TY - BOOK AU - Scazzero,Peter AU - Bird,Warren TI - The emotionally healthy church: a strategy for discipleship that actually changes lives SN - 9780310246541 AV - BV4597.3 .S32 2003 PY - 2003/// CY - Grand Rapids, Mich. PB - Zondervan KW - Emotional maturity KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - Discipling (Christianity) N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-221); Part 1. Discipleship's missing link. As go the leaders, so goes the church ; Something is desperately wrong -- Part 2. Biblical basis for a new paradigm of discipleship. Discipleship's next frontier -- emotional health ; Inventory of spiritual/emotional maturity -- Part 3. Six principles of an emotionally healthy church. Principle 1 : look beneath the surface ; Principle 2 : break the power of the past ; Principle 3 : live in brokenness and vulnerability ; Principle 4 : receive the gift of limits ; Principle 5 : embrace grieving and loss ; Principle 6 : make incarnation your model for loving well -- Part 4. Where we go from here. Next steps into the new frontier of discipleship ; Discussion guide for restructuring discipleship N2 - Discusses how to become a vessel of change within one's church and argues that one must become emotionally mature in order to achieve true spiritual maturity UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0633/2002011430-d.html ER -