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Marks of a Movement calls us back to the disciple-making mandate of the church through the timeless wisdom of John Wesley and the Methodist movement. With a love for history and a passion for today’s church, Winfield helps us reimagine church multiplication in a way that focuses on making and multiplying disciples for the twenty-first century. 

Winfield Bevins reminds us of the vital multiplication lessons from the Wesleyan movement, one of the greatest missional movements the world has ever known. He highlights the necessity of discipleship as the starting point and the abiding strategic practice that is key to all lasting missional impact in and through movements. The Methodist movement is an example of the power of multiplying movements that utilize the strategy of discipleship. Within a generation, one in thirty people who were living in Britain had become Methodists, and the movement soon became a worldwide phenomenon.

We in the Western Church need a movement of historic proportions once again. What would such a multiplication movement look like for us today? We must look to the past to gain wisdom for the future. And as we look at the pages of church history, there is no better example of a multiplication movement in the West than the Methodist movement of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Marks of a Movement highlights the lessons and key insights that enable us to learn from the past and reapply this timeless, biblical wisdom for today.

For many years now, the church in North America has heard figure after figure concerning the steady flow of young people leaving the church. In the midst of these troubling figures, there remains a glimmer of hope for these youth as they transition into young adults. Ever Ancient, Ever New tells the story of a generation of younger Christians from different backgrounds and traditions who are finding a home and a deep connection in the church by embracing a liturgical expression of the faith.

Author and teacher Winfield Bevins introduces you to a growing movement among younger Christians who are returning to historic, creedal, and liturgical reflections of Christianity. He unpacks why and how liturgy has beckoned them deeper into their experience of Jesus, and what types of churches and communities foster this "convergence" of old and new. Filled with stories illustrating the excitement and joy many young adults have found in these ancient expressions of Christianity, this book introduces you to practices and principles that may help the church as it seeks to engage our postmodern world.

Family discipleship is when parents help their children become disciples of Jesus Christ in the home through reading the Bible, praying, worshiping, and doing missions together. It starts in our marriages, by loving our spouse with the love of Christ. It happens by teaching, loving, and sharing our faith with our children. Grow at Home unpacks the role of discipleship in shaping children’s lives with a practical guide to family discipleship. When we bring the gospel back into the home, it will spread through our neighborhoods and into the communities where we live.

Family discipleship is when parents help their children become disciples of Jesus Christ in the home through reading the Bible, praying, worshiping, and doing missions together. It starts in our marriages, by loving our spouse with the love of Christ. It happens by teaching, loving, and sharing our faith with our children. Grow at Home unpacks the role of discipleship in shaping children’s lives with a practical guide to family discipleship. When we bring the gospel back into the home, it will spread through our neighborhoods and into the communities where we live.

Plant: A Sower’s Guide to Church Planting helps answer foundational questions about the whats and whys of church planting. Rather than presenting models or programs, Plant offers essential seeds for exploring the process of starting a new church. Written for a wide range of people, including those exploring church planting for the first time and those right on the cusp of launch, this highly practical book will be an invaluable resource in exploring the exciting world of church planting.

Plant: A Sower’s Guide to Church Planting helps answer foundational questions about the whats and whys of church planting. Rather than presenting models or programs, Plant offers essential seeds for exploring the process of starting a new church. Written for a wide range of people, including those exploring church planting for the first time and those right on the cusp of launch, this highly practical book will be an invaluable resource in exploring the exciting world of church planting.

Written for a wide range of people, including those exploring church planting, church planters, and team members, Church-Planting Revolution serves as a resource that will guide you to think, dream, and plan as you walk through the entire process of planting and multiplying new churches. Regardless of whether you are in a city, a rural community, or on an island, this book will help you develop a unique church-planting process that fits your context. So here’s your invitation: open this book and explore how you can join the revolution!

Written for a wide range of people, including those exploring church planting, church planters, and team members, Church-Planting Revolution serves as a resource that will guide you to think, dream, and plan as you walk through the entire process of planting and multiplying new churches. Regardless of whether you are in a city, a rural community, or on an island, this book will help you develop a unique church-planting process that fits your context. So here’s your invitation: open this book and explore how you can join the revolution!

"Home is the natural habitat for human beings and has always been our primary school and church; it’s where we learn to love learning and love God. Winfield Bevins has given families a valuable resource for forming the habits of the soul for every age, and forming those habits with our most primary relationships."

—Gloria Gaither

"Home is the natural habitat for human beings and has always been our primary school and church; it’s where we learn to love learning and love God. Winfield Bevins has given families a valuable resource for forming the habits of the soul for every age, and forming those habits with our most primary relationships."

—Gloria Gaither