Fontes Press Ministry and Discipleship Guides (3 vols.)

by Todd A. Scacewater; J. Brandon Burks; Brian Albert

Publisher:

Fontes Press

, 2017–2019

Overview

These guides serves as a crash course on the basic tenets of the Christian faith. Ministers, leaders, or capable laypersons can work through these guides with new believers to ensure that they understand the faith to which they have committed themselves. The time spent together in this guide will also form the basis for an ongoing spiritual mentorship. This work is intended for pastors, elders, church leaders, and laymen to use to disciple new believers. When a person repents, trusts in Christ, and begins following him, we must disciple them (Matthew 28:18–20). Discipleship includes teaching the faith and modeling it with our lives, which involves an ongoing relationship with God and with those whom we are discipling.

The content is intentionally aimed at the intellect, although content and discussion questions do invite the reader to reflect on whether they have truly been saved. The reason for omitting life-application content and discussion questions is to ensure that this guide has a singular, measurable objective: to confirm that new believers actually understand the faith they claim to hold. Leaders can move toward practical application if they wish, given their own setting and abilities. But the guide is written so that each user will achieve the same goal of comprehending the basics of the faith, which should create a firm foundation on which to grow in the faith. The final chapter provides the user with “next steps,” including the various ways in which we grow in our faith and some resources to set them in the right direction.

Key Features

• Provides a helpful guide for discipling new believers
• Explores the basics of spiritual disciplines
• Explains the upward, inward, outward, and onward dimensions of the Christian faith

Product Details

• Title: Fontes Press Ministry and Discipleship Guides (3 vols.)
• Series: Ministry and Discipleship Guides
• Publisher:
• Volumes: 3
• Pages: 246
• Resource Type: Introductions
• Topic: Ministry Resources

Grounded in the Faith: A Guide for New Believers Based on the Apostles’ Creed

• Author: Todd A. Scacewater
• Series: Ministry and Discipleship Guides
• Publisher: Fontes Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Pages: 62

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Grounded in the Faith provides a simple exposition of the Apostles’ Creed with discussion questions, designed to ensure new believers comprehend the basic tenets of the faith. As leaders work through the content and questions with new disciples, they will lay the foundation for a lifetime of spiritual growth.

The benefits of this guide are similar to the benefits of the creed that provides its structure: a strong focus on Christology and the Trinity. A basic understanding of the Father, the Son, and the Spirit are foundational for the Christian life, and this guide provides that foundation for new believers.

—Paul Hoskins, Associate Professor of New Testament, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

Todd A. Scacewater (PhD, Biblical Interpretation) is a missionary with Wycliffe Bible Translators, serving as Assistant Professor of International Studies at Dallas International University. He has pastored in various capacities since 2006.

Internalizing the Faith: A Pilgrim’s Catechism

• Author: J. Brandon Burks
• Series: Ministry and Discipleship Guides
• Publisher: Fontes Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Pages: 114

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Internalizing the Faith is a catechism designed for progressive comprehension and internalization of the Christian faith. The catechism is divided into three parts that build on each other, with each section concluding with application questions relevant for living as a faithful believer in the world today.

Brandon Burks has produced a valuable catechism. It is filled with concise, coherent, biblically grounded, theologically sound answers to important pertinent questions. Without laboring under jargon, the answers introduce the student to sophisticated and vital theological ideas such as active and passive obedience, the covenants, election, reprobation, some hermeneutical issues, and striking principles of ethics. Every parent and every pastor should be pleased to have this valuable resource available for their calling to instruct in truth those under their care.

—Dr. Thomas J. Nettles, retired Professor of Church History, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

J. Brandon Burks (MAR, Westminster Seminary) is Senior Pastor of Dry Ridge Baptist Church.

Living the Faith: Upward, Inward, Outward, and Onward

• Author: Brian Albert
• Series: Ministry and Discipleship Guides
• Publisher: Fontes Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Pages: 70

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Living out the Christian faith requires several dimensions, none of which should be neglected. In this concise guide to Christian spirituality, Brian Albert explains the upward, inward, outward, and onward dimensions of the Christian faith. With practical illustrations and application questions in every chapter, this guide explains basic spiritual disciplines in a way that is valuable for both newer and seasoned believers alike.

Brian Albert is a skilled and caring shepherd of souls. His Living the Faith is a trustworthy, biblically-sound resource for discipling a new believer. It is practical, easy to understand, and contains dozens of thought-provoking questions for private consideration or meaningful dialogue.

—Donald S. Whitney, Professor of Biblical Spirituality and Associate Dean, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY

Brian Albert (PhD, Biblical Spirituality) has pastored at Calvary Baptist Church in Lenexa, KS since 2004. He also serves at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary as Adjunct Professor of Church History and Research Assistant of the Spurgeon Library.