{"product_id":"in-the-way-damian-gerke-9781733096294","title":"In the Way: Church As We Know It Can Be a Discipleship Movement (Again)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe church began as a discipleship movement known as \"The Way.\" Despite the best of intentions, church as we know it in the West is unknowingly blocking discipleship multiplication-which we must have to accomplish the Great Commission.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's time for the church in the West to be in The Way, without being in the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with pastors and church leaders in mind, \u003cem\u003eIn the Way: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvaluates our current discipleship methods and introduces the disciple-multiplying movement (DMM) approach that multiplies disciples organically.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExamines 25 separate elements of church operations to explain how the Western church blocks discipleship multiplication.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLays out three strategies for implementing a DMM approach, based on real DMM-practicing churches-not theoretical concepts.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn the Way\u003c\/em\u003e is also timely. COVID-19 scattered and shut in congregations virtually overnight. It exposed a number of disciple-making deficiencies, legacy forms and practices inherited from Europe centuries ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePastors and church leaders have been scrambling in response, looking for ways to equip their congregations apart from buildings and centralized programming\u003cem\u003e. In the Way\u003c\/em\u003e gives them a path forward, providing options for both existing churches and new church starts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's time for church as we know it (CAWKI) to join in the disciple-multiplying movement (DMM) approaches that have produced millions of new believers over the last several decades-even in countries intensely resistant to Christianity. God is doing a new thing in our time (again), and \u003cem\u003eIn the Way\u003c\/em\u003e will show you how the legacy church in the West can be in The Way, without being in the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Damian Gerke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1733096299\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781733096294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Three Clicks Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d","brand":"Damian Gerke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43989226258687,"sku":"9781733096294","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8350454f-c0d9-48c8-a6cc-12a102930572.jpg?v=1683298301","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-the-way-damian-gerke-9781733096294","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}