Journey to Jesus
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This book is a companion to Webber's "Journey to Jesus" seminars, held in over 100 American cities from 2000-2003. The "seeker" model of worship presupposes a split between what goes on during the worship service and how the church evangelizes its members into full discipleship in Jesus Christ. The basic idea is to draw the unchurched in through lively, uplifting services, and then move them into small group ministries that will lead them to a deeper understanding of the Christian life. While this model works well in some, mostly "start-up" congregations, it has been a dismal failure in traditional, established churches, many of which have had to abandon their seeker services. Robert Webber here proposes an alternative: a model of worship that emphasizes the fact that those who come to worship are at very different points in their spiritual lives. Rather than ignore these differences or gear all of worship to those already established in the faith, he argues that churches should openly recognize the stages of faith through which their members are passing, and structure their worship and ministry to celebrate those stages, openly encouraging Christians to move from spiritual infancy to maturity in Christ.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0687068401
ISBN13:9780687068401
Release Date:November 2001
Publisher:Abingdon Press
Length:248 Pages
Weight:0.77 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.6" x 8.6"
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Evangelism for a new age
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
Webber has outlined an evangelism for a new age. We live in a post-modern world where a majority of the people have little or no contact with the Church. Evangelism in this age is similar to that of the first two centuries of the Christian faith. Instead of handing out tracks, we bring them into the church by forming relationships with them, teaching them what worship is, and by nurturing them in the faith.This is an excellent book and one that thoughtful missionaries in our culture will turn to again and again.Along with his book Ancient-Future Faith and the Younger Evangelicals, Webber has set us an agenda and a method.The faith is taught not caught. The early Christians taught new comers the faith before they made them full members in the community. In our world we make them full members and leave them ignorant far too often.You will not be sorry you purchased this volume.
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