Foundations: A Discipleship Textbook and Tool

by Dr. James Ross

Overview

FOUNDATIONS takes an in depth approach to the design and function of ministry and discipleship. We find in the modern Church that our system of training is flawed. Ministry continually tries to add "knowledge" to our faith, when the Bible says we are to add "virtue" to the believer first (2 Peter 1:5). This is why so many believers "know to to good," but struggle in their daily life. There are two kinds of "knowledge" spoken of in the Bible: information and application. Information is knowledge that "puffs up." Hosea says "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge," but he is revealing our need for the application necessary for the salvation of our souls. The key to an overcoming faith is a renewed mind. FOUNDATIONS exposes the traditions the modern Church is mired in and offers a functional approach to Discipleship and spiritual training. Many teach that Solomon asked GOD for "wisdom" when in reality he asked for an "understanding heart (1 Kings 3:9)." FOUNDATIONS is designed to help you develop an understanding heart, so you can incline your heart toward wisdom. It is an exegetical study of the principles, practices, and doctrines of the Kingdom of GOD; a tool for the serious disciple.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781449703103
Publisher:	WestBow Press
Publication date:	07/10/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	296
File size:	806 KB

About the Author

Throughout Dr. Ross' more than twenty-eight years of ministry God has blessed him with a well rounded understanding of Christian living. Dr. Ross has been a Pastor, a Chaplain , and a Seminar instructor in both Texas and Oklahoma. His ten years as a Chaplain in the Texas prison system was an eye opener for him, as he ministered to many fallen believers, church leaders, and Pastors. Dr. Ross began his formal education in September 1982 and received his Doctorate in 2000. God called Dr. Ross to work with Pastors and Christians, developing discipleship programs that focused on spiritual growth and ministry training. Dr. Ross became a Certified Belief Therapist in 1999. Dr. Ross wrote a series of lessons titled “The Spiritual Roots of Distortions and Disorders,” which were compiled into FOUNDATIONS, and are being used in training Pastors, Church Staff, Congregations, Drug and Family Counselors, Psychologists, Psychiatrists, and volunteers in the Texas Prison system. Dr. Ross organized Dimensional Ministry in 1997 and has been working with Churches in discipleship and spiritual growth since that time. Dr. Ross states that there are two valuable truths every Pastor and Church leader should know: first, disciples are raised, not birthed, and second, you cannot disciple lost people. Dr. Ross believes that Pastors and Church leaders must return to the ministerial emphasis of developing the quality of congregational maturity, as they continue to expand the quantity of people in their local churches through evangelism. Evangelism is incomplete if the discipleship of those who are saved is left undone. Dr. Ross also believes that only effective discipleship and spiritual training, that has a firm biblical foundation, will return the Church to her first love and develop an overcoming faith. Dr. Ross retired from Pastoring in 2009, presently resides in Central Texas, is the president of Dimensional Ministry, and is an active member of his local church where he teaches discipleship and spiritual growth. During his thirty years of marriage, he has raised four children and presently has two grandsons.