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Published on: 5/25/2005
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"Each district may choose to distribute and supplement the material...in the fashion that best serves specific needs and interests," reports Jan Glass King, CLT coordinator for Area 1.
Developed from an idea birthed at a Middle Pennsylvania District Conference, CLT staff responded by creating and compiling resources to help shape and strengthen faithful discipleship.Designed around four areas of discipleship--worship, community, stewardship of God's grace, and missions/outreach--the material includes Bible studies, resources for children and youth, small group studies, tools for implementation, and hands-on approaches for congregations.
"We feel this material, written by a broad spectrum of Anabaptist writers, has some unique distinctions which sets it apart from other commercially published resources," King said.
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"Growing Faithful Disciples was not written to be a quick fix but has the potential to be the beginning of an examination of congregational faithfulness in responding to the question: `How are we doing at fulfilling the purpose for which Christ calls us?'" King said.
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Guillermo Encarnacion, Jacki Hartley, Kristen Leverton Helbert, Janice Glass King, Jon Kobel, Nadine L. Monn, Marcia Shetler, Helen Stonesifer, and Roy Winter contributed to this report.