Unity through Repentance

[DESCRIPTION] * Click here for the audiobook! * Can a 500-Year-Old Conflict Be Healed? Most Christians will agree that God has a desire to reconcile all peoples to Himself—but few are willing to explore God’s fierce resolve to reconcile us to each other. In fact, we often find ourselves affirming deeply rooted hostility in the body of Christ. The legendary image of Martin Luther defiantly nailing his 95 Theses to the Wittenberg church door in 1517 exemplifies our urge to celebrate the split between Protestants and Catholics. But even this conflict can be transformed and healed by the power of God and the partnership of friends. Unity through Repentance is the story of God interrupting the lives and plans of an ordinary couple to invite them into the adventure of a lifetime, gathering all the major streams of Jesus-followers in Wittenberg on the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. God gave the vision; tested and confirmed the calling; formed an international leadership team; and inspired a series of gatherings dedicated to joining with Jesus through repentance, forgiveness, and praying John 17. As he tells his story, Cogdell emphasizes spiritual formation and conflict resolution underscoring the importance of unity in the body of Christ for world evangelism. Unity through Repentance provides fresh inspiration for the global Church to fulfill Jesus’ prayer for missions: Make them one ... so that the world will believe. [/DESCRIPTION] [SUBTITLE]The Journey to Wittenberg 2017[/SUBTITLE][CREDIT] Thomas Cogdell [/CREDIT] [ISBN] 978-1-64508-311-5 [/ISBN] [PAGES] 236 [/PAGES] [[BINDING] Paperback [/BINDING] [PUBLISHER] William Carey Publishing [/PUBLISHER] [PUBLISHYEAR] 2022 [/PUBLISHYEAR] [ENDORSEMENT1] It was one of the unique experiences in my life ... The healing power of God was noticeably present in Wittenberg. Archpriest Drtad Uzunyan,  Ecumenical Representative of Armenian Patriarchate of Turkey (Eastern Orthodox), Istanbul, Turkey  [/ENDORSEMENT1] [ENDORSEMENT2] By faith and through countless impossibilities, Thomas and Amy obeyed when God called them. After 500 years, wounds were healed in the body of Christ, guiding us from far away, entering into the midst of deep traditional European conflicts of Christianity. No one of us would ever have dared this. Sister Joela Krüger  Marienschwestern (Evangelical Sisters of Mary–Lutheran), Darmstadt, Germany [/ENDORSEMENT2] [TOC] Cast of Characters  Foreword by Fr. Peter Hocken  Preface  Part I: Background and Vision, 1980s–2000  Chapter 1 Hope Chapel  Chapter 2 Born Again, Again  Chapter 3 Power Plant of Prayer  Chapter 4 God’s Landmine by Amy Cogdell  Chapter 5 Switzerland  Chapter 6 “The Guts to Go Through with It”  Part II: Testing, 2001–2010  Chapter 7 Waiting  Chapter 8 Compulsions  Chapter 9 “Let Me Do It”  Chapter 10 Herrnhut  Chapter 11 God Does It  Chapter 12 “Seven Years from Today”  Midword by John Dawson  Part III: A Journey into Repentance, 2010–2015  Chapter 13 “Where Are the Jews?”  Chapter 14 Antakya and Berlin  Chapter 15 Ottmaring, 2012  Chapter 16 Volkenroda, 2013  Chapter 17 Trento, 2014  Chapter 18 Rome, 2015  Part IV: The 500th Anniversary, 2016–2017  Chapter 19 500 Days Before, 2016  Chapter 20 Death of a Father  Chapter 21 Death of a Mother  Chapter 22 Searching for Anabaptists  Chapter 23 A Prayer Meeting Occasionally Interrupted by Teachings  Chapter 24 The Joy of Repentance  Part V: Sabbath and New Life  Chapter 25 The Beauty of Completability  Chapter 26 “Unless a Seed Falls into the Ground”    Afterword by Hanna Zack Miley  Appendix 1: The Wittenberg 2017 Principles  Appendix 2: Historical Conclusions about the Reformation  Appendix 3: Biographical Sketches by Amy Cogdell  Appendix 4: Wittenberg 2017 as One Pattern for Leadership of a Reconciliation Initiative  Appendix 5: Identificational Repentance  Appendix 6: A Lutheran Pastor Reflects on Rome by Hans Scholz  Appendix 7: Judensau Lament by Richard Harvey  Acknowledgments  [/TOC]