Conversion of the Church by Samuel M. Shoemaker - 5th British Edition 1938 - ODJ
Conversion of the Church by Samuel M. Shoemaker. This book is the Fifth British Edition from April, 1938 that features a Foreword by L.W. Grensted, along with a new Foreword to the Fifth Edition by Sam Shoemaker.
Foreword to the Fifth Edition:
“This book was written in 1932. I believe that its principles are sound, and offer a working basis for the beginnings of the spiritual revolution which we need, in our lives and in our parishes.
The greatest need in the world to-day is for the creation of a united spiritual front, which can withstand the organized onslaught of materialism and antichrist; and that the supreme task of the Church of God on earth is to marshal recruits and to provide leaders, controlled by God and in fellowship with one another, who will fight and win this greatest war of the ages. If the Church rises up, and dares to become that spiritual front, she can save the world. If she does not, I fear equally for the future of the world and of the Church.”
This book is in very good condition. The book is fully intact, pages are clean with normal toning for its age. There is a bookplate on the front end page. There is no writing or markings in the book. The original dust jacket has some edge wear and small tears near the spine.
Sam Shoemaker a pioneer in both the Oxford group movement and AA, presents in his book "The Conversion Of The Church" how the Church needs to operate like a fellowship and that in reality the Fellowship is the Church. Sam mentions in his Forward that the original church was often called the fellowship. AA is often refered to as the Fellowship. Sam devotes an entire Chapter to the genius of fellowship. There he emphasizes the importance of fellowship in The Chruch. "When the Church is alive the desire for fellowship is alive. Sam gives his definition of real fellowship. "the core and genius of real fellowship as i see it, is the power to live and work with people upon the basis of absolute love and honesty"
Sam Shoemaker is well known in the recovery community as he was AA cofounder Bill Wilson’s spiritual advisor during the vital pioneering days of AA. Bill W. wrote: “Dr. Sam Shoemaker was one of A.A.’s indispensables. Had it not been for his ministry to us in our early time, our Fellowship would not be in existence today.”
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