Good News Church: Celebrating the Legacy of Harold Percy - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1988928001 ISBN 13: 9781988928005

Publisher: Castle Quay Books, 2018

Synopsis

In this collection of essays on leadership, discipleship, spirituality, congregational ministry, and missional outreach, over twenty pastoral practitioners engage in lively dialogue inspired by the life, legacy and many contributions of Herold Percy to the life of the church today. Throughout more than forty years of effective and faithful ministry, Harold Percy has successfully employed strategies that call a slumbering national and local church to find its true identity in Christ. Over 20 contributors including

Peter Patterson, Business Director of Wycliffe College

Michael P. Knowles, Professor of Preaching at McMaster Divinity College

Judy Paulsen, Professor of Evangelism, Wycliffe College

Dave Toycen, President of World Vision Canada

Diane Toycen, Past Director of Programming and Parish Life, Trinity, Streetsville

Linda Nicholls, Bishop of the Diocese of Huron,

Bill Fietje, President of the Associated Gospel Churches, Canada

John Bowen. Professor of Evangelism Emeritus, Wycliffe College

And 16 others

About this title

Review:

My wife Eleanor and I have benefited greatly from Harold's leadership and teaching at Trinity Streetsville since 1992: this man is so articulate and thoughtful in making God's written word both practical and applicable. Harold and I have been in a men's group together for over twenty years, and he has profoundly impacted my life in understanding leadership. If this book enables a new generation of Christian leaders to benefit from Harold's experience, it will be a great gift to the future of the church.

Paul Henderson

Canadian hockey legend

The ministry of Harold Percy has had an indelible impact on my own ministry. Harold brought the ministry of evangelism out of the "red light district" of the Canadian church, and for that we owe him deep gratitude. I distinctly remember walking through downtown Toronto one winter night nearly twenty-five years ago, when I was a student at Wycliffe College. I had been in Harold's class on evangelism, and he awoke in me such a hunger for the ministry of evangelism that, as I walked, I prayed to God that I could serve Him in some small way in leading others to new life in Christ. Thank you, Harold. I commend this diverse volume to all readers as we seek to build on Harold's legacy.

Jenny Andison

Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese of Toronto

Another strong book on the mission of the church in the Canadian context! Even better, a book dedicated to Harold Percy, who personifies the effective leadership that is so crucial in the church of the twenty-first century. A must-read for anyone thinking of addressing the church's missional initiative in Canada, and what it takes to bridge the gap between church and culture. The fact that all the contributors are Canadian writers and practitioners makes it all the more valuable a resource.

Gary Nelson

President, Tyndale University College and Seminary

The Gospel as presented by Harold seemed so real, it was easy to accept it as a way of life.

He transformed the way we worshiped at Trinity from the traditional to a more meaningful and contemporary worship service, and he did it with concern for the members.

Hazel McCallion

Former Mayor of Mississauga, Chancellor of Sheridan College

Legacies are gifts, built up through hard work in the past, that enable and enrich present and future generations. Harold Percy is still very much contributing to the life of the church today, yet these essays honour and extend exactly what he has spent decades of ministry teaching us to pay attention to if the Good News is to be effectively lived and proclaimed: leadership, discipleship, spirituality, congregational ministry, and reaching out. He models it himself and, thank God, not in the past tense.

Colin R. Johnson

Anglican Archbishop of Toronto

About this edition

• Publisher: Castle Quay Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1988928001
• ISBN 13: 9781988928005
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Bowen Dr John P, Knowles PhD Dr Michael P