Ancient-Future Evangelism: Making Your Church a Faith-Forming Community

Ancient-Future Evangelism: Making Your Church a Faith-Forming Community

by Robert E. Webber
Ancient-Future Evangelism: Making Your Church a Faith-Forming Community

Ancient-Future Evangelism: Making Your Church a Faith-Forming Community

by Robert E. Webber

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Overview

Following his well-received Ancient-Future Faith, Robert Webber presents a new model for evangelism and discipleship, the first in a series of four books applying his theoretical ideas to practical situations.
Part 1 of Ancient-Future Evangelism surveys evangelism and Christian formation throughout the church and then translates the process for twenty-first-century Christians. Webber presents evangelism as four distinct stages and suggests three accompanying rites of passage that can be easily adapted to any church tradition.
Part 2 underscores how the four-fold process of faith formation is interwoven with three theological principles: Christ as victor over evil, the church as witness to God's salvation, and worship as a witness to God's mission accomplished in Jesus.
Ancient-Future Evangelism will appeal to both emerging evangelicals as well as traditional church leaders. It relates faith to Christian practice by drawing wisdom from the past and translating those insights into the present and future life of the church.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780801091605
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/01/2003
Series: Ancient-Future
Pages: 224
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.48(d)

About the Author

Robert E. Webber (Th.D., Concordia Seminary) is Myers Professor of Ministry at Northern Seminary, president of the Institute for Worship Studies, and author of numerous books and articles, including The Younger Evangelicals.

Table of Contents

List of Tables7
Introduction to the Ancient-Future Faith Series9
Acknowledgments11
Introduction13
1.The Way New Christians Have Been Formed17
Part 1The Process of Christian Formation39
2.Make Disciples41
3.Evangelism55
4.Discipleship70
5.Spiritual Formation88
6.Christian Vocation103
Part 2Cultural and Theological Reflection119
7.The World We Evangelize123
8.The Story We Tell137
9.The Church That Tells the Story153
Conclusion165
Appendixes
1.Various Sequences for the Stages and Passage Rites171
2.Descriptions of the Passage Rites174
3.The Christian Year Sequence179
4.The Eastbourne Consultation Joint Statement on Discipleship181
Notes185
Bibliography195
Index202
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