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Imagine Church

Releasing Whole-Life Disciples

Neil Hudson

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How can an ordinary church grow disciples who live their whole lives as followers of Jesus? Disciples whose faith shapes their attitudes as neighbours, colleagues and family members?

Our time in church needs to equip us to be salt and light in our time out there. Drawn from the hard-won lessons of the Imagine project, this book offers help and hope from churches which have begun to do just that:

• Lessons from three years' work with pilot churches
• Practical ideas for your church
• Real-life stories of churches and individuals

It doesn't offer quick fixes. There aren't any. Instead, it offers new hope and little changes which change everything.

Commendations

'If you are looking for some quick fixes to make your church better, you won’t find them here. (They don’t exist.) The purpose of this book is to turn your church inside out.'

- from the foreword by Graham Cray, Archbishops’ Missioner, Leader of the Fresh Expressions team

'The idea of whole-life discipleship could hardly be more important. This stimulating book is both thoughtful and immensely practical. I highly recommend it to anyone with a leadership role.'

- Stephen Gaukroger, Clarion Trust

'Beautifully engaging, elegantly simple, gloriously practical. This isn’t a seven-step programme, but a traveller’s guide for a great journey - the transformation of church culture to whole-life disciple-making. I hope and pray many will use it.'

- James Lawrence, CPAS

About the author

Neil Hudson has been in local church leadership for over twenty-five years. For eleven years he taught at Regents Theological College, but now works on the Imagine Project at The London Institute for Contemporary Christianity, encouraging churches to help whole-life disciples make a difference wherever they are. He is also a leader of the Salford Elim Church, Manchester.

Bibliographic details

ISBN: 9781844745661
Format: Paperback
Page count: 192 pages
Published by: IVP
Date of publication: 17/02/2012

Customer Reviews

Calling people into whole life discipleship: seeing Jesus everywhere, accessible and applicable is not an easy call. Disciple-making is hard, worthwhile, adventurous living and Neil Hudsons masterly title will resource and inspire your obedience in the mission of Jesus in your world. I particularly love the underlying culture changing dynamic of Neil's writing. This is the spinal core of this new work calling us to attitude, action and transformation. As a pastor-theologian-leader Neil has gifted the church with something of lasting worth in transforming what can often feel dull, safe and stuck in our church communities. Logic, theology and practical steps abound.

You'll often be saying 'a-ha', as few books offer such clear truth-telling, hope and actionable examples. Essential reading for all church leaders and useful for all Christians everywhere. This could be the best LICC title yet, and a prophetic catalyst for a nation of believers longing to get out of the limited straitjackets of our presence existence into the spacious, risky, faithful and fruitful life of Jesus-following. Free of guilt, cliches and predictable step-plans........ this is full of wisdom and already one of my best reads of 2012. It could resource a revolution! Simple, practical, compelling.

Rating: 5 out of 5 starsReview by: Johnny Douglas - London