"The new liturgical reality is that membership in the church and taking authority for the ministry of the church are two different things: baptism is about membership and ministry is about discipleship. We are brought into Christ through baptism. We are, at some point -- each of us -- asked to commit to service and are liturgically sent out as disciples of the Risen Christ ...". p. 5-6. "Confirmation should be considered a Sacramental Rite of neither baptismal initiation or a rite of passage, but of sanctification and consecration, of commissioning for discipleship and mission". -- p. 16.
Contents: [Introduction] -- Embracing Newness -- We have been talking about the nature of Confirmation for a very long time -- Kindling discipleship through the Laying on of Hands -- Making the case for Confirmation -- How to go about the sanctification of the Lay Order in ministry.
The author, the "Rt. Rev. Richard L. Shimpfky is the [Episcopal] Bishop of El Camino Real". -- p. 19.
"The origins of the Disciple's Way are closely tied to the origins of Forward Movement. The 1934 Commission to reinvigorate the Church, known today as Forward Movement, drafted an outline of the seven steps of the Disciple's Way as its call to the church. When they were issued as a pamphlet the following year during Lent 1935, these steps became the basis for individual reflection and group study in every parish and sold an astonishing 700,000 copies. No better delineation of discipleship, with guidelines for practical application, has been published since. That is why today, when the need to know and understand the meaning of discipleship remains just as central to accomplishing the mission of the Church as it did in 1934, we republish this inspiring document". -- p. 2.
Contents: The Origins of the Disciple's Way -- Turn -- Follow -- Learn -- Pray -- Serve -- Worship -- Share -- Continue.