The Wittenberg 2017 Book is Available!
It is a true miracle that William Carey Publishing has put this book out. The printed book and the eBook can be ordered from their website:
Outside of the US, you might want to order from BookDepository.com to get better shipping times/rates
Below is some information about the book … this isn’t really a “book review” as much as an announcement (how could I fairly review my own book? :-)
¡ Quotations on the Book's Cover !
These are truly remarkable testimonies from precious saints. Thank you Lord!
“An inspiring story of reconciliation in a wounded world”
- John Dawson, International Director of Youth with a Mission (YWAM)
“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 the Armenian Patriarchate of Turkey (Eastern Orthodox), Istanbul, Turkey
“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.”
— Sr. Joela Krüger, Marienschwestern (Evangelical Sisters of Mary–Lutheran), Darmstadt, Germany
Contents
The book has 26 short chapters, which aligns with the 26 verses in John 17. (Not that each verse maps to each chapter - but, that's why there are 26 chapters.)
The first half of the book is the personal story of Amy becoming Catholic, Amy and I receiving the vision for Wittenberg 2017, and God testing and refining me. It ends with the reservation of a room in Wittenberg in 2010.
Preface
Foreword By Fr. Peter Hocken
Part I - Background & Vision (1980s – 2000)
Ch 1 - Hope Chapel
Ch 2 - Born Again, Again
Ch 3 - Power Plant of Prayer
Ch 4 - The Grief of God
Ch 5 - Switzerland
Ch 6 - “The Guts To Go Through With It”
Part II – Testing (2001 – 2010)
Ch 7 - Waiting
Ch 8 - Compulsions
Ch 9 - “Let Me Do It”
Ch 10 - Herrnhut
Ch 11 - God Does It
Ch 12 - “Seven Years From Today”
The second half of the book expands to the story of a team - the Wittenberg 2017 leadership team, and all of the intercessors, speakers, worship leaders, and participants in the meetings. It ends with the epic day of repentance towards the Anabaptists in 2017.
Midword by John Dawson
Part III – A Journey into Repentance (2010 – 2015)
Ch 13 - “Where are the Jews?”
Ch 14 - Antakya & Berlin
Ch 15 - Ottmaring, 2012
Ch 16 - Volkenroda, 2013
Ch 17 - Trento, 2014
Ch 18 - Rome, 2015
Part IV – The 500th Anniversary (2016-2017)
Ch 19 - 500 Days Before, 2016
Ch 20 - Death of a Father
Ch 21 - Death of a Mother
Ch 22 - Searching for Anabaptists
Ch 23 - Praying John 17 Together
Ch 24 - The Joy of Repentance
That's two halves of the book, if you're counting. But wait, there's more!
Part V – Sabbath and New Life
Ch 25 - The Beauty of Completability
Ch 26 - “Unless A Seed Fall Into The Ground”
Afterword By Hanna Zack Miley
And then there are the Appendices! (which are all online)
Biographical Sketches by Amy Cogdell
Wittenberg 2017 as One Pattern for Leadership of a Reconciliation Initiative by George Miley and Thomas Cogdell
Identificational Repentance by Helmut Eiwen
A Lutheran Pastor Reflects on Rome by Hans Scholz
Judensau Lament by Richard Harvey
