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Casting Nets: Grow Your Faith by Sharing Your Faith
"Jesus wants evangelizers who proclaim the good news not only with words, but above all by a life transfigured by God's presence." -- Pope Francis
In their travels around the country teaching individuals, parishes, and diocese to evangelize, authors Chris Stewart and Tony Brandt have discovered something when Catholics live their Faith it fills their lives so much joy so that they can't help but share their Faith - which increases their joy!
In Casting Nets you'll learn to "catch" people for the Lord using THE SEVEN PILLARS OF EFFECTIVE EVANGELIZATION, Stewart and Brandt's tested and proven principles that allow for effective evangelization, all modeled in the life of Jesus.
PrayerfulInvitationalHospitableInspirationalSacramentalFormationalMissionful
Casting Nets is perfect for individuals or parishes searching for an effective program to share the Faith, and as a result, watch their own faith grow!
In their travels around the country teaching individuals, parishes, and diocese to evangelize, authors Chris Stewart and Tony Brandt have discovered something when Catholics live their Faith it fills their lives so much joy so that they can't help but share their Faith - which increases their joy!
In Casting Nets you'll learn to "catch" people for the Lord using THE SEVEN PILLARS OF EFFECTIVE EVANGELIZATION, Stewart and Brandt's tested and proven principles that allow for effective evangelization, all modeled in the life of Jesus.
PrayerfulInvitationalHospitableInspirationalSacramentalFormationalMissionful
Casting Nets is perfect for individuals or parishes searching for an effective program to share the Faith, and as a result, watch their own faith grow!
122 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2015
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About the author
Chris Stewart
2 booksChris Stewart is a gifted speaker whose talks on catechesis, theology, spirituality, and evangelization have moved audiences all over the U.S. for over 20 years. He has a Master's of Theological Studies from Ave Maria University, and is co-founder of Casting Nets Ministries.
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Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews
August 15, 2015
Chris Stewart and Tony Brandt’s Casting Nets is a refreshing and reinvigorating book that inspires us to live our Catholic faith in such a jubilant way that we can’t help but share our faith with others. Chris and Tony give us the tools that we need to effectively evangelize in our homes, our work place, and in the marketplace. Casting Nets is filled with captivating personal anecdotes, which support their evangelization principles. This is a quick, easy read that will give you the courage and confidence to spread the Good News and bring souls to the Lord.
April 18, 2025
Religious, self help/inspirational
Casting Nets did a Parish Mission at my church recently and I was pleasantly surprised that while this book had a few personal stories that were touched on during their talks (which were very engaging and interesting), it didn't feel like there were a ton of repeats so the book still feels fresh even after going to their talk.
Definitely breaks down the steps on how to add others to your church community and inspired me to take some risks with asking others to come with me. All of their actions/suggestions/stories are very relatable and easy to use/do immediately.
4.5 rounded up. It's a little short and sometimes the personal stories can seem similar but its a fast read
Casting Nets did a Parish Mission at my church recently and I was pleasantly surprised that while this book had a few personal stories that were touched on during their talks (which were very engaging and interesting), it didn't feel like there were a ton of repeats so the book still feels fresh even after going to their talk.
Definitely breaks down the steps on how to add others to your church community and inspired me to take some risks with asking others to come with me. All of their actions/suggestions/stories are very relatable and easy to use/do immediately.
4.5 rounded up. It's a little short and sometimes the personal stories can seem similar but its a fast read
July 21, 2019
There were some good tips in here.
October 10, 2015
Extremely well laid out and logical. A really great short book about effective evangelization. I will be coming back to this one and re-reading in a few months, but for now I am letting the ideas from it bounce around in my brain. The seven pillars are a great concept, and I am working on using a few of them in my confirmation and CCD classes right now, and I hope to expand that when I revisit this book.
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