Relational Discipleship: Moving Back Home with God
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
God is waiting for each of us to return home! In fact, God is already out in the world searching and inviting each person to take the journey back to God’s house. Relational Discipleship: Moving Back Home with God approaches discipleship from a fresh perspective and intentionally draws on biblical principles and examples of discipleship. In this approach, the metaphor of a house is used to describe our journey back to God. Hospitality plays a key factor in how discipleship, from this perspective, warmly calls each person forward in each step. Other modes of discipleship are solely focused on transformation of the disciple. Here, in this model, the transformation of the discipler must occur first. Then, the discipler can be a warm host helping other travelers on the path to God’s house. Join in the journey today and see how Relational Discipleship offers the call to move back home with God.
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”Craig Drurey has written a brilliant book! The prose is
accessible and the ideas winsome. This book makes discipleship
matter for the contemporary age, and I suspect it will spark new
endeavors in helping us to live lives of love. Get this
book!"
--Thomas Jay Oord, author of The Uncontrolling Love of
God
“The image of discipleship as heading for the home God has prepared
for us is so compelling, and Craig’s way of describing that journey
is so inviting, I cannot imagine anyone reading this book without
thinking, ‘This is the life I have always wanted.’"
--Steve Harper, retired professor of Spiritual Formation and Wesley
Studies
"Drurey makes a compelling case for integrating hospitality back
into disciple-making and holiness teaching in Relational
Discipleship. This is an excellent resource for equipping
missionaries and other disciple-makers to evangelize North America
in our generation."
--R. Mark Montgomery, equipping leader, The Church of the
Nazarene
"Craig’s use of the metaphor of ‘coming home’ to describe the
journey of discipleship makes this resource readily accessible to
persons in the local church. I recommend this book to any leader
who struggles with how to encourage believers to grow as disciples
of Jesus."
--Richard Fitzgerald, elder, Great Plains Conference United
Methodist Church
"As lead pastor, I have been privileged to be involved with Craig
in outreach and discipleship ministry for 3 years. I have
observed him successfully use this model of relational discipleship
as he has nurtured young and seasoned believers in their
faith."
--Raynard L. Martin, pastor, Wadsworth Church of the Nazarene
Product Details
- Title : Relational Discipleship: Moving Back Home with God
- Author: Drurey, Brian Craig
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Publication Date: 2017
- ISBN: 9781532615528
Brian Craig Drurey is the Director of Discipleship at Green Valley United Methodist Church. Craig also teaches part time for Grand Canyon University and Ohio Christian University as an adjunct professor. His emphasis is in the areas of spiritual formation and discipleship, helping students to understand and engage transformation in Christ. He earned his Master of Divinity from Northwest Nazarene University. Currently, he is in the dissertation phase for a Doctor of Ministry in Wesleyan Practices from Ashland Theological Seminary.