Faithful Presence: Seven Disciplines That Shape the Church for Mission
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (845 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B073DDCHSQ |
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| Number of Pages | : | 170 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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"An instant classic in missional church practice" according to Clint Walker. It has taken me a while to carefully read through this book, but I have finally finished the text.The central idea of Faithful Presence is that there are seven spiritual practices that simultaneously promise God's presence and lead us into a missional presence in our world. Each one of the practices promises that God will "show up" as we live out and share these disciplines. The practices are:The Discipline of the Lord's tableThe Discipline of ReconciliationThe Discipline of Proclaiming the GospelThe Discipline of Being with the Least of The. J. Allen said VISION FOR CHURCH MISSION!. Faithful Presence by David E FitchI LOVED this book, resonated deeply with the premise and thesis and feel empowered, encouraged and excited to keep pressing on in what it means to - with CHRIST - love as and with the church for and with the world! Wow - powerful, practical and profound message in this book. Pick it up if you want to learn more about discerning and joining where GOD is already at work all around you. I see a lifetime of work, exploration, experimentation and actual faithful presence in response to this read and in celebration of . A Paradigm Shift for the Local Church I can't remember the first time I heard Fitch use the phrase "faithful presence." But even before this book was released, that phrase had an overwhelming impact on my ministry in the local church. It has affected the way I view my time in and out of my office, in my part-time job at an elementary school, and in particular as I minister to the overall church body—including the children and youth."Faithful Presence" unpacks the phrase that has appeared in a variety of Fitch's blogs, podcasts, and seminar discussions. He lays out seven discipl
This book will help you reenvision church, what you do in the name of church, and the way you lead a church. Through numerous examples and stories, he demonstrates how these revolutionary disciplines can help the church take shape in and among our neighborhoods, transform our way of life in the world, and advance the kingdom. He argues that we have lost the intent and practice of the sacramental ways of the historic church, and he recovers seven disciplines that have been with us since the birth of the church. It recovers a future for the church that takes us beyond Christendom. Embrace the call to reimagine the church as the living embodiment of Christ, dwelling in and reflecting God's faithful presence to a world that desperately needs more of it.. In our quest to renew the church, Christians have walked through seeker-friendly, emergent, missional, and other movements to develop new expressions of the body of Christ. Now, in the post-Christian world in North America, we're asking the question again: Is there a way to be the church that engages the world,