Postcards from Corinth

by Rick James, Betty Churchill

In the last two decades the Campus Ministry has made significant changes to minister to a new generation of students. There is a knowledge gap in our discipleship and if you are not aware of it simply ask anyone in the ministry how the leadership, evangelism, and growth models effect their one-on-one discipleship, and see what you get for an answer. Postcards from Corinth is an attempt to update and elevate our practice of personal discipleship, and to fill in the gaps of missing wisdom. What is in this book is what has been missing from our discipleship. The book is divided into six major sections. The first dealing with the transformation that is the goal of personal discipleship. The second section deals with issues of sin, as it is the enemy of spiritual growth. The third division looks at gender considerations as we are growing into either godly men or women. The fourth section is marked off for topics concerning ministry (sharing the ministry of the Holy Spirit, Basic Follow-up, etc). Following ministry topics is a series of shorter, quick-read articles and abstracts. Last is the section entitled “foundations and history” which grounds us and brings us back to some fundamental principles of Crusade discipleship (from Roger Hershey and Jim Sylvester) that have no expiration date. 47 chapters and articles * The lost art of making people feel stupid * Gospel, Or, How I learned to disciple a transsexual * Please What's our part and what's God's in spiritual growth? * Honest to The psalmist's argument for emotionally authenticity * Trial Coaching a disciple through adversity * Daughters of The case against androgynous discipleship * Blow Finding life and growth out of the ashes of destructive sin * Making an A primer on cross-cultural discipleship * Under Why no one responds to your invitations * Multiple On discipling leaders of ministries

Genres: Christian

268 pages

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Kimberly · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a wonderful book for anyone that is in ministry and even for those who aren't but may be discipling someone or want to know how to disciple someone. This book is broken up six sections, each with multiple chapters which are written by different people. So you can choose to read this book cover to cover, or you can skip around, or you can just read the chapters that sound interesting to you. As this book has different contributors I found I liked some writing styles better then others but that is to be expected. Overall a wonderful book that offers some great advice and includes numerous resources.

[Joel · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book gives real, practical advice on what discipleship should look like and how to disciple others. While most of it is written by Campus Crusade for Christ members who minister to college students, it is extremely relevant to everyday life as well.

[Christa · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book would be good for a leader, especially one for Campus Crusade for Christ. There is some good content, but I feel like the chapters jumped from one topic to the next and a lot of them referred you to other resources. The book was very hard for me to get through though.