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Across the ages, God has consistently attracted a few in every crowd who would make and keep vows, and called them to stick out, act out and speak out. In The New Friars, Scott Bessenecker profiles young Christians who have voluntarily removed themselves from the status quo in order to seek justice and mercy with the poorest of the world's poor. These new friars are carrying on the work of the monastic tradition, the spirit of Francis and Clare of Assisi, St. Patrick and St. Brigid, the Jesuits and Nestorians and Moravians.
Title: The New Friars: The Emerging Movement Serving the World's Poor By: Scott Bessenecker Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 180 Vendor: InterVarsity Press Publication Date: 2006 | Dimensions: 8.25 X 5.50 (inches) Weight: 9 ounces ISBN: 0830836012 ISBN-13: 9780830836017 Stock No: WW836017 |
Vowsexclusive promises or commitmentsare almost unheard of these days. They're considered a quaint relic of times past when open options were not such highly regarded virtues. But many people in this commitment-averse culture are begging for someone to set the bar higher, to call them to higher levels of devotion.
Across the ages God has consistently attracted a few in every crowd who would make and keep vows, and called them to stick out, act out and speak out.
In The New Friars Scott Bessenecker profiles young Christians who have voluntarily removed themselves from the status quo in order to seek justice and mercy with the poorest of the world's poor. These new friars are carrying on the work of the monastic tradition, the spirit of Francis and Clare of Assisi, St. Patrick and St. Brigid, the Jesuits and Nestorians and Moravians.
The New Friars will show you that with God all thingseven uncommon acts of courageous faithare possible.
Scott A. Bessenecker is director of global projects with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA. He is editor of Quest for Hope in the Slum Community (2005). His articles have appeared in publications such as Mission Maker Magazine, PRISM, Student Leadership Journal and Evangelical Missions Quarterly.
Author: Scott Bessencker
Located in: Madison, WI
Submitted: November 05, 2006
Tell us a little about yourself. I am the Director of Global Projects for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, am married and have three children.
What do you hope folks will gain from this project? There is something significant afoot. When hundreds of university students from the affluent West are following God's call to plant themselves in slum communities of the developing world, we ought to take notice. The monks were always used as an inspirational corrective for a church gone astray. My hope is that the lives of these men and women, held in historical context with the "old friars" will inspire us to live out our faith more radically.
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