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Apologia Church

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Jason Nelsestuen

Pastor, Faith Community Church

Why Accelerate?

"We've all heard that leaders are readers.

We know it's true. But time seems to be a shrinking commodity.

Accelerate has allowed our staff to become a reading staff. We can get 90% of the necessary info in 10% of the time."

David McNeely. Lead Pastor, Wildwood Church

Do any of these 6 things sound familiar?

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Accelerate Enables Leaders to:

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Expand Knowledge

Broaden your horizons with weekly exposure to different perspectives

Accelerate Books Book Summaries Strengthen Sermons

Strengthen Sermons

Supplement your preaching and teaching with solid research

41

Retain Insights

Remember the important stuff with a library of summaries to reference

61

Develop Others

Cultivate a culture of learning with penetrating discussion questions

52

Fuel Souls

Stir your affections for Christ with weekly soul-shaping truths

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Save Money

Steward your finances more wisely with informed book-buying choices

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Most likely, you'll fall in love with a tool that will help you go further, faster. If not, you get your money back. Try us risk free for 30 days!

Accelerate books has been an amazing tool to help me and my team grasp big ideas from influential books. It helps me sample future reads and refresh on past ones. It's brilliant and I'm obsessed!

Drew Worsham. Church Planter, Community Bible Church

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Frequently Asked Questions

Although most of our members are pastors that use Accelerate for sermon preparation and team development, many of our members are leaders of various different ministries or simply Christians wanting to grow deeper in their knowledge of Christ.

Our Accelerate family consist of professors, students, software engineers, lawyers, homemakers, bank managers, police officers, and more!

While our writers come from a variety of conservative theological backgrounds, the books we summarize come largely from a Calvinistic theological stream. You will find books by contemporary authors such as John Piper, D. A. Carson, Al Mohler, John MacArthur, Timothy Keller, and Sinclair Ferguson. You will also find older authors such as Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Charles Spurgeon, Jonathan Edwards, and the Puritans.

However, we will be also summarizing books from authors outside of the Reformed tradition. These authors may include C. S. Lewis, Ravi Zacharias, N. T. Wright, Dallas Willard, William Lane Craig, Os Guinness, Philip Yancey, Thom Rainer, Paul Zahl, and others.

What separates Accelerate from other book summary programs?

There are TWO principles that shape our book summaries and make this program unique:

#1: The Insight Principle
"Books don't change people, paragraphs do and sometimes sentences. They may lodge themselves so powerfully in our mind that its effect is enormous when all else is forgotten." – John Piper

You may forget a book's page numbers, but you'll never forget its' worldview-shaping insights.

Accelerate identifies these paragraphs and sentences. After spending hours analyzing a book, our team extracts the key insights and then strategically presents them in a way that is easy to grasp. More than summarizing books chapter-by-chapter, we focus on maximizing reader comprehension and retention.

#2: The 20% Principle
"80% of a book's main insights are found in 20% of the pages. So without apology, I ransack books for what I can get in the little time I have in this season of life." – David Mathis

In other words, while most of a book's pages exist to illustrate and solidify a handful of main ideas, these main ideas reside within 20% of the pages. Accelerate book summaries give you access to this 20%, allowing you to quickly grasp the book. 

The focus of our Book Briefs will be on theology books, with categories including:

  • Apologetics
  • Arts / Literature
  • Christian Living
  • Church / Ministry
  • Counseling
  • Culture / Social Issues
  • Education
  • Evangelism / Missions
  • History
  • Leadership
  • Marriage / Family
  • Theology

We will not be summarizing Commentaries, Reference Books, Biographies, or Devotionals.

We currently don't have a native mobile app, but hope to have one in the near future! Our library is totally mobile-friendly, however :)

We stand behind Accelerate 100% and are willing to give you a full refund in the first 30 days of your subscription. After 30 days, while you will no longer be eligible for a full refund, you can cancel at any time.

You can cancel your subscription in your account settings page, no questions asked. Upon canceling, you (and your group if you have one) will still have access until the period you have paid for is over.

We receive this question frequently – ever since it was first asked by Drax from Avengers Infinity War. While different answers have been given to this controversial question, we at Accelerate believe the answer is simply: Yes.

We'd love to hear from you! Drop us a line at [email protected].

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Stay sharp for ministry

Accelerate gives Busy Leaders easy access to the most important insights so they can More Effectively meet the demands of ministry.

Join 1500+ leaders using Accelerate now!

Watch this short video to see how it works!

"Want a resource that has the most accessible summaries of the most solid Christian books in the most accessible format? Behold, then look no further."

Drew Reynolds

Apologia Church

Sign up takes less than 60 seconds!

Get a FREE Book Summary

Still on the fence? No sweat. 

