Frank Viola (Author)

Frank Viola (* in New York ) is an American author, speaker, and entrepreneur. He speaks and writes about the spiritual life, the common priesthood of Christians, and organic communities such as house churches rather than hierarchical churches. As an evangelical , he criticizes their superficial rituals and unbiblical practices, and is also attributed to the emerging church movement.

Life

Viola grew up in New York. He studied at the University of South Florida, where he did his Bachelor of Arts. He then continued his education in Christian theology on a self-taught basis and with the help of mentors. He has authored a number of books on the spiritual life and renewal of Christian churches that have been translated into various languages. With his book Pagan Christianity (in German: Heidnisches Christianentum? ), Written in 2008 , he became known worldwide. He speaks about this undesirable development at conferences and also writes about it on his blog at Patheos. Together with Milt Rodriguez and Jon Zens he promotes the development of missional, organically structured and non-hierarchical Christian communities and helps the poor and the oppressed with the proceeds of his books.

Private

Viola is married.

Fonts (selection)

• With George Barna: Pagan Christianity? Exploring the Roots of Our Church Practices , Tyndale, 2008
  • With George Barna: Pagan Christianity? About the background of some of our supposedly biblical church traditions, GloryWorld-Medien, Bruchsal 2010. ISBN 978-3-93632-243-9
• Reimagining Church: Pursuing the Dream of Organic Christianity , David C. Cook, Colorado Springs 2008
  • Ur-Congregation: How Jesus had actually imagined his congregation , GloryWorld-Medien, Bruchsal 2010. ISBN 978-3-93632-247-7
• Primal scream. God's heartfelt concern for ages , GloryWorld-Medien, Bruchsal 2010. ISBN 978-3-93632-245-3
• Bethany: The Lord's Desire for His Church , Weinstock, 2011. ISBN 978-3-98030-565-5
• The Untold Story of the New Testament Church - An Extraordinary Guide to Understanding the New Testament , 2004
  • Original Christians: An Extraordinary Chronology of the Events of the New Testament , GloryWorld-Medien, Bruchsal 2011. ISBN 978-3-93632-252-1
• Finding Organic Church - A Comprehensive Guide to Starting and Sustaining Christian Communities , David C. Cook, Colorado Springs 2009
  • Ur-Praxis: Founding and building organic communities , GloryWorld-Medien, Bruchsal 2011. ISBN 978-3-93632-259-0
• Revise Us Again: Living from a Renewed Christian Script , David C. Cook, Colorado Springs 2011
• With Leonard Sweet : Jesus Manifesto - Restoring the Supremacy and Sovereignty of Jesus Christ , Thomas Nelson 2010
  • With Leonard Sweet: Jesus Manifesto. GloryWorld-Medien, Bruchsal 2012. ISBN 978-3936322620
• With Leonard Sweet: Jesus - A Theography , Thomas Nelson 2012, ISBN 978-0-84994-702-5
• Jesus epic: Having the incomparable Christ in front of your eyes , GloryWorld-Medien, Bruchsal 2013. ISBN 978-3-93632-208-8
• God's Favorite Place on Earth , David C. Cook, Colorado Springs 2013
• Jesus Now - Unveiling the Present-Day Ministry of Christ , David C. Cook, Colorado Springs 2014

Web links

• Homepage of Frank Viola with the title Deeper Journey
• Frank Viola's official blog entitled Beyond Evangelical (German: Jenseits des Evangelicals )
• Agree and excerpt from book Ur-Gemeinde (PDF)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Homepage of Frank Viola with the title Deeper Journey
2. ↑ Frank Viola's official blog entitled Beyond Evangelical
3. ↑ http://www.patheos.com/blogs/frankviola/frankviolaauthor/