The Whole Life Offering: Christianity as Philanthropy - Softcover

Eric Foley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 061541186X ISBN 13: 9780615411866

Publisher: .W Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

Were Christianity to select a single word to describe the breadth and depth of the relationship between God and human beings, “philanthropic”—according to the Apostle Paul in Titus 3:4—would be the perfect choice. In The Whole Life Offering: Christianity as Philanthropy, the Rev. Eric Foley proposes philanthropy as the Bible’s preferred method for how Christians are to understand and experience the expansiveness of God’s love—and how they themselves are to grow to fullness in Christ. Firmly rooted in Scripture and two millennia of biblical Christian wisdom, The Whole Life Offering is a practical and detailed manual for personal and corporate discipleship and philanthropy. It describes the ten “Works of Mercy,” or causes in which Christ commends all Christians to be personally and directly involved, and the seven “Works of Piety,” or interior spiritual disciplines in which those Works of Mercy must be grounded. Works of Mercy not rooted in Works of Piety lack power. Works of Piety not issuing forth in Works of Mercy lack impact. The Whole Life Offering is a unique ancient-modern formulation of hearing and doing the Word as the Holy Spirit-empowered path toward full maturity in Christ. It is one part discipleship manual, one part sourcebook of Scripture and readings across Christian history, and one part impressively researched treatise on how philanthropy and Christianity can and must be reunited in order for each to be true to its roots and effective in achieving its mission.

About this title

About the Author:

The Reverend Eric Foley is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Seoul USA and the pastor of .W, a congregation of The Evangelical Church that meets simultaneously in Colorado Springs, Colorado and Seoul, Korea. Over the past twenty years he has trained more than 1,300 Christian NGOs and churches how to build volunteer and giving programs grounded in distinctively Christian discipleship practices. He is a much sought-after speaker and the author of Coach Your Champions, a “ministry fable” primer in Transformational Giving. He lives with his wife, Hyun Sook, the co-founder and President of Seoul USA, in Colorado.

About this edition

• Publisher: .W Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 061541186X
• ISBN 13: 9780615411866
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 326