manner, and concludes with "Questions to Share" that send the reader back to the place of life and community.
The '20 Actual Comments' and reference books at the end of the book are a solid stepping stone toward further conversation and reading.
After closing the book, the conclusion that remains is that “what really needs to be eliminated is not the system itself, but our greed and fear that operate the system in an ungospel way.”
So this book argues for ‘recovery’ rather than ‘criticism’, and for ‘renewal’ rather than ‘abolition’.
Rather, it is closer to a pilgrimage to follow through to the end to “why it hurt,” peeling away the shell of systems and habits and recovering the kernel of the gospel.
The conversation, which began as a YouTube comment, tackles a divisive topic—jobs, donations, politics—head-on, but ultimately settles on "common sense" and "love."
The starting point is understanding God.
“God is a personal, sensible, and orderly God.” This premise alone should be the standard by which the church operates.
For example, in the chapter on “Office,” the author repeatedly reminds us that “the titles of elder and pastor are not an elevation in rank, but a calling to serve in a lower position.”
We firmly draw the line against the reality of misunderstanding one's position as 'power' and buying and selling it using money as a medium.
Such language does not arise from moral condemnation, but from a theological call to build the church as “one body.”
The tone is consistent even in the “Donation” chapter.
It corrects the practice of misusing the Ananias-Sapphira incident as a text of fear and re-centers the classic but essential teaching that the Lord looks at “the heart, not the amount.”
Ultimately, the standard for donations is not 'forced' but 'enjoyed', and the transparency of community finances is also explained as a process for building trust.
Even on the hotly debated topic of “politics,” the book does not mistake the neutrality of the podium for mere neutrality.
He emphasizes the balance that the church must maintain in its prophetic function of "rebuking wrongdoing and praising good deeds," but warns that the moment a specific faction is pushed forward as if it were the "correct answer to the gospel," the Word will be torn apart and the community will be divided.
Indeed, the author concludes with a list of practical suggestions, such as “Stop talking about politics in your sermons.”
All of this reads like a confession that has been personally taught that the quickest shortcut to destroying the unity of the church is 'politicization.'
It also has strengths in terms of format.
Each chapter begins with a short, real-life comment (aligned precisely with the reader's concerns), dissects the issue in a conversational manner, and concludes with "Questions to Share" that send the reader back to the place of life and community.
The '20 Actual Comments' and reference books at the end of the book are a solid stepping stone toward further conversation and reading.
After closing the book, the conclusion that remains is that “what really needs to be eliminated is not the system itself, but our greed and fear that operate the system in an ungospel way.”
So this book argues for ‘recovery’ rather than ‘criticism’, and for ‘renewal’ rather than ‘abolition’.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: August 28, 2025
- Page count, weight, size: 112 pages | 120*210*20mm
- ISBN13: 9791199380707
- ISBN10: 1199380709
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