Forming Intentional Disciples
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- Author : Sherry A. Weddell
- Publisher : Our Sunday Visitor
- Release : 30 November 2015
- ISBN : 9781612789439
- Page : 130 pages
- Rating : 5/5 from 1 voters
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How can we transmit a living, personal Catholic faith to future generations? By coming to know Jesus Christ, and following him as his disciples. These are times of immense challenge and immense opportunity for the Catholic Church. Consider these statistics for the United States. Only 30 percent of Americans who were raised Catholic are still practicing. Fully 10 percent of all adults in America are ex-Catholics. The number of marriages celebrated in the Church decreased dramatically, by nearly 60 percent, between 1972 and 2010. Only 60 percent of Catholics believe in a personal God. If the Church is to reverse these trends, the evangelizers must first be evangelized-in other words, Catholics-in-the-pew must make a conscious choice to know and follow Jesus before they can draw others to him. This work of discipleship lies at the heart of Forming Intentional Disciples, a book designed to help Church leaders, parish staff and all Catholics transform parish life from within. Drawing upon her fifteen years of experience with the Catherine of Siena Institute, Sherry Weddell leads readers through steps that will help Catholics enter more deeply into a relationship with God and the river of apostolic creativity, charisms, and vocation that flow from that relationship for the sake of the Church and the world. Learn about the five thresholds of postmodern conversion, how to open a conversation about faith and belief, how to ask thought-provoking questions and establish an atmosphere of trust, when to tell the Great Story of Jesus, how to help someone respond to God's call to intentional discipleship, and much more. And be prepared for conversion because when life at the parish level changes, the life of the whole Church will change.
Forming Intentional Disciples
- Author : Sherry A. Weddell
- Publisher : Our Sunday Visitor
- Release Date : 2015-11-30
- ISBN : 9781612789439
How can we transmit a living, personal Catholic faith to future generations? By coming to know Jesus Christ, and following him as his disciples. These are times of immense challenge and immense opportunity for the Catholic Church. Consider these statistics for the United States. Only 30 percent of Americans who were raised Catholic are still practicing. Fully 10 percent of all adults in America are ex-Catholics. The number of marriages celebrated in the Church decreased dramatically, by nearly 60 percent, between 1972 and 2010. Only 60
Forming Intentional Disciples
- Author : Sherry Weddell
- Publisher : Our Sunday Visitor
- Release Date : 2012-07-05
- ISBN : 9781612782287
How can we transmit a living, personal Catholic faith to future generations? By coming to know Jesus Christ, and following him as his disciples. These are times of immense challenge and immense opportunity for the Catholic Church. Consider these statistics for the United States. Only 30 percent of Americans who were raised Catholic are still practicing. Fully 10 percent of all adults in America are ex-Catholics. The number of marriages celebrated in the Church decreased dramatically, by nearly 60 percent, between 1972 and 2010. Only 60
Becoming a Parish of Intentional Disciples
- Author : Sherry Weddell
- Publisher : Our Sunday Visitor
- Release Date : 2015
- ISBN : 1612788343
""It is not the same thing to have known Jesus as not to have known him, not the same thing to walk with him as to walk blindly, not the same thing to hear his word as not to know it . We know that with Jesus life becomes richer.""-Pope Francis, The Joy of the Gospel In her first book, Forming Intentional Disciples: The Path to Knowing and Following Jesus, Sherry Weddell, cofounder of the Catherine of Siena Institute, captured
Fruitful Discipleship
- Author : Sherry A. Weddell
- Publisher : Our Sunday Visitor
- Release Date : 2017-06-20
- ISBN : 9781612789743
As faith-filled Catholics, we are called to go out and spread the good news of the Gospel, build up the Church, and fuel its mission. We are supernaturally empowered by God to do this through the charisms we receive at Baptism. Learn about each charism, what they are, and how discipleship unleashes these powerful gifts to produce fruit that lasts.
