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NEW! Committed to Christ:Six Steps to a Generous Lifeby Bob Crossman

This six-week campaign

includes a kicko Sunday and

six weeks o sermons, worship,

study, and devotions around the

six commitments o Christian

discipleship: prayer, Bible

reading, worship, service, fnancial

giving, and witness.

Abingdon Press

Coming in May 2012

Program Guide with CD-ROM.

Program description, schedules,

team roles, sermon illustrations,

worship helps, letters, commitment

cards. CD-ROM includes art, files,

schedules, and task lists.

9781426743511 $39.00

Adult Readings and Study Book.

Small group participant book toencourage and inspire.

9781426743528 $13.00

Small Group Leader Guide.

Discussion questions, activities,

and customizable sessions.

9781426743535 $14.00

DVD. Pre-worship gathering time

loops and sermon illustration

lead-ins for an introductory sermon

on stewardship.

843504026929$29.00

Boxed Kit. Contains the Program

Guide with CD-ROM, Adult

Readings and Study Book, Small

Group Leader Guide, DVD, and

a free CD-ROM with devotions

and social media content.

843504028886 $80.00

A six-week stewardship programthat presents giving as a lifelong

journey in Christian discipleship

Six Steps to aGenerous Lifeby Bob Crossman.

An aordable, pocket-sized

book, based on Committed

to Christand designed to

help readers cultivate a thankul

heart that leads to giving in all areas

o their lives.

Abingdon Press

9781426746901 $1.99

New from Bob Crossman

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Rev. Bob Crossman has over 35 years of experience as a pastor and has served aspastor or staff member in congregations from 13 to 3000 members. As Director ofthe New Church Leadership Institute for the Arkansas Conference of the UnitedMethodist Church and a Ministry Strategist with Horizons Stewardship, he conductsworkshops across the country on topics of wholistic stewardship, developing a vision,and overcoming growth barriers in a range of settings from new church starts toestablished congregations. Bob has been the recipient of the Denman EvangelismAward and received a doctorate from SMU in evangelism.

Committed to Christ

The Birth of a Program

A dozen years ago I became the pastor of a new church. After we had grown to450 in worship, all of us wanted the church to step up to the next level. That wasthe birth of Committed to Christ: Six Steps to a Generous Life.

Over the next few months I designed a strategy to invite my church and others tobegin a journey of faith. The result was a six-week stewardship program that intruth is a comprehensive discipleship program.

Committed to Christpresents giving as a lifelong journey, beginning with the all-important decision to accept Christ as Lord and Savior. Following that decision,within the program commitments are made, week by week, in six specific areas:

Prayer

Bible Reading Worship Service Financial Giving Witness

Each weeks emphasis is explored in worship, sermons, and small groups. With eachstep, church members joyfully commit to growth, improvement, and new goals.

When we implemented the program in my church, within a year the number ofpledging households increased by 17%, the amount pledged increased 58%, and

the actual offering receipts grew by 64%.More importantly, the congregation embraced the spirit of the program, acceptingthe challenge of accomplishing all six steps. The vitality of the church surgedforward as commitments were made, and kept.

If your church adopts the program, your members will no longer say, The only timethe church thinks of me is when they want money. Instead, they can truthfully say,My church expects a lot.

Rev. Bob Crossman