Winfield Bevins

"Beauty will save the world." --Fyodor Dostoyevsky But what kind of beauty--and how? In How Beauty Will Save the World, Winfield Bevins invites us to reclaim the power of beauty in a culture dulled by distraction and disconnection. Blending theology, personal story, and a vision for a new renaissance of Christian artistry, Bevins shows how beauty--natural, artistic, and redemptive--can heal our lives, renew the church, and revive our hope. This isn't just a book for artists--it's a call to every believer to live artfully, reflect the glory of the Creator, and become "missionaries of beauty." With stories of musicians, painters, poets, and unexpected artists in ordinary places, Bevins reveals the sacred potential in everyday creativity--whether through a paintbrush or a dinner table, a cathedral or a country road. From Sarajevo to small-town Arkansas, How Beauty Will Save the World captures a quiet, creative uprising of faith, rooted in rest, imagination, and a gospel that is not only true and good--but breathtakingly beautiful. Come and see. Create and believe. Join the renaissance.

Con un amor por la historia y una pasi n por la iglesia de hoy, el autor Winfield Bevins ayuda al lector a re-imaginar la multiplicaci n de iglesias de una forma que se enfoca en hacer y multiplicar disc pulos para el siglo XXI. Bevins gu a al lector por las lecciones vitales de multiplicaci n encontradas en el movimiento wesleyano. Tambi n ofrece lecciones nicas y comprobadas para l deres, pastores, y hacedores de disc pulos - lecciones que pueden aplicar hoy para servir en sus propios contextos. El libro contiene un estudio profundo y pr ctico de los factores que hicieron del metodismo temprano

Modern missional movements have often viewed the historic Christian traditions with suspicion. The old traditions may be beautiful, the thinking goes, but they’re too insular, focused primarily on worship and on the interior life of the church, and not looking outward to evangelism and good works. In Liturgical Mission, Winfield Bevins argues that the church's liturgy and sacramental life are in fact deeply missional. He explores the historic practices of the Christian church, demonstrating how they offer a holistic framework for everyday Christian discipleship and mission in the twenty-first century. The result is a book that not only invites all Christians back to the historic liturgy of the church, but also invites those already in liturgical churches to rediscover the missional life that has too often remained latent in their own traditions.

Thrive with Healthy RhythmsWe are living in challenging and uncertain times in which leaders need support and encouragement to help them learn to navigate the world we are in. Leaders too often focus on external things to the neglect of their own souls. Authors Winfield Bevins and Mark Dunwoody wrote Healthy Rhythms for Leaders primarily to help Christian leaders care for their souls in today's chaotic and uncertain world. Their goal is to promote healthy rhythms to help leaders connect spiritual and missional practices. Go deeper in your personal walk with Christ with personal rhythms by creating an "Ebb and Flow" Rule of Life. Then, break through current team challenges with "Missional Design Thinking," a process that carries the power to transform your effectiveness as a leader. Walk away with these personal and leadership rhythm tools, but also learn how to share these practices and principles with the churches and organizations you serve." This book contains timely words for an unusual time that can become timeless."-- Scot McKnight, Professor of New Testament, Northern Seminary"A fresh, inclusive approach to the contemplative journey."-- Barbara L. Peacock, Author Soul Care in African American Practice"Reading these words renewed both my missional imagination and my commitment to stay refreshed with Christ."-- Trevor Hudson, Pastor and Author, South AfricaWinfield Bevins is the director of Church Planting at Asbury Theological Seminary and author of several books, including Marks of a Movement and Ever Ancient Ever New (winfieldbevins.com and twitter.com/winfieldbevins). Mark Dunwoody has over three decades experience as an entrepreneur and consultant to non-profits and faith communities. Mark is involved internationally in the missional conversation as a speaker, strategist, and coach. He is the co-founder of Missional Formation Coaching (missionalformationcoaching.com).

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.

Our Common Prayer offers a refreshing alternative to our postmodern world by helping us reconnect to the historic prayers of the Christian faith. Your faith will be refreshed and renewed through this wonderful field guide to the historic Book of Common Prayer. The historic common prayer tradition has enriched the faith of millions of Christians around the world for hundreds of years and still has the power to offer a vibrant, healthy, life-giving faith for our generation and generations to come. Our Common Prayer follows a simple outline and rhythm from the Book of Common Prayer and is edited for contemporary use. Our Common Prayer can be used in a variety of ways: for individual private devotion, for small groups, for youth ministry, or even for church gatherings.