Becoming His Story - by Mary-Elsie Wolfe (Paperback)

About the Book

We are participating in changes that will define this period in history! As followers of Jesus, we immerse ourselves in this living story while learning from Jesus, living like Jesus and leading like Jesus so we may apply his principles and become transformational participants in the best story ever told.

Book Synopsis

We are participating in changes that will soon define this period in history! As followers of Jesus, we want to immerse ourselves in this living story while learning from Jesus, living like Jesus and leading like Jesus so we may apply his principles and become transformational participants in the best story ever told. Gaining God's full blessing in partnership with what he is doing in our world today needs everyone engaged--not just some! It becomes our duty to help instill a sense of identity and worth in both genders in a Biblical way that will lead us to the full uninhibited potential of Christ's church as we carry out his mandate. With a view towards helping us understand these principles by first identifying our own worldview, and better understanding the culture in which Jesus lived, the author applies the values of Jesus to the model for leadership today. Mary-Elsie Wolfe offers us a vision for the future that is leading-edge yet moderate, traditional yet progressive. Drawing upon key Bible stories of women in Jesus' day, our view of the future is enlarged as believers as she looks at the prominence of women in the early church and then applies key principles in an effective way for our day.If we want to lead like Jesus, as Jesus defines leadership for us, we must apply these foundational leadership principles to our times while still wrapping everything in the truth of the love of God for his people and his work.

From the Back Cover

We are participating in changes that will soon define this period in history! As followers of Jesus, we want to immerse ourselves in this living story while learning from Jesus, living like Jesus and leading like Jesus so we may apply his principles and become transformational participants in the best story ever told. With a view towards helping us understand these principles by first identifying our own worldview, and better understanding the culture in which Jesus lived, Mary-Elsie Wolfe applies the values of Jesus to the model for leadership today. She offers us a vision for the future that is leading-edge yet moderate, traditional yet progressive. Drawing upon key Bible stories of women in Jesus' day, our view of the future is enlarged as believers as she looks at the prominence of women in the early church and then applies key principles in an effective way for our day.

Review Quotes

How do we draw the reality of women's experience in the history of the church in a way that doesn't simply reproduce its lines, but reads between them and redraws them for the future? Mary-Elsie Wolfe shows how in this thin book thick and rich with insights about the past, outlines of the present and outfittings for the future. Leonard Sweet, best-selling author, professor (Drew University, George Fox University), and chief contributor to sermons.com Mary-Elsie Wolfe weaves together a tapestry of every day personal experiences, scholarly sources and devotional thoughts in this book about significant "moments" that women experienced with Jesus in the Gospel of John. She's not interested in debating the usual Pauline passages on the role of women in Christian communities; instead she invites the reader to watch, listen to, and reflect on some very telling experiences and the underlying message that Jesus was giving about the place of women in his Kingdom. Bishop Keith Elford, The Free Methodist Church in Canada/President, Free Methodist World Conference. Mary-Elsie Wolfe draws us into the stories of women in both the Old and New Testaments who have fully embraced their calling and illustrates the lessons learned through her own life experiences. The invitation is to see with new eyes how Jesus and the early church broke with cultural norms to include women and then to look beyond the restrictions of our own culture in order to participate in what God is birthing in the church today. Lynn Smith, Former VP of Student Development/Dean of Students, Tyndale University College and Seminary; Author of Gender or Giftedness and Mentoring - Leaving a Legacy; founding member of NextLEVEL Leadership