Discovering Your Divine Design - Softcover

Hello, my name is Craig Bishop, Senior Pastor of BranchCreek Community Church. We are located in a northern suburb of Philadelphia, PA. I have helped to lead BranchCreek since its founding 33 years ago. Our church has grown from a group of about 20 to over 4,000 attenders today. I have had the privilege of teaching spiritual leadership principles to churches here in America and abroad. I serve as a trainer for Purpose-Driven principles (Saddleback, Rick Warren) and our church is a Purpose-Driven Church Health Award Winner. I have written three books, Emerging Faith, Faithspace in the Workplace, and Discovering Your Divine Design. All of which have been used as a part of a spiritual growth campaign at our church. The most recent, Discovering Your Divine Design, included enlisting 300 new people to join a small group to focus on the study. My passion has always been to help people take their next step toward God.

With all the life options we have today, the possibilities stretching out before us can seem like a labyrinth of endless twists and turns. Craig Bishop has done us two favors. He has employed his own unique ability as a world-class communicator to make our journeys clearer and more meaningful, and he has made the process joy-filled. Discovering Your Divine Design is hot! You'll see yourself in its pages. More important, you'll discover that God has something wonderful in store for you. --Randy Estelle, Founder & President of Courtyard Media Ministries, Sarasota, Florida

Here is a tool for church leaders who want to help their members find the basis for a fulfilling ministry, based on what God is already doing in their lives. Fifty chapters--enough for a year of small group discussions--present practical truths with interesting illustrations and provocative questions for reflection. Distilling dozens of books and decades of life experience, Pastor Bishop has pulled together a rich collection of ideas and exercises. With these, whether reading alone or in the context of a small group, readers can learn to appreciate their God-given uniqueness and find fulfillment within it. This book lays out such a system and process, with inspiration included. --Carl George, church consultant and author of Nine Keys to Effective Small Group Leadership, and How to Break Growth Barriers.

Craig Bishop has written a terrific detailed and practical guide to self-discovery in his book Discovering Your Divine Design. Craig is a practitioner of life, not just a theorist, and it shows in this book. I strongly endorse this book, which is the product of decades dealing with the topic and its application. --Doug Murren, author of Leader Shift, Baby Boomerang, and Keeping Your Dreams Alive.