Balanced Discipleship: The Ancient Call of the Great Commission to the Church Today
Ebook
The data is in … more and more people are leaving the church. We've worked hard at creating better programs, better music, and better sermons, but it's not enough. This is in stark contrast to the global church that is growing exponentially. What are they doing differently? What can we learn? In Matthew 28 Jesus does not ask us to go into the world and make great church services, he tells us to go into the world and make disciples. Campbell takes a deep dive into the Great Commission, exploring Jesus' balanced model of discipleship, and giving us practical tools to apply to our local church.
“The ancient call of the Great Commission is to make disciples through deep community, renewed mission, practice-oriented spiritual formation, Holy Spirit empowerment, healthy church structures, and balanced discipleship models. In Balanced Discipleship, Justin Campbell offers a powerful guide for moving away from the status quo and moving forward into a radical, balanced disciple-making paradigm.”
—Graham Joseph Hill, co-author of Healing Our Broken Humanity
“In this brief book, Justin Campbell covers a lot of territory, issuing an appeal for the church to rebalance its priorities of holiness, mission, worship, and community. He sees these priorities not as competing interests, but operating in harmony, each one energizing the others. Drawing on experts in each of these fields of study, Campbell does exactly what his title promises by developing a truly balanced understanding of Christian discipleship.”
—Michael Frost, author of The Road to Missional: Journey to the Center of the Church
“Making disciples is the most pressing challenge for Christian leaders today. No other kingdom endeavor can be sustainably undertaken without workers who are formed as mature disciples of Jesus. In Balanced Discipleship, Justin Campbell makes a valuable contribution to the conversation about understanding the nature of this challenge and what can be done to meet it. Please read this book, but beware: it may disturb your preferred way of doing church.”
—Rick Lewis, author of Mentoring Matters
- Title: Balanced Discipleship: The Ancient Call of the Great Commission to the Church Today
- Author: Justin Campbell
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Print Publication Date: 2023
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781666755824, 9781666755817, 1666755818, 9781666755800, 166675580X, 1666755826
- Resource ID: LLS:9781666755824
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-03-19T11:29:28Z
Justin Campbell is an Australian based Pastor, and Church Planter with over 20 years of ministry experience. He is a missional church leader, called to encourage faith communities to live out their calling to be disciple-makers in holistic and tangible ways.