The Book that Started the Movement
The Book that Started the Movement
Embracing Weakness
The Weak Church is a bold invitation for pastors and church leaders who feel the pressure to be strong to discover the surprising power of embracing weakness—where God’s perfect strength meets us, transforms us, and empowers us to lead with greater authenticity and impact. It’s a call to reimagine church leadership from the ground up—where God's power is perfected not in our strength, but our weakness.
Written for weary pastors, disillusioned leaders, and anyone tired of performance trap, this book will challenge your assumptions and point you back to the beauty of the gospel.
What You’ll Discover
Why our obsession with strength is burning out our pastors
How to lead with honesty and emotional health
Stories of leaders who found healing by embracing their weakness
Practices to help you lead from the inside out
Endorsements
“In the eyes of the world, the current iteration of the American Church performs a dysfunctional version of the gospel of Jesus Christ that is rooted in a twisted narrative of power and privilege. Peter Ahn offers a prophetic and clarion call for the emergence of The Weak Church, which counters the false narratives of a false gospel and embraces the call for the full expression of the authentic gospel. May the church heed this call for the full expression of the authentic gospel. May the church heed this call.”
Soong-Chan Rah, Robert B. Munger
Professor of Evangelism and Church Renewal, Fuller Theological Seminary
“I didn’t enjoy this book—but I needed it. Conviction isn’t typically an enjoyable experience. And I was deeply convicted by this book. The Weak Church is unlike any leadership book I’ve ever read. It’s raw, unsettling, and deeply convicting. Peter Ahn doesn’t give us another strategy for church growth—he invites us into a gospel-rooted way of leading that begins with weakness, not strength. In a world chasing platforms and success. this book is a prophetic call back to Jesus. I believe the message of The Weak Church is an essential message for the Church and its leaders.”
Rev. Eugene Cho
President, Bread for the World
Author, Thou Shalt Not Be a Jerk: A Christian’s Guide to Engaging Politics
“The Weak Church is a timely word for Christ-followers in a world where power is glorified and self-reliance is celebrated as strength and to embrace our own brokenness—so that we might experience a ministry rooted not in ourselves, but in God’s transformative power.”
Tammy Swanson-Draheim
President of the Evangelical Covenant Church