Real Followers: A Radical Quest to Expose the Pretender Inside Each of Us

By Mike Slaughter

Book Overview

Many Christians, disillusioned with lives of spiritual mediocrity that have been dampened by today's rampant materialism and cafeteria spirituality, are asking the same question: "Where is the substance that can move our church beyond ho-hum Christianity?" Today's public fascination with angels, New Age spirituality, and the paranormal is likewise spurring Christ's followers to look for greater and deeper life transformation through their faith. Real Followers: Beyond Virtual Christianity shows how an ordinary church can be transformed into a radical community--a fellowship of everyday people who began looking for meaning and searching for authenticity. Michael Slaughter describes a movement that is hooked in various generations, from buster to boomer to builder. This resource also includes discussion questions. Key Features: - Readers examine culturally relevant concepts to ask the age-old question: "Will you give up your right to yourself, take up the cross, and radically follows Jesus?" - Readers are presented with a workable example of how to grow their church, with examples from Ginghamsburg Church - Contains case studies of real people who have begun a "migration in the wrong direction" - Includes discussion questions Small groups will -learn what it really means to find their destiny as Christ's followers - be inspired to take doable steps toward becoming authentic Christ followers

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0687033411
• ISBN13: 9780687033416
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Abingdon Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Great study book for Small Groups

I am about begin an interim ministry position and this book is going with me. Not only will it serve as inspiration for sermons about what it means to be a "Real Follower" of Jesus, but it will be suggested for small groups to use. The author of the book, Michael Slaughter, is the pastor of one of the largest most culturally relevant churches in the USA-Ginghamsburg Church in Ohio. The real life examples of personal testimony show that this church is really focused on people having more depth and meaning in their life as a result of the decisions they make when they come into a more serious relationship with God through the church. It's what every church should be about. As important as methods and strategies are for church growth, they are all empty without a focus on helping people discover the real difference that faith makes. The age old truths are retold in a fresh contemporary highly relevant way in this book. I know that many people are going to benefit from the insights in each chapter. The book will certainly help pastors like myself, but most of all it is going to be valued in the small groups which study and discuss the signficant and important questions found at the end of each chapter.