Emotionally Healthy Discipleship: Moving from Shallow Christianity to Deep Transformation

by Peter Scazzero

Overview

Many pastors and leaders are stuck in a culture of "shallow discipleship" that severely undermines the impact of their ministry. Pete Scazzero takes three decades of wisdom and hard lessons learned to reverse this crisis and create a church culture that multiplies deeply changed disciples.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780310109518
Publisher:	Zondervan
Publication date:	03/30/2021
Edition description:	Itpe ed.
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Pete Scazzero is founder and Senior Pastor of New Life Fellowship Church in Queens, New York City, a large, multiracial, international church with over sixty-five countries represented. Pete and his wife, Geri, have four daughters, are co-founders of Emotionally Healthy Spirituality.

Table of Contents

The Difficult Journey to Move beyond Shallow Discipleship ix

Part 1 The Current State of Discipleship

Chapter 1 The Four Failures that Undermine Deep Discipleship 3

Chapter 2 The Emotionally Healthy Discipleship Personal Assessment 26

Part 2 The Seven Marks of Healthy Discipleship

Chapter 3 Be Before You Do 37

Chapter 4 Follow the Crucified, Not the Americanized, Jesus 61

Chapter 5 Embrace God's Gift of Limits 87

Chapter 6 Discover the Treasures Buried in Grief and Loss 110

Chapter 7 Make Love the Measure of Maturity 134

Chapter 8 Break the Power of the Past 160

Chapter 9 Lead Out of Weakness and Vulnerability 187

Implementing Emotionally Healthy Discipleship 211

Appendix A Church Culture Revolution: A Six-Part Vision 225

Appendix B Nicene Creed (with Notations) 235

Acknowledgments 239

Notes 241

Editorial Reviews

'This is a book that must be read by the church, a word that has to get out. The world is becoming urban and multi-ethnic, and this book shows us the way to build healthy and effective churches in those communities.'

author of One Blood: Parting Words to the Chur John M. Perkins

'There may be no more important pastoral and prophetic voice for church leaders in this cultural moment than Pete and Geri Scazzero and the work of emotionally healthy discipleship.'

Todd Wilson

'There is so much to like in Peter Scazzero's Emotionally Healthy Discipleship—he pushes against the 'let's get 'er done' approach to measuring discipleship and advocates instead a slowed-down be-with-God measure to following Jesus. What I like most is his emphasis on getting to know the crucified Jesus and ridding ourselves of the Americanized Jesus.'

Northern Seminary; author of Jesus Creed Scot Mc Knight

The world is becoming urban and multiethnic, and this book shows us the way to build healthy and effective churches in those communities.”

author of One Blood John M. Perkins