Making Missionary Disciples
- Author : Curtis Martin
- Publisher : eBookIt.com
- Release Date : 2019-03-03
- ISBN : 9781456632793
"I dream of a 'missionary option'... a missionary impulse capable of transforming everything..." Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium Do you have the same dream as Pope Francis? Would you like to see your parish, apostolate, or family flourishing in Christ like never before? In Making Missionary Disciples, Curtis Martin, founder of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS), explores how to build a vibrant culture of faithfulness and fruitfulness. He doesn't just remind us how every disciple is called on mission
The Activated Disciple
- Author : Jeff Cavins
- Publisher : Ascension Press
- Release Date : 2018-11-05
- ISBN : 9781945179723
Are you ready to take your faith to the next level? If you yearn for a life that moves beyond believing and practicing your faith, if you want to radically live your faith, if you want a more profound relationship with Jesus Christ, then it is time for you to become an activated disciple. The Foundation of discipleship is imitation. True discipleship requires such a close relationship with God that every area of your life is transformed. It is about
Rebuilt
- Author : Michael White,Tom Corcoran
- Publisher : Ave Maria Press
- Release Date : 2012-02-28
- ISBN : 9781594713873
Drawing on the wisdom gleaned from thriving mega-churches and innovative business leaders while anchoring their vision in the Eucharistic center of Catholic faith, Fr. Michael White and lay associate Tom Corcoran present the compelling and inspiring story to how they brought their parish back to life. Rebuilt: Awakening the Faithful, Reaching the Lost, and Making Church Matter is a story of stopping everything and changing focus. When their parish reached a breaking point, White and Corcoran asked themselves how they
Sherry Weddell's Forming Intentional Disciples Study Guide
- Author : Ximena Debroeck
- Publisher : Our Sunday Visitor
- Release Date : 2014-03-11
- ISBN : 1612788009
Now the most-talked-about book in Catholic parishes across the country, Forming Intentional Disciples, has a study guide that will help you change your parish or small faith community. Sherry A. Weddell's Forming Intentional Disciples Study Guide provides tools and resources to "break the silence," initiate conversations, share the story of faith, and begin walking the path of discipleship together.
Liturgy and the New Evangelization
- Author : Timothy P. O'Malley
- Publisher : Liturgical Press
- Release Date : 2014-03-14
- ISBN : 9780814637890
In Liturgy and the New Evangelization, Timothy O’Malley provides a liturgical foundation to the church’s New Evangelization. He examines questions pastoral ministers must treat in order to foster the renewal of humanity that the New Evangelization seeks to promote. Drawing on narrative, as well as theological concepts in biblical, patristic, and systematic theology, O’Malley invites readers into a renewed experience of the liturgical life of the church, learning to practice the art of self-giving love for the
One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic
- Author : K. D. Whitehead
- Publisher : Ignatius Press
- Release Date : 2000-01-01
- ISBN : 9780898708028
"Kenneth Whitehead shows in this book how, according to these same sources, the early Church was already in all essential respects the same Church as the Catholic Church of today. The Church consists of believers in Christ who profess her creed and are subject to the authority of her hierarchy, just as the first Christians accepted the preaching of the apostles chosen by Jesus and were subject to their authority (as can abundantly be seen in the Acts of the
I Once Was Lost
- Author : Don Everts,Doug Schaupp
- Publisher : InterVarsity Press
- Release Date : 2009-08-20
- ISBN : 9780830875665
Don Everts and Doug Schaupp tell the stories of postmodern people who have come to follow Jesus. They describe the factors that influence how people shift in their perspectives and become open to the Gospel. They provide practical tools to help people enter the kingdom, as well as guidelines for how new believers can live out their Christian faith.
The Reed of God
- Author : Caryll Houselander
- Publisher : Ave Maria Press
- Release Date : 2020-05-29
- ISBN : 9780870612664
First published in 1944 and now a spiritual classic for Catholics across the globe, The Reed of God contains meditations on the humanity of Mary, Mother of God. British Catholic writer and artist Caryll Houselander lovingly explores Mary’s intimately human side, depicting Our Lady as a musical instrument who makes divine love known to the world. This refreshed edition is rich and rewarding reading for all Christians who wonder what Mary was really like. While the Second Vatican Council led
Discipleship Focused Youth Ministry
- Author : Eric Gallagher
- Publisher : Unknown
- Release Date : 2016-09-29
- ISBN : 1519671903
With over 40 years of combined youth ministry experience, Jim and Eric offer an approach to youth ministry that seeks to deepen the impact that youth ministry has in the church through discipleship. The book lays a foundation of understanding on what youth ministry is (or should be!), provides insights into many of the shifts happening in the Church, especially looking at the work of discipleship and the fruit it is bearing across the country, as well as providing a five
Made for Mission
- Author : Tim Glemkowski
- Publisher : Unknown
- Release Date : 2019-12-06
- ISBN : 1681924587
Author and speaker Tim Glemkowski offers four keys to a radical change in parish culture, and outlines a simple strategy for evangelization that every parish can use. It is a must-read for Catholic clergy, lay parish staff, anyone working in ministry, and any dedicated parishioner who is passionate about renewing the Church.
Real-Life Discipleship
- Author : Jim Putman
- Publisher : Tyndale House
- Release Date : 2014-02-27
- ISBN : 9781617472688
Real-Life Discipleship explains what should happen in the life of every Christian and in every small group so that the church becomes an army of believers dedicated to seeing the world saved. With the overriding goal to train disciples who know how to make more disciples, this book offers proven tools and strategies from Real Life Ministries, one of America’s fastest-growing churches. Discover what the Bible says about true and effective discipleship with these strategies and practices.