The Centered Way of Jesus

Centered Set Church by Mark Baker explores a new way of looking at church community that has a directional and relational basis of evaluation, where everything relates to the center rather than the line. The book moves past the more typical bounded and fuzzy set approaches. Baker suggests instead that a church community need not be defined by strict lines and rules, nor be completely without structure, but instead should be focused on a central figure, or idea. Baker uses set theory to examine how churches function and relate to one another and the outside world. Churches that are center focused avoid the problems of creating strict boundaries, and promote a more open community oriented around a shared purpose.