Author: Various, edited by Mark Greene & Tracy Cotterell
Publisher: LICC
Publication Date: November 2006

Summary:

If the church is to have an impact on our society, it must learn to make disciples not converts. This is a rich and practical collection of essays from fifteen multi-disciplinary experts and practitioners representing a breadth of churchmanship who reflect deeply on this key issue for the UK church: how can we grow whole-life missionary disciples and disciple-makers who can make a difference in today's rapidly changing world?

Details:

Catalysed by Mark Greene's 'Imagine How We Can Reach the UK', this multi-faceted collection of essays from leading practitioners and thinkers on disciple-making is intended to encourage the growth of a diverse movement seeking to create mature, mission-oriented, disciple-making churches in our radically changing society.

Avoiding 'faddism', the collection brings insights from the Old and New Testaments, from the experience of the early church, Wesley and a number of contemporary pioneering experiments in disciple-making from a variety of church streams. It looks at the implications of such a radical shift in church culture for leadership teams by asking, 'What are leaders for?' and explores how a deeper consideration of what it means to be human is so vital in developing our picture of Christian discipleship.

The book is not a 'ten-point plan', rather it is a collection that will stimulate reflection, stir the imagination and point towards pathways for church communities and individuals committed to growing as missionary disciples and disciple-makers who make a difference in today's world.

A fuller list of contents can be viewed in the Let My People Grow section of the Imagine website.

Contributing authors: Martyn Atkins, Jason Clark, Brian Draper, Steve Davie, David Firth, Jason Gardner, Greg Haslam, Maragaret Killingray, James Lawrence, Jan McCuin, Graham McFarlane, Philip Meadows, Laurence Singlehurst, John Smith, Paul Weaver.