Description
Available on Kindle!
Download the Leader's Guide ($7.00) FREE when you purchase five or more copies of Baptism Ahead! See instructions below.
This innovative volume leads older children (ages 8-12) through baptismal preparation and a basic orientation to Christian discipleship and membership in the local church. Rather than presenting a dry, textbook approach, Pastor Wallace Smith integrates:
• contemporary narrative
• biblical lessons
• student-friendly talking points
• online components
• varied homework assignments
The author identifies key aspects of the Christian life with familiar road signs and compares the discipleship journey with a road under construction.
Topics include:
• Images of God
• Conversations about Jesus
• Making your faith your own
• Soul freedom
• Discipleship
• Bible freedom
• The church
• Believer's baptism
• Practicing and living faith
Designed as a seven-week/seven-chapter course, Baptism Ahead will appeal to different learning styles as well as different church and family settings.
Note: This resource is intended to replace the book Bridges of Promise.
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• Place your order for 5 or more copies of Baptism Ahead.
• Click on Leader's Guide and order one copy. YOU MUST PLACE THE GUIDE IN YOUR SHOPPING CART IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE LINK TO THE DOWNLOAD.
• At checkout, enter code FREELEADER.
• The $7.00 for the Leader's Guide will be deducted from your order.
• You will then receive a follow-up email with instructions for downloading your Leader's Guide.
Reviews
"Baptism Ahead is the type of curriculum most needed in Baptist churches today. At a time when understandings of faith, scripture, and discipleship are at an all-time low among churched youth, Smith has developed an appropriate remedy. Baptism Ahead introduces and thoroughly investigates key pieces of Christian discipleship in an easy-to-understand framework." —Kristopher Norris, Congregational Formation, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
"With solid writing and searching questions, this book offers a strong introduction to Christian faith and community." —YouthWorker Journal, May/June 2010
Author Bio
Wallace Smith, MDiv, is pastor of Journey Community Church, a new American Baptist church plant in Shawnee, Kansas. A former National Ministries board member, Rev. Smith is an experienced youth leader who developed the Bible study curricula for both the 2004 and 2008 National Gatherings of American Baptist Youth.