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Lädt ... Building a Discipling Culture (2011. Auflage)von Mike Breen
Werk-InformationenBuilding a Discipling Culture von Mike Breen
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"Much ink and many pages have been devoted to all of the missional issues facing the Western church today. As our culture becomes more post-Christian with each passing day, we are all realizing that what has worked in the past is no longer working, that we are far less effective for the Kingdom than we were even 10 years ago. But we would suggest it isn't because we don't know what the Great Commission states or the imperatives of the Gospel, or that our church services just aren't getting it done. It's because we are in the midst of a discipleship crisis in the Western church. The people sitting in our pews are rarely becoming like the people we read about in Scripture. They may come to a worship service, join a small group or even tithe, but their lives just don't seem to look like Jesus' life. The truth of the matter is that we don't have a missional problem or leadership problem in the Western church. We have a discipleship problem. If we make disciples like Jesus made them, we'll never have a problem finding leaders or seeing new people coming to faith. The central issue is that we have no idea how to make disciples who can do the things that Jesus did for the reasons Jesus did them. Building a Discipling Culture is the product of more than 25 years of hands-on discipleship practice in a post-Christian context that has turned into a worldwide discipling movement, dealing specifically with how to make the types of missional disciples Jesus spoke of. We all want to make disciples. Most of us are unsure how to do it. Dallas Willard put it this way: 'Every church needs to be able to answer two questions. One, do we have a plan for making disciples? Two, does our plan work?' For most of our church communities, we have a plan, but the plan isn't working. If you find yourself in this situation, this book is for you." -- Publisher's description. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Breen and his team have developed a model of discipleship based on what they see Jesus doing in the Bible to grow disciples. They have their own vocabulary and methodology, some of which I found easy to understand and other parts where I wrestled with it, both theologically and practically. I couldn't discern from the book where on the theological spectrum Breen lies. I consider myself to be a Calvinist and there were several places where my vantage point differed from Breen's.
My other concern with this book is that it is written in a very casual style, reading more like a live presentation than a well-reasoned method. I have participated in one three-day training workshop given by Breen's team and as I read I had the feeling that I was sitting in on a presentation, although without having the opportunity to ask questions. And in reading the book there were many times I paused to consider things, asking myself, "What is he trying to say about this?" or "Has he considered that this other thing may be true instead?" The somewhat informal style made for easy reading, but at the expense of presenting more well-reasoned arguments.
Overall, this is a book that may have application for many people in ministry leadership. Growing disciples has been going on since the beginning of the church and there is no "one-size-fits-all" method. Some of the tools Breen offers have value for my ministry setting as they are presented, while others will require adaption. This is but one tool in my toolbox, resting in the top tray, easily available for the situations where it can be used well. (