Jon Thompson is the senior pastor of Sanctus Church, a multi-site church in the Greater Toronto Area where he has been on staff for more than twenty-eight years. Jon holds a Master of Theological Studies from Tyndale Seminary in Toronto and a Doctorate in Missiology from Fuller Theological Seminary in California. Jon is married and a father to three kids. He speaks and teaches globally on the convergence of spiritual gifts, spiritual practices, and spiritual experiences in the life of the believer and the local church.

'Few writers manage to hold conviction and compassion together without one collapsing into the other. Jon Thompson does, and Presence is the result. In a moment when too many Christian books either retreat into fortress mentality or quietly accommodate the spirit of the age, Thompson maps a third way: faithful, intellectually confident, beauty-attentive, Spirit-empowered witness that builds bridges rather than burning them. His Jonah framework--do they deserve forgiveness, do they deserve the message, do they deserve my presence?--is exactly the self-examination the contemporary church needs before opening its mouth. As someone working at the intersection of orthodox theology and pastoral welcome, I commend Presence to anyone tired of the fanaticism that, as Thompson rightly notes, almost always conceals a secret doubt.'

Jon Thompson is the senior pastor of Sanctus Church, a multi-site church in the Greater Toronto Area where he has been on staff for more than twenty-eight years. Jon holds a Master of Theological Studies from Tyndale Seminary in Toronto and a Doctorate in Missiology from Fuller Theological Seminary in California. Jon is married and a father to three kids. He speaks and teaches globally on the convergence of spiritual gifts, spiritual practices, and spiritual experiences in the life of the believer and the local church.

'Few writers manage to hold conviction and compassion together without one collapsing into the other. Jon Thompson does, and Presence is the result. In a moment when too many Christian books either retreat into fortress mentality or quietly accommodate the spirit of the age, Thompson maps a third way: faithful, intellectually confident, beauty-attentive, Spirit-empowered witness that builds bridges rather than burning them. His Jonah framework--do they deserve forgiveness, do they deserve the message, do they deserve my presence?--is exactly the self-examination the contemporary church needs before opening its mouth. As someone working at the intersection of orthodox theology and pastoral welcome, I commend Presence to anyone tired of the fanaticism that, as Thompson rightly notes, almost always conceals a secret doubt.'

Jon Thompson is the senior pastor of Sanctus Church, a multi-site church in the Greater Toronto Area where he has been on staff for more than twenty-eight years. Jon holds a Master of Theological Studies from Tyndale Seminary in Toronto and a Doctorate in Missiology from Fuller Theological Seminary in California. Jon is married and a father to three kids. He speaks and teaches globally on the convergence of spiritual gifts, spiritual practices, and spiritual experiences in the life of the believer and the local church.

'Few writers manage to hold conviction and compassion together without one collapsing into the other. Jon Thompson does, and Presence is the result. In a moment when too many Christian books either retreat into fortress mentality or quietly accommodate the spirit of the age, Thompson maps a third way: faithful, intellectually confident, beauty-attentive, Spirit-empowered witness that builds bridges rather than burning them. His Jonah framework--do they deserve forgiveness, do they deserve the message, do they deserve my presence?--is exactly the self-examination the contemporary church needs before opening its mouth. As someone working at the intersection of orthodox theology and pastoral welcome, I commend Presence to anyone tired of the fanaticism that, as Thompson rightly notes, almost always conceals a secret doubt.'