Centered-Set Church: Discipleship and Community Without Judgmentalism, Baker Mark D.
Автор: Moore Charles E., Keiderling Timothy J. Название: Bearing Witness: Stories of Martyrdom and Costly Discipleship ISBN: 0874867045 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780874867046 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 12870.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
What does it cost to follow Jesus? For these men and women, the answer was clear. They were ready to give witness to Christ in the face of intense persecution, even if it cost them their lives. From the stoning of Stephen to Nigerian Christians persecuted by Boko Haram today, these stories from around the world and through the ages will inspire greater faithfulness to the way of Jesus, reminding us what costly discipleship looks like in any age.
Since the birth of Christianity, the church has commemorated those who suffered for their faith in Christ. In the Anabaptist tradition especially, stories of the boldness and steadfastness of early Christian and Reformation-era martyrs have been handed down from one generation to the next through books such as Thieleman van Braght's Martyrs Mirror (1660). Yet the stories of more recent Christian witnesses are often unknown.
Bearing Witness tells the stories of early Christian martyrs Stephen, Polycarp, Justin, Agathonica, Papylus, Carpus, Perpetua, Tharacus, Probus, Andronicus, and Marcellus, followed by radical reformers Jan Hus, Michael and Margaretha Sattler, Weynken Claes, William Tyndale, Jakob and Katharina Hutter, Anna Janz, Dirk Willems. But the bulk of the book focuses on little-known modern witness including Veronika L hans, Jacob Hochstetler, Gnadenh tten, Joseph and Michael Hofer, Emanuel Swartzendruber, Regina Rosenberg, Eberhard and Emmy Arnold, Johann Kornelius Martens, Ahn Ei Sook, Jakob Rempel, Clarence Jordan, Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand, Tulio Pedraza, Stanimir Katanic, Samuel Kakesa, Kasai Kapata, Meserete Kristos Church, Sarah Corson, Alexander Men, Jos Chuqu n, Norman Tattersall, Katherine Wu, and Ekklesiyar Yan'uwa a Nigeria.
This book is part of the Bearing Witness Stories Project, a collaborative story-gathering project involving Anabaptist believers from many different traditions.
Название: The Two Ways: The Early Christian Vision of Discipleship from the Shepherd of Hermas and the Didache ISBN: 0874867398 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780874867398 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 7360.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: How did earliest Christians receive and understand the teaching of Jesus and the apostles? These writings, among the earliest used in training new disciples, show a clear, vibrant, practical faith concerned with all aspects of discipleship in daily life--vocation, morality, family life, social justice, the sacraments, prophesy, citizenship, and leadership. For the most part, these writings have remained buried in academia, analyzed by scholars but seldom used for building up the church community. Now, at a time when Christians of every persuasion are seeking clarity by returning to the roots of their faith, these simple, direct teachings shed light on what it means to be a follower of Christ in any time or place. The Didache, an anonymous work composed in the late first century AD, was lost for centuries before being rediscovered in 1873. The Shepherd was written by a former slave named Hermas in the second century AD or possibly even earlier.
Автор: Hayashi Jonathan Название: Ordinary Radicals: A Return to Christ-Centered Discipleship ISBN: 1632964074 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781632964076 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 19610.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
"Ordinary Radicals is a valuable resource for the Christian wanting to make the most of their life." --Robby Gallaty
How do we live out the gospel in our lives?
What we believe about the gospel determines how we will follow the Great Commission and make disciples. Ordinary Radicals lays bare the roots of the gospel, reinforcing the command and privilege of the Great Commission.
Church leadership must be focused on discipleship. If you have a leadership problem, you have a discipleship problem, and if you have a discipleship problem, you have a Great Commission problem.
Why bother with discipleship? Because the cost of non-discipleship is too great Living with radical abandonment for God's glory, faithful adherence to His person, and urgent obedience to His ministry is the only way to live a successful, fruitful Christian life. This book offers a step-by-step process for living out the Great Commission to revolutionize the world through the local church.
Автор: Crawford Greg Название: Kingdom Discipleship: Changing the Culture of the Church ISBN: 1490950494 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781490950495 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 17240.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
The present book is the second book in a seven book series entitled "The Seven Pillars of Discipleship." This particular book is based on the church and its doctrines. What is it that we believe and why. It is designed to provoke growth through probing questions in regard to the Scriptures. The concept behind the book grew from a desire to see the people of God grow in regard to their salvation. The church has always been a burden on my heart. Why is it that believers today don't seem to have a similar passion as those of the first century church? How is it that the church has so easily capitulated to the philosophies of this world? Why is the holiness of God, righteousness, repentance and judgment no longer part of the church's DNA? Of course I am speaking very generally for the most part. But that is why this book was written. Though it is written in the form of a bible study, the goal is to ask questions to lead one to think in regards to God's righteous standards and man's lowly state.
Dr. Terren L. Dames was born in Nassau, Bahamas, has been married to his one wife Stacy for 20 years with four Children. Dr. Dames presently serves as senior pastor and elder at North Dallas Community Bible Fellowship in Plano Texas. He has an earned PhD from the University of North Texas in comparative higher education and cognate in Christian higher education, a Th.M. from Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary in practical theology, a MA from Dallas Theological Seminary in Christian Education and a BA from the College of Biblical Studies in Leadership. Dr. Dames is passionate about the word of God and His people.
Can American Christianity really reconcile itself to the hard sayings of Jesus and the teaching of Scripture, or have we invented a version suitable for mass consumption that agrees with our Western ideas of fairness, our so-called rights, and the all-important American dream? In order to make God approachable, have we left out the parts of the New Testament we don't like? Is there a cost to being a disciple of Jesus? How do we reconcile the teachings of the Jesus we find in Scripture with the American Jesus we have created?
In Hard Sayings: Reconciling the Cost of Discipleship and the American Dream, pastor and international speaker Joshua West compares the parables, teachings, and person of Jesus Christ found in Scripture against the pop culture Jesus we have invented in the West. Looking at the entertainment-driven, celebrity culture of the American church, West challenges the reader to reconcile what the Bible calls the cost of discipleship with the American dream.
Covenant Discipleship is an alternative to the traditional age-based Communicant's Class, offering Reformed and Presbyterian churches of any size a way to bring students into the church as communing members when the students are ready. Covenant Discipleship gives the oversight of teaching the essence of church membership back to parents, providing them with the tools and resources to guide their students through the process of learning about the essentials of the faith, the importance of church membership, and the core values and theology of a Reformed and Presbyterian church. The Covenant Discipleship Parents' Handbook is the parent half of the material; churches will want to provide a copy of the Covenant Discipleship Student's Workbook to each participating student as well.
Stride Small Group Workbook: Creating a Discipleship Pathway for Your Life is a small group workbook, with included leader guide, for Stride: Creating a Discipleship Pathway for Your Church (ISBN: 9781501849220). Developed for use with Sunday school classes, staff teams, ministry teams, men's groups, women's groups, youth groups, Celebrate Recovery groups, fresh expressions groups, and any other group of people in a Christian community who are wanting to grow as disciples of Jesus. Participants will work together through nine steps of growth as disciples. Each session is packed with spiritually-rooted instruction and guidance for study, reflection, personal application and discussion. As disciples, we are called to do more than just learn. We are called to put our learning into action. Stride Small Group Workbook: Creating a Discipleship Pathway for Your Life focuses on tangible ways each of us, no matter where we find ourselves currently on our Spiritual journey, can intentionally take steps and stride closer to Jesus
