Jesus Driven Ministry
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
In spite of good intentions, too many Christian workers today burn out, suffer moral lapses, or just get discouraged and quit. How can you avoid failing as a Christian leader? Ajith Fernando believes that much ministry failure results from neglect of the basics of the faith. Too often today's church is riveted on ministry technique to the neglect of leadership lifestyle. In Fernando's own words: "Perhaps the greatest need in the training of leaders today is to provide guidelines to help them live as biblical men and women."
In this book, Fernando identifies the foundational elements that allow you to be both effective and joyful in your service. He shows from Jesus' own ministry that relating to the people you minister to, retreating from busyness to prayer, being affirmed and empowered by God, discipling younger leaders, and gaining strength from God's Word must be at the heart of your ministry.
Rich in Scripture and full of stories from Fernando's own years of ministry, this book will challenge you and provide resources to help you cultivate a long and fruitful life of ministry.
- Explores secrets of long-term ministry
- Discusses topics related to personal ministry lifestyle
- Seeks to help men and women commit themselves afresh to the vital basics of ministry
- Identifying with People
- Empowered by the Spirit
- Affirmed by God
- Retreating from Activity
- Affirming the Will of God
- Saturated in the Word
- Facing Wild Animals
- Bearing Good News
- Growing in a Team
- Discipling Younger Leaders
- Launching Disciples Into Ministry
- Ministering to the Sick and Demon-Possessed
- Visiting Homes
- Praying
Top Highlights
“When one is committed enough to pay the price of identifying with people, he or she is adopting a pragmatic approach to ministry. Commitment does pay, for it begets commitment in others and makes our ministry more effective!” (Page 27)
“The filling with the Holy Spirit has two aspects in the book of Acts. One is a quality of life that should characterize all Christians. The other is an anointing for special challenges.” (Page 32)
“It is significant that all three of Jesus’ temptations had to do with choosing the will of God over alternate paths. With the first temptation it was the will of God over his rights and privileges. The second dealt with God’s will over uncrucified desires, and the third with God’s will over wrong paths to success. The will of God is ultimately the most important thing in our lives. As John said, ‘And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever’ (1 John 2:17).” (Page 87)
“They testified that God had freed them from pain. The question I had was whether God was asking them to embrace the pain because of commitment to these people or causes.” (Page 22)
“A community that does not come to grips with the shortcomings of its members will always be a shallow community.” (Page 145)
There is an authenticity, deep simplicity, and biblical richness to the writings of Ajith Fernando. The effect is that when I go to his books in search for something specific, I get drawn in longer than I intend. That is what happened with this book, every time I poked my nose into a different chapter. The church in the Western world needs to read what Ajith Fernando writes.
John Piper, Founder and Teacher, desiringGod.org; Chancellor, Bethlehem College & Seminary; author, Desiring God
What makes the writing of Ajith Fernando so convincing is the authenticity of his ministry. As few persons I know in this generation, he lives what he preaches.
Robert E. Coleman, Distinguished Senior Professor of Evangelism and Discipleship, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Ajith Fernando towers above the crowd as one of the great Christians of our time. He is esteemed internationally for biblical scholarship and expository Bible teaching and for his work as an apologist and evangelist. It is no surprise that his Jesus Driven Ministry sets the Christocentric standard for us all.
R. Kent Hughes, Senior Pastor Emeritus, College Church, Wheaton, Illinois
- Title: Jesus Driven Ministry
- Author: Ajith Fernando
- Publisher: Crossway
- Print Publication Date: 2007
- Logos Release Date: 2021
- Pages: 256
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- Subjects: Pastoral theology; Religion; Theology
- ISBNs: 9781433519970, 9780851119953, 9781581344455, 9781581348514, 1433519976, 0851119956, 1581344457, 1581348517
- Resource ID: LLS:020CB69F3C91CC7F1C6A209BCBFF8439
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-06T20:55:09Z
Ajith Fernando (ThM, Fuller Theological Seminary) is the teaching director of Youth for Christ in Sri Lanka after serving as the ministry's national director for thirty-five years. He and his wife, Nelun, are active in a church ministering primarily to the urban poor, and his ministry includes counseling and mentoring younger staff and pastors. He is the author of twenty books published in twenty-four languages. Ajith lives in Colombo, Sri Lanka, with his wife, and they have two adult children and four grandchildren.