Lifestyle Discipleship in the Real World, Revised and Updated with Study Guide

Drawing from his 30 years of working with the unchurched, Petersen uses the pages of this book to present a case for lifestyle discipleship – a process that makes room for the growing number of people who, for whatever reason, don't fit into any existing patterns of discipleship.

Instead of focusing on measurable criteria and outward performance, Lifestyle Discipleship examines ways in which discipleship can produce truly mature followers of Christ. "People who do not have the advantage of a Christian heritage must begin their journey from wherever they happen to be when Christ calls them," Petersen says. "This means we need to be able to serve them according to their ability, not according to our agenda.