How to Be a World Class Christian: Becoming Part of God's Global Kingdom

by Paul Borthwick

In Purpose-Driven Life, Rick Warren cites Paul s books A Mind For Missions and How To Be A World-Class Christian as resources that should be read by every Christian.

How To Be A World-Class Christian opens the window to global Christianity for any person who desires to be part of what God is doing in the world. Building on the foundations of information, prayer, experience and investigation, How To Be A World-Class Christian shows the reader how to expand in understanding Scripture, increase in global praying and intensify cross-cultural outreach beginning right at home. Using practical tools and observations from everyday life, this book invites every reader to stretch his or her knowledge of the purposes of God in the world and then to take the steps necessary to start responding to the opportunities we face. Patrick Johnstone said, There is a YOU-shaped hole in God s Kingdom find it and fill it. Finding and filling the place in the world that God has designed for you is what How to Be a World-Class Christian is designed to do.

CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Why Be A World-Class Christian?
Chapter 2: What Is a World-Class Christian?
Chapter 3: The Scriptures and the Saints
Chapter 4: Information and Issues
Chapter 5: A Look at World-Class Prayers
Chapter 6: Our Prayers Can Be World-Class
Chapter 7: A Change in Lifestyle
Chapter 8: At the Heart of the Matter
Chapter 9: Reaching the World that Has Come to Us
Chapter 10: Going Global
Chapter 11: Nearsightedness
Chapter 12: God Calls Worldwide
Chapter 13: You Can Be a World-Class Christian

Genres: Christian, Christianity, Christian Living, Nonfiction, Theology

237 pages, Paperback

First published November 28, 1990

About the author

Paul Borthwick is senior consultant for Development Associates International and teaches global Christianity at Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts (Amherst), a Master's of Divinity from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and a Doctor of Ministry in Cross-Cultural Studies, also from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. In addition to his numerous books, Paul’s articles on the topics of youth, missions, and discipleship have appeared in such Christian publications as Decision, REV, Leadership Journal, Evangelical Missions Quarterly and GROUP. He contributes often to Discipleship Journal. Through his speaking, writing and resource ministry, Borthwick works to mobilize others to participate in world missions. Borthwick is an active speaker and teacher, having taught courses at Gordon College, Africa International University (Nairobi), Alliance Theological Seminary (Manila) and Lanka Bible College (Sri Lanka), plus a guest faculty position at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Previously he served for more than twenty years on the staff of Grace Chapel in Lexington, Massachusetts, first as youth pastor and then as minister of missions. Borthwick is the author of Western Christians in Global Missions, How to Be a World-Class Christian, Six Dangerous Questions to Transform Your View of the World, A Mind for Missions, and other books and Bible studies. He and his wife Christie have been married since 1979 and they live in Lexington, Massachusetts, when not traveling internationally.

Reviews

[Dean Mundy · Rating 4 out of 5]

A convicting book. My version had the study notes in the back so I may read it again and work through the notes at the same time. For Christians who feel like they want to do more to reach the world but don't know where to start. Or for Christians who are simply interested in "missions" where ever that may be.

[Noelle Rogers · Rating 4 out of 5]

Convicting and very realistic to implement. Wide screen and microscope. Am starting this morning with focused prayer and looking for ways to serve.