University Press of America
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978-0-7618-6017-4 • Hardback • November 2012 • $94.00 • (£72.00)
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Brooks St. Clair Morton is an ordained elder in the Northwest Texas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church and pastor of Idalou United Methodist Church. He holds a master of divinity degree and a master of theology degree in world mission and evangelism from Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky, as well as a master of arts degree in apologetics from Wesley Biblical Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi. He lives happily ever after with his wife, Kristin, and their three sons: Ethan, Wyatt, and J.D. You may follow the author on Twitter: @idaloumethodist.
Contents
To the Glory of the Triune God
Preface
Foreward by Stephen L. Martyn
Introduction: The Question of All Questions
All Too Common Stories
The Secret of Conversion
The Logic of the Great CoMission
The Church as People, Place, and Path
The Disciple-Maker as Change Agent
The Disciple-Maker as Teacher
The Working Principles
The Models
From Models to Ministry
Discipling into a New Reality
Appendix: The Pilgrimage to God’s Holy Mountain
Index
Brooks Morton has done us all a favor by combining exegetical skills with a fine biblical model of discipleship. . . . Not only a ‘must read’ but a ‘must do.’
— Steven Tsoukalas, Ph.D., assistant professor of apologetics and Christian thought at Wesley Biblical Seminary
The church must make disciples or die. . . . This is one of the best books on discipleship I have ever read.
— Reverend Mike Mayhugh, senior pastor of Christ United Methodist Church, Texas
Understanding the basic mission of the church as a ‘co-mission’ with God has broad application across the age spectrum in local congregations. . . . [His] model in the appendix is worth the price of the book alone.
— Reverend Jim Turley, senior vice president and executive director, Texas Methodist Foundation, Institute for Clergy and Congregational Excellence
Leaving nothing to chance, Brooks has done a fabulous job of integrating practical theology, rich spirituality, and life-giving accountability. I wouldn’t use any other approach to confirmation.
— Reverend Brian Brownlow, First United Methodist Church, Sweetwater, Texas