Fruitful Discipleship: Living the Mission of Jesus in the Church and the World

by Sherry A. Weddell

Publisher:

Our Sunday Visitor

, 2017

Overview

How does God’s grace change our individual lives, families, neighborhoods, parish communities, and cities? In Fruitful Discipleship: Living the Mission of Jesus in the Church and the World, Sherry A. Weddell describes how the Holy Spirit is at work in all the baptized—calling and gifting us to “say yes” in ways that will be the longed-for answer to someone else’s prayers and fuel the mission of the whole Church.

God has chosen to be present in this world through the faith and obedience of missionary disciples who witness to Jesus Christ and bear abundant fruit. In Fruitful Discipleship, Sherry

shares what she and her team have learned from helping over 100,000 Catholics of all backgrounds

identifies and explains 23 distinct charisms

provides wise guidance for discerning and exercising the gifts received in baptism

sheds light on the implications of those gifts for both service and leadership within the Church and in mission to the world

encourages readers with true stories of parishes, cities and whole dioceses who are experiencing powerful renewal because they are forming intentional disciples who bear much fruit.

Key Features

• Explores the calling to go out and spread the good news of the Gospel.
• Explains how to build up the Church, and fuel its mission.
• Unfolds how discipleship unleashes these powerful gifts to produce fruit that lasts.

Product Details

• Title: Fruitful Discipleship: Living the Mission of Jesus in the Church and the World
• Author: Sherry A. Weddell
• Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor
• Print Publication Date: 2017
• Logos Release Date: 2024
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Spiritual life Catholic Church; Evangelistic work Catholic Church; Pastoral theology; Church work
• ISBNs: 9781612789736, 1612789730
• Resource ID: LLS:FRTFLDSCPLSWRLD
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-02-21T17:25:34Z

About Sherry A. Weddell

Sherry Anne Weddell created the first charism discernment process specifically designed for Catholics in 1993. In 1997, she co-founded the Catherine of Siena Institute, an affiliated international ministry of the Western Dominican Province, and currently serves as Co-Director. Sherry has developed numerous unique formation resources that are used around the world and trained and helps lead an international team who have worked directly with over 130,000 lay, religious, and ordained Catholics in hundreds of parishes in 150 (arch)dioceses on 5 continents. Sherry’s book, Forming Intentional Disciples which came out in July 2012, is a best seller that has sold over 100, 000 copies. When not hanging around airports, Sherry enjoys tending her high altitude Tuscan garden in the Colorado Rockies.