The New Friars

The Emerging Movement Serving the World's Poor

By Scott A. Bessenecker

(paperback)

Product Details

Line: Likewise
Length: 199 pages
Size: 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches
Binding: paperback
Published: September 2006

ISBN-10: 0-8308-3601-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-3601-7
IVP Order Code: 3601

Related Subjects

Mission
New Church Movements (emergent, monastic, missional)

Acknowledgments
1. God's Recurring Dream
2. Pushed into Poverty
3. Sucked into Poverty
4. The Voluntary Poverty of God
5. Incarnation: Pursuing Jesus' Descent into Humanity
6. Devotional: Pursuing Intimacy with Jesus
7. Communal: Pursuing Relational Wealth
8. Missional: Pursuing the Kingdom
9. Marginal: Pursuit at the Edges
10. Our Darkest Hour
Conclusion
Afterword: Darkest Night of the Year
Appendix A: How to Join the New Friars
Appendix B: Five Religious Movements That Paved the Way
Notes