Scazzero, Peter, 1956-

The emotionally healthy church : a strategy for discipleship that actually changes lives / Peter L. Scazzero ; with Warren Bird. - Updated & expanded ed. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan, c2010. - 235 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Forewords -- Discipleship's missing link -- Introduction -- As go the leaders, so goes the church -- Something is desperately wrong -- Biblical basis for a new paradigm of discipleship -- Discipleship's next frontier : emotional health -- Inventory of spiritual/emotional maturity -- Seven principles of an emotionally healthy church -- Principle 1: look beneath the surface -- Principle 2: break the power of the past -- Principle 3: live in brokenness and vulnerability -- Principle 4: receive the gift of limits -- Principle 5: embrace grieving and loss -- Principle 6: make incarnation your model for loving well -- Principle 7: slow down to lead with integrity -- Where we go from here? -- Next steps into the new frontier of discipleship.

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Emotional maturity--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Discipling (Christianity)
Discipling (Christianity)
Emotional maturity--Religious aspects--Christianity.

BV 4597.3 .S32 2010