Stand Up for the Gospel

Getting the Church Back on Track

This book is a popular level reading adaptation of my doctorial dissertation published by:

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ISBN-10 ‏: ‎1594528519
ISBN-13 ‏: ‎978-1594528514
Publisher ‏: ‎Oasis International
Page Count: 224
Format: Paperback/Kindle Edition
Size: 229 x 152mm
Publication date ‏: ‎ 6 Dec. 2022

Description

A timely wake-up call about what is happening in many of our churches today. A poor believer dances to the offering box, sowing her last savings in hopes of reaping a job or a husband. “Surely this time, I have enough faith!”

Pastors sell anointing oil and holy water to make your prayers powerful. Governments want to regulate the church’s corruption.

We can easily get discouraged about the state of our churches, but, from the very infancy of the church, God’s people have been struggling with teaching that departs from the gospel of Jesus Christ.

The book of Jude, written by Jesus’s half-brother, called the church of his day to defend the gospel once for all delivered to God’s people at a time when false teaching had crept into the early NT church. Today, Jude’s message offers powerful solutions for addressing false teaching in our churches, just as it did in his day.

Book Reviews

Rev Daniel Okoh

General Superintendent of Christ Holy Church International and International Chairman of Organisation of African Instituted Churches

Stand Up for the Gospel is a clarion call to resist the temptation of manipulation through false teachings about the Kingdom of God and to focus on the good news of our Lord Jesus Christ that transforms unto eternal life. I recommend this book to fellow church leaders, pastors, lay leaders, seminary students, and Sunday school teachers, as well as those who seek encouragement to continue on the path of truth - not only in Africa but all over the world.

Rev Prof J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu

Professor of African Christianity and Pentecostal Theology, President of Trinity Theological Seminary, Ghana

The call of Jude to "contend for the faith" is as legitimate for us today as it was back then; it cannot be ignored. The growth and expansion of the church in Africa today speaks to a biblical truth in which the God of all grace chooses that which is foolish, weak, low, and despised in the world, to shame the wise strong and high. Amoafo delivers a bold call for consistent expression of faith that bridges the gap between growth and impact. This is a timely work of great relevance, and we must be grateful for this prophetic study.

Bishop Martin Morrison

Chairman of The Gospel Coalition Africa, Bishop of REACH SA

Amoafo succinctly exposits the letter of Jude to expose the false "men of God" in present-day Africa who preach a false gospel and practise similar ungodliness and immorality. True to Scripture and unflinchingly practical, Amoafo is not ashamed to allow the message of Jude to wear African clothes and African shoes. Amoafo vividly shows how Jude lays out a battle plan for fighting such false teachings which centres on the unmerited grace of God found in Jesus Christ. Byang Kato, to whom the book is dedicated, would be most proud of his spiritual son in the Lord! Every African Christian and pastor ought to read this book and find true freedom in Christ.