Seven Books
The Radical Series
A multi-year exploration of faith, justice, community, healing, and what it actually takes to build something worth believing in.
“This is not another book about what is wrong with the church. This is the builder's manual for what replaces it.”
The Radical Series
Barlow & Minnick
Radical Sunday
A New Framework for Faith That Actually Works
Rooted in the Black church tradition and grounded in Acts 2, this book introduces six dimensions that most churches were never built on — and 48 Radical Laws that form a complete system for building faith communities that produce real outcomes.
Co-authored by Jonathan Barlow and Dr. James J. Minnick, Radical Sunday is the foundation for a seven-book series that reimagines what faith community looks like in the 21st century.
Table of Contents
Part I: The Crisis
- The Sunday Problem
- What We Lost
- The Deconstruction Question
Part II: The Six Radicals
- Radical Worship
- Radical Justice
- Radical Community
- Radical Healing
- Radical Leadership
- Radical Law
Part III: The System
- The Radical Assessment
- The Radical Calendar
- The Radical Metrics
Part IV: The Movement
- The Radical Network
- The Radical Invitation
+ Appendix: The 48 Radical Laws / Radical Assessment Tool / Series Preview
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The Full Journey
7 Books. One Radical Transformation.
The Radical Series
Barlow & Minnick
The foundation. 14 chapters, 48 Radical Laws, and a complete framework built on six dimensions: Worship, Justice, Community, Healing, Leadership, and Law.
The Radical Series
Barlow & Minnick
Beyond performance. Participatory, multi-sensory, culturally diverse worship that transforms rather than entertains.
The Radical Series
Barlow & Minnick
Justice as core mission, not optional program. Faith-driven organizing, systemic change, and the prophetic tradition recovered.
The Radical Series
Barlow & Minnick
Beyond the building. House churches, dinner churches, digital discipleship, and new models of belonging.
The Radical Series
Barlow & Minnick
Mental health as ministry infrastructure. Trauma-informed pastoral care and holistic wellness.
The Radical Series
Barlow & Minnick
Shared power, diverse governance, accountable stewardship. Leadership built for collaboration.
The Radical Series
Barlow & Minnick
The series finale. All 48 Laws codified, expanded, and connected into a complete operating system.
The Authors
Jonathan Barlow
Minister / Systems Builder / Author
Jonathan Barlow is a minister, author, and systems builder based in Detroit. He serves on the executive leadership team at Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church and writes at the intersection of faith, justice, and lived experience. His work exists for the person who has always felt their faith should inform the way they think, not replace it.
Full storyDr. James J. Minnick
Senior Pastor / Theologian / Author
Dr. James J. Minnick has served as the third senior pastor of Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church in Detroit since 2001 — over 25 years of continuous pastoral leadership. He holds dual degrees in Business Management and Theology, a Master of Theology, and a Doctorate of Divinity. A lifelong Detroiter who grew up in the same congregation he now leads, Dr. Minnick is a staunch advocate for education and has built Mt. Pleasant into a community anchored by the F.E.E.D. framework — Faithfully Educate, Equip, and Disciple.