Stubborn Perseverance: How to launch cascading movements to Christ, among Muslims and others (a true-to-life CPM story) - Softcover

Nyman, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0996965289 ISBN 13: 9780996965286

Publisher: Mission Network, 2015

Synopsis

UPDATED 2017 EDITION NOW AVAILABLE (see separate listing) God is on the move in these last days as a growing number of disciple-making/church-planting movements are flourishing under the Holy Spirit’s guidance to impact peoples through God’s Word.

The Bible’s best impact is when groups that share life together (at home, work or play):

• enjoy “discovery” study—discussing and obeying God’s word with no “expert” teacher other than the Holy Spirit,
• then seek out and equip “Persons of Peace” (POPs) in other groups do the same.

Stubborn Perseverance is the true-to-life story of one such movement, from which any believer can learn to actively join God in finding and equipping POPs to be the doorway for a Kingdom movement in their culture or community.

Stubborn Perseverance illustrates how to build on a foundation of prayer, fasting and prayer-walking with six means of finding POPs, then training them to disciple their households, to multiply, and to mature in Christ.

The six approaches to finding POPs demonstrated in this book are:

• salting our conversation with thanksgiving to God,
• sharing our personal salvation story,
• asking Muslims, “who has had a dream from God?,”
• offering prayer for healing, demonization, and “storms of life,”
• using verses in the Qur’an as a bridge to the Bible, and
• sharing a Creation to Christ gospel presentation.

Christians (and perhaps Muslims) concerned for the drift of Islam toward radicalism will also find great help in this book, which offers a pathway of hope for Muslims to rediscover the "former books" (the Bible) and the understanding of Isa there to which the Qur'an points them, but from which tradition has separated them.

All those who follow Jesus as the light of the world (or the "straight path" pointed to by Islam) will friend great hope and help in this book.

About this title

About the Author

James Nyman and his wife have been working with national colleagues to start movements among unreached groups in Indonesia since 1992. They coach and train missionary teams and individuals to start movements internationally and in the U.S.

Review

Are you among the thousands striving to launch a CPM, but lacking the spectacular fruit we often read about? You'll find Stubborn Perseverance deeply encouraging. It is honest. The numbers are not unrealistic. And the stories are real. So take heart, you are not alone. And there is hope! --Floyd McClung, All Nations, The Father Heart of God, Follow

WOW! Stubborn Perseverance is fully practical, not only for reaching Muslims, but anyone who doesn't know the true gospel. I'm applying these principles with middle-class Americans and Hindus, and God is moving and working! A must read for anyone wanting to reach the lost! --Beth S, volunteer youth worker and homemaker

I was busy with training and the harvest (four Chinese students baptized last night). I thought I'd be slow working through the book, but I couldn't stop reading it! SO practical! Stubborn Perseverance clearly fleshes out the DMM process, beyond the concepts to real life. --Carole E, discipler with Every Nation Ministries

Edition details

• Publisher: Mission Network
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0996965289
• ISBN 13: 9780996965286
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 338
• Editor: Butler Robby