Embrace

By Rosario Picardo

Subjects: New Church development, Embrace United Methodist Church (Lexington, Ky.)

Description: Rosario Picardo was a recently divorced and slightly jaded ex-Marine when he heeded God's call to plant "a church for broken people." This book chronicles the struggles and triumphs of Embrace Church, from its beginnings in his basement as a rare urban church plant to a multi-campus congregation that reaches hundreds of folks broken by poverty, burned by Christians, and in need of healing grace.-back cover.