Cultivating an Evangelistic Character: Integrating Worship and Discipleship in the Missional Church Movement - Paperback

by Christopher James Schoon (Author)

This project explores the relationship between worship, discipleship, and evangelism within the missional church movement. Engaging contributions from liturgical theology, Christian ethics, and post-Christendom evangelism, the book proposes a missional approach to worship that, when integrated with a praxis-oriented discipleship, cultivates Jesus' character among God's people. Along the way, the project attends to the Holy Spirit's transformative presence, the liturgical rhythms of remembering and anticipating, and the practices of hospitality and compassion. In the end, Cultivating an Evangelistic Character contends that the Spirit works through the integration of worship and discipleship to form God's people. In other words, God's people become evangelistic, or as Newbigin said, "the hermeneutic of the gospel."

Author Biography

Christopher James Schoon is Lead Pastor at First Hamilton Christian Reformed Church (ON). He has taught mission and leadership related courses at Calvin Theological Seminary and Redeemer University College.