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Ordinary Radicals: A Return to Christ-Centered Discipleship
How do we live out the gospel in our lives?
What we believe about the gospel determines how we will follow the Great Commission and make disciples. Radical Discipleshiplays bare the roots of the gospel, reinforcing the command and privilege of the Great Commission.
Church leadership must be focused on discipleship. If you have a leadership problem, you have a discipleship problem, and if you have a discipleship problem, you have a Great Commission problem.
Why bother with discipleship? Because the cost of non-discipleship is too great! Living with radical abandonment for His glory, faithful adherence to His person, and urgent obedience to His ministry is the only way to live a successful, fruitful Christian life. This book offers a step-by-step process for living out the Great Commission to revolutionize the world through the local church.
What we believe about the gospel determines how we will follow the Great Commission and make disciples. Radical Discipleshiplays bare the roots of the gospel, reinforcing the command and privilege of the Great Commission.
Church leadership must be focused on discipleship. If you have a leadership problem, you have a discipleship problem, and if you have a discipleship problem, you have a Great Commission problem.
Why bother with discipleship? Because the cost of non-discipleship is too great! Living with radical abandonment for His glory, faithful adherence to His person, and urgent obedience to His ministry is the only way to live a successful, fruitful Christian life. This book offers a step-by-step process for living out the Great Commission to revolutionize the world through the local church.
144 pages, Hardcover
Published October 18, 2018
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About the author
Jonathan Hayashi
2 books21 followersDr. Jonathan Hayashi became a Christian at age 16 when he heard and responded to the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ. He earned his Bachelor of Arts from Moody Bible Institute with a double concentration in Pastoral Ministry and Biblical Studies, a Master of Arts (M.A), in Congregational Leadership from Moody Theological Seminary, and Doctorate of Educational Ministry in Biblical Counseling from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Jonathan has assisted Southern Baptist life in various local, state and national roles. In 2013, he served as the teaching instructor for the Super Summer youth camp for the Illinois Baptist State Association. Since 2017, he has been serving as a Chaplain with Disaster Relief endorsed by the North American Mission Board. He presently serves on the Executive Committee at Southwest Baptist University (Bolivar, MO) and serves on the Board of Trustees at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is also a member of the Asian American Collective for the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee.
Prior to this appointment, Jonathan served as Senior Pastor at Northern Hills Baptist Church Holt, Missouri from 2020-2022, Worship Pastor at Troy First Baptist Church in Troy, Missouri form 2015-2020, and as Assistant Pastor at Uptown Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois form 2011-2014. He also taught Apologetics at Pacific Garden Missions in Chicago, Illinois, and taught Bible classes at Northern Hills Christian Academy in Holt, Missouri.
Outside of pastoral ministry, Jonathan is a contributor for the bi-weekly journal Pathway (Missouri Baptist Convention). He also served as a commissioner for the Missouri Commission of Human Rights and was the vice chairman for 2021. He has been fortunate to publish articles for various websites, several scholarship journal articles, book review, and his doctoral dissertation. He is the author of Ordinary Radicals: A Return to Christ-Centered Discipleship and Making Lemonade: Turning Past Failures into Gospel Opportunities.
He and his wife, Kennedi, have four children: Kaede, Seiji, Anna, and Ren. Jonathan lives out his life and ministry with Colossians 3:23-24, “Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.”
Jonathan has assisted Southern Baptist life in various local, state and national roles. In 2013, he served as the teaching instructor for the Super Summer youth camp for the Illinois Baptist State Association. Since 2017, he has been serving as a Chaplain with Disaster Relief endorsed by the North American Mission Board. He presently serves on the Executive Committee at Southwest Baptist University (Bolivar, MO) and serves on the Board of Trustees at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is also a member of the Asian American Collective for the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee.
Prior to this appointment, Jonathan served as Senior Pastor at Northern Hills Baptist Church Holt, Missouri from 2020-2022, Worship Pastor at Troy First Baptist Church in Troy, Missouri form 2015-2020, and as Assistant Pastor at Uptown Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois form 2011-2014. He also taught Apologetics at Pacific Garden Missions in Chicago, Illinois, and taught Bible classes at Northern Hills Christian Academy in Holt, Missouri.
Outside of pastoral ministry, Jonathan is a contributor for the bi-weekly journal Pathway (Missouri Baptist Convention). He also served as a commissioner for the Missouri Commission of Human Rights and was the vice chairman for 2021. He has been fortunate to publish articles for various websites, several scholarship journal articles, book review, and his doctoral dissertation. He is the author of Ordinary Radicals: A Return to Christ-Centered Discipleship and Making Lemonade: Turning Past Failures into Gospel Opportunities.
He and his wife, Kennedi, have four children: Kaede, Seiji, Anna, and Ren. Jonathan lives out his life and ministry with Colossians 3:23-24, “Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.”
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October 3, 2018
I was fortunate to be on the pre-launch list for this gem. Jonathan Hayashi presents discipleship in light of what the gospel really is. This book has challenged me in several ways. Favorite portions were the discussion on discipleship as messy becuase it involves messy people and what ordinary people like me can be doing to grow the body. I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to grow spiritually. Hayashi will challenge you to live out the gospel in your daily life--by growing as a disciple of Jesus and making disciples.
October 11, 2018
Such a needed book in this time as the days of gathering by attracting others into our churches are becoming less and less effective. To go out we
must GO make disciples. This book gives great insights from discipleship studies in the past, and gives a vision for what it will mean in the future if we just obey the radical command to make disciples. If we are to multiply disciples, being radical does not mean going to extremes, it just means being able to be obedient as God calls us. Easy read with great content. You won’t be disappointed with this great resource.
must GO make disciples. This book gives great insights from discipleship studies in the past, and gives a vision for what it will mean in the future if we just obey the radical command to make disciples. If we are to multiply disciples, being radical does not mean going to extremes, it just means being able to be obedient as God calls us. Easy read with great content. You won’t be disappointed with this great resource.
January 11, 2021
Excellent book!Jonathan takes a look at discipleship, real discipleship, and encourages Christians to do the work that we’ve all been called to do.
March 4, 2020
Ordinary Radicals is well written and practical with a much needed message for today. It is informational without being overwhelming. A great call to the Great Commission!
August 16, 2019
This book bad.
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