“St. Thomas Church” by Da Me was displayed at the 2023 Frankfurt Book Fair (Frankfurter Buchmesse) – Book Gallery
“St. Thomas Church: How We All Have Fallen Short” by Da Me was among the books displayed by Author Reputation Press during the Frankfurt Book Fair 2023 in Frankfurt, Germany, on October 18–22, 2023.
This masterpiece is not a true story, but it is a book about truth. St. Thomas Church has a lot of dirty laundries to hang out to dry, as do we, and we shall hang theirs for all to see.
The Frankfurter Buchmesse, reportedly known as the world’s largest trade fair for books, opened its doors to participants around the globe, celebrating books and their authors. The massive book fair also celebrated its 75th anniversary this year. Slovenia, their guest of honor this year, presented itself as a nation with a rich literary history in addition to being a desirable tourism destination.
It is the best platform for publishers and authors to engage with international audiences and share stories. This year, over 105,000 trade visitors from 130 countries and 110,000 audiences participated in this big event. This year attracted more visitors compared to last year when there were 93,000 trade visitors and 87,000 audiences. Over 2,600 activities were covered by more than 7,000 media professionals during the five days of the exhibition.
Author Reputation Press is dedicated to promoting literary connections between authors and readers. In line with this, ARP displayed several of its remarkable books at the largest book trade fair in the world. The book gallery was even more alluring because of the large variety of genres on exhibit.
The author, Jon Sumner (Da Me), was born in Flint, MI. He has a passion for seeing the Church as healthy as God’s hands, feet, and mouth in our world; this was the inspiration for “St. Thomas Church: How We All Have Fallen Short,” his first book.
Jon has a Bachelor of Arts in Christian Ministries from Spring Arbor University. He has been involved with several ministries, including The Salvation Army in Flint, MI, and Set-Free (a church whose focus is outreach to the homeless) in Los Angeles, CA. As well, he has been a part of several church plants, such as Wild Wind Community Church in Grand Blanc, MI (later moved to Flint, TWP) and Christ Vineyard Church (later to be renamed Hope Vineyard Church) in Owosso, MI.
Jon is the writer of over forty poems that can be seen at www.thestarlitecafe.com. He has also written several short stories and skits.
“St. Thomas Church: How We All Have Fallen Short” by Da Me tells the story of Pastor Steve Palmer and his church in the small Northwest Michigan town of Hartlin. They face many of the same challenges that we all do to become the people God has called them and us to be. This is both fiction and non-fiction. Because the characters and settings in this book are entirely fictitious, the message of these parables applies to all of us at some point in our lives.
This novel can best be called a pre-church growth book. It does not offer strategies to grow your church but is meant to be used as a mirror in personal devotions and as a small group study to ask where I or we are in relation to where we ought to be.
This book does not promote an “anything goes” mentality but instead promotes being God’s hands, feet, and mouth to the world outside our doors, not just on Sunday but every second of every day, of every moment. This book does this by telling several short stories and then asking questions that are meant to promote discussion and, hopefully, action (and, if needed, change). Now go forth and change your world.
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