Ordained Irreverence (Elmo Jenkins Book One)

An Amazon Kindle 'Christian Fiction' Bestseller with over 400 "Five Star" reviews!

The first book in the acclaimed Elmo Jenkins series (four novels and four novelettes).

Elmo Jenkins is about to graduate from seminary with a masters degree in religious education and a minor in cynicism. When he lands an internship at a large metropolitan church, he quite literally stumbles his way through as he learns to baptize and bury, visit and marry the faithful flock. Think Ferris Bueller Goes to Church with a side of Holden Caulfield thrown in for good measure.

The cast of characters filling the pews at First Church keeps him on his toes and more than a little bewildered at times. The salty widow who serves up a homemade pie with a surprise ingredient. The quirky single adult with a heart as big as Elvis who deems himself quite the ladies man. The larger-than-life music minister who pulls more than a few punches along the way, and even an old church janitor with a few ancient secrets of his own.

Woven throughout Elmo's adventures is a hundred-year-old mystery he's determined to solve and even a chance at true love along the way. Elmo's story pulls back the sacred curtain and allows the reader to examine the inner workings of a mega-church with all its warts and wonders. Ride along and watch as Elmo's cynicism slowly transforms into hope.

McMillian's Moody fast-paced novel will bring a smile to even the most backslidden amongst its readers. - OBT Bookz