Fresh Ideas for Discipleship & Nurture
Overview
What’s the connection between faith and the job? How does a church help those who have no job? How do we motivate Christians to pray, not just discuss prayer? Anyone for fasting? Will adults get serious about learning? (Yes.) How much counseling is enough? Does serving stop at age 65? (No.) What do single parents need most?
Here are hundreds of innovative solutions from churches all across the United States and Canada, gathered and arranged by the editors of LEADERSHIP and LEADERSHIP 100 into seven major sections:
- Discipleship
- Prayer
- Education
- Serving
- Counseling
- Fellowship
- Older Adults
Top Highlights
“The personal study was a series of inductive questions. Each person would observe (what does it say?), interpret (what does it mean?), and apply (what does it mean to me?). The notes we provided gave a minimum of information—only what was needed to make sense of the text.” (Page 31)
“Another wrote: ‘It’s changed me. I first fasted for a specific prayer request—trying to change God and make something happen. Now, I reflect on God himself. I go to him to have my perspective and attitude changed instead of God’s. It has humbled me. My goal is to do it once a week.’” (Page 68)
“John Wesley once said, ‘Some have exalted religious fasting beyond all Scripture and reason; and others have utterly disregarded it.’” (Page 66)
“I learned the principle of discovery learning: People will integrate into their lives what they’ve discovered for themselves.” (Page 32)
“This then is the principle of equipping through Bible learning. Whatever I can do to help people become competent in ministry is more valuable to the body than any ministry I can perform directly, no matter how excellent.” (Page 33)
Product Details
- Title: Fresh Ideas for Discipleship & Nurture
- Editors: Dean Merrill and Marshall Shelley
- Publisher: Christianity Today, Word Books
- Publication Date: 1984