Download a free book summary of The Discipline of Grace by Jerry Bridges and see why 1500+ others are using Accelerate to grow as leaders.

Accelerate Book Summaries are

Short. Impactful. Practical.

Jason Nelsestuen

Pastor, Faith Community Church

Why Accelerate?

"We've all heard that leaders are readers.

We know it's true. But time seems to be a shrinking commodity.

Accelerate has allowed our staff to become a reading staff. We can get 90% of the necessary info in 10% of the time."

David McNeely. Lead Pastor, Wildwood Church

Do any of these 6 things sound familiar?

Then you're NOT alone!

See why 1500+ leaders just like you are using our summaries to accelerate their growth and gain their time back

See Why Leaders Are

using Accelerate right now

Accelerate Enables Leaders to:

11

Maximize Time

Accelerate your learning so you can invest more time in everything else

Accelerate Books Stay Informed

Stay Informed

Stay dialed-in to the ideas that are shaping the Church and the culture

31

Expand Knowledge

Broaden your horizons with weekly exposure to different perspectives

Accelerate Books Book Summaries Strengthen Sermons

Strengthen Sermons

Supplement your preaching and teaching with solid research

41

Retain Insights

Remember the important stuff with a library of summaries to reference

61

Develop Others

Cultivate a culture of learning with penetrating discussion questions

52

Fuel Souls

Stir your affections for Christ with weekly soul-shaping truths

21

Save Money

Steward your finances more wisely with informed book-buying choices

What's there to lose?

Most likely, you'll fall in love with a tool that will help you go further, faster. If not, you get your money back. Try us risk free for 30 days!

Accelerate books has been an amazing tool to help me and my team grasp big ideas from influential books. It helps me sample future reads and refresh on past ones. It's brilliant and I'm obsessed!

Drew Worsham. Church Planter, Community Bible Church

Frequently Asked Questions

Although most of our members are pastors that use Accelerate for sermon preparation and team development, many of our members are leaders of various different ministries or simply Christians wanting to grow deeper in their knowledge of Christ.

Our Accelerate family consist of professors, students, software engineers, lawyers, homemakers, bank managers, police officers, and more!

While our writers come from a variety of conservative theological backgrounds, the books we summarize come largely from a Calvinistic theological stream. You will find books by contemporary authors such as John Piper, D. A. Carson, Al Mohler, John MacArthur, Timothy Keller, and Sinclair Ferguson. You will also find older authors such as Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Charles Spurgeon, Jonathan Edwards, and the Puritans.

However, we will be also summarizing books from authors outside of the Reformed tradition. These authors may include C. S. Lewis, Ravi Zacharias, N. T. Wright, Dallas Willard, William Lane Craig, Os Guinness, Philip Yancey, Thom Rainer, Paul Zahl, and others.

What separates Accelerate from other book summary programs?

There are TWO principles that shape our book summaries and make this program unique:

#1: The Insight Principle
"Books don't change people, paragraphs do and sometimes sentences. They may lodge themselves so powerfully in our mind that its effect is enormous when all else is forgotten." – John Piper

You may forget a book's page numbers, but you'll never forget its' worldview-shaping insights.

Accelerate identifies these paragraphs and sentences. After spending hours analyzing a book, our team extracts the key insights and then strategically presents them in a way that is easy to grasp. More than summarizing books chapter-by-chapter, we focus on maximizing reader comprehension and retention.

#2: The 20% Principle
"80% of a book's main insights are found in 20% of the pages. So without apology, I ransack books for what I can get in the little time I have in this season of life." – David Mathis

In other words, while most of a book's pages exist to illustrate and solidify a handful of main ideas, these main ideas reside within 20% of the pages. Accelerate book summaries give you access to this 20%, allowing you to quickly grasp the book. 

The focus of our Book Briefs will be on theology books, with categories including:

  • Apologetics
  • Arts / Literature
  • Christian Living
  • Church / Ministry
  • Counseling
  • Culture / Social Issues
  • Education
  • Evangelism / Missions
  • History
  • Leadership
  • Marriage / Family
  • Theology

We will not be summarizing Commentaries, Reference Books, Biographies, or Devotionals.

We currently don't have a native mobile app, but hope to have one in the near future! Our library is totally mobile-friendly, however :)

We stand behind Accelerate 100% and are willing to give you a full refund in the first 30 days of your subscription. After 30 days, while you will no longer be eligible for a full refund, you can cancel at any time.

You can cancel your subscription in your account settings page, no questions asked. Upon canceling, you (and your group if you have one) will still have access until the period you have paid for is over.

We receive this question frequently – ever since it was first asked by Drax from Avengers Infinity War. While different answers have been given to this controversial question, we at Accelerate believe the answer is simply: Yes.

We'd love to hear from you! Drop us a line at [email protected].