A Biblical Theology of Christian Discipleship

by Johnny Turner

Publisher:

Wipf and Stock

, 2021

Overview

A Biblical Theology of Christian Discipleship is a spiritual resource that examines the biblical and theological doctrines to do ministry amid challenges and oppositions. The role of the church is to persuade individuals to establish a philosophy of authentic discipleship. This book challenges the church to walk humbly before God as genuine disciples. The primary focus is to carefully follow Christ’s mandate of the Great Commission in Matthew 28:18-20, “Go and make disciples.” More importantly, the book describes how the church can effectively use different methods and principles to better prepare believers for Christ.

Key Features

• Examines the biblical and theological doctrines to do ministry.
• Challenges the church to walk humbly before God as genuine disciples.
• Describes how the church can effectively use different methods to prepare believers for Christ.

Praise for the Print Edition

Turner has provided the church with a guide to one of the most crucial challenges of our time. The task of raising disciples of Christ is and always has been central to the life of the Christian community. Turner lays out a theological rationale and a biblical foundation for a response to Jesus’s call to ‘follow me.

—James H. Evans, Professor Emeritus, Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School

This book is a resource for churches that seek to remain relevant in an always changing world. Readers are invited to view discipleship as a practice of ministry that takes seriously the collective growth and maturity of all peoples.

—Angela D. Sims, President, Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School

Many books exist on discipleship. However, in this book, Turner challenges the church to reexamine the theological foundations for making disciples of all men and women. This book calls the church to change the focus of her concept of ministry. Jesus did not send the church forth into the world to make converts, but rather to make disciples. When a church makes disciples, that church is well armed in sending forth those who know how to reach and teach others to follow Jesus. This is Turner’s major argument, and the church would do well to heed it.

—Allen Paul Weaver Jr., Pastor, Bethesda Baptist Church, New Rochelle, New York

Product Details

• Title: A Biblical Theology of Christian Discipleship
• Author: Johnny Turner
• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Print Publication Date: 2021
• Pages: 200
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9781725297210, 1725297213
• Resource ID: LLS:BBLCLTHDSCPLSHP
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-12-29T16:48:36Z

About Johnny Turner

Johnny Turner is an associate minister at the Macedonia Baptist Church, Albany, NY. Turner is a former Adjunct Professor of the New Theological Seminary Certificate Program in New York City. He is the author of God is a Strong Shelter: A Commentary on Selected Psalms for a Closer Walk with God, and is a certified grief counseling specialist.