Ministry Resourcing International: Foundational Teachings of Christianity (ePub)

Richard's Foundational Teachings of Christianity is a book about the most basic doctrines that should form the foundation of Christian belief. These teachings should make the basic elements of every church's beginner's class.

In his years as a bible teacher, Richard has found that the spiritual foundation of a believer - the things that are deposited in the person's life immediately after he or she has become a Christian, are so crucial; they determine the strength of the base that later years come to build on. Yet so many ministers, instead of using scriptural and time tested materials go for all types of alternatives; physiological needs, popular fads, psychology, denominational doctrines etc, and needless to say, they end up with spiritual-life structures that are not strong enough to endure the test of time. The aim of this book is to help bridge such gaps.

Using Hebrews 6:1-2, Richard shares the six foundational doctrines of Christian belief: Repentance from dead works, Faith in God, Instruction about baptisms, Laying on of hands, The resurrection of the dead and Eternal judgment. The doctrines or teachings are presented as progressive i.e. the first should be repentance from dead works and a believer cannot jump say to issues of 'the resurrection of the dead' before getting a firm grasp of 'faith in God'. Of course in practical sense, all effective learning is never segmented, but wholistic.

This is a universal book, but particularly; new believers, church leaders and bible teachers should find message of Foundational Teachings of Christianity a great help.