This groundbreaking book has given birth to new congregations, rejuvenated tired leaders, and transformed declining churches. By telling the story of thriving church life through the experience of the institutionally alienated, spiritually yearning public, Bandy provides the big picture of thriving church life in the postmodern world. "Desechando Habitos not only challenges the Hispanic church to rediscover faithfulness today, hut reveals that there is a better way to organize effectively as the body of Christ.