A simple guide to the Christian faith for new believers. Your First Steps has been used as a foundational resource and study tool for new Christians for over thirty-five years. Often, after making the decision to profess Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour, new Christians find it difficult to understand what it really means to be a Christian. They try to read the Bible and pray and participate in church services and do all the things that are expected of any Christian who is serious about their new life in Christ. Despite their best efforts it can often feel like they are walking through a minefield and they can feel very tempted to give up when it seems like they are failing and are nowhere near the standard that God requires of all believers. Your First Steps helps the new believer to approach their new life step by step, highlighting key Biblical principles and explaining them in simple and easy to understand terms. It's compact and easy to read, answering many of the most common questions and making the first steps of the Christian Walk easier to navigate.
Author Biography:
Co-Pastor Penny Francis is the wife of the Bishop John Francis, the founder and Senior Minister of Ruach City Church which she pastors alongside her husband. She is an anointed vessel gifted with an ability to preach and speak as the oracles of God. Experiencing this gift to the body of Christ is a powerful, life-changing experience which leaves a tangible residue of a divine encounter. Her whole desire as she ministers is that lives will be supernaturally touched by the unchangeable power of God and that God, in all things, will be glorified. Pastor Penny, together with her husband, Bishop John Francis, hosts the popular, 2B1 Seminars for engaged couples and those contemplating marriage. Pastor Penny is not only an anointed Preacher but also a capable and experienced Teacher. In the past, she has lectured at the First Born Church Seminary School, UK. She presently lectures for Ruach City Church on various courses such as their Leadership Training Programmes, Self-Development Courses and the Five-Fold School of Ministry. She also lectures for the Ruach City Bible Institute covering the following Topics - Church History, Church Ordinances, The Kingdom Agenda for Church Leadership, Church Strategy, Co-Leadership to name just a few. Writing is a passion of Penny's and she is known by many as an accomplished writer and playwright. She is also a gifted poet and she loves to pen her personal experiences in verse, often with a hint of humour. Pastor Penny has never claimed that she is specifically called to minister to women but rather to the whole Body of Christ. However, she knows that because she is a woman, the lives of many women will, undoubtedly, be touched and divinely changed. In addition to the call of God on her life, she is also mother to three lovely daughters, Juanita, Teleisa and Charisa. Pastor Penny always insists that her first call is to the nurturing of these young souls whom God has blessed her with and placed in her care. Her life is a testimony of God's healing power, His regenerative spirit, and His principle of process, making her message relative to all. Co-Pastor Penny Francis is without doubt an anointed Woman of God. Her style is unique and effective and invariably brings truth and life to every soul who comes into contact with her ministry. She is honoured and humbled by His choice to use her and confirms this always with this prayer - Use me, Lord, until You use me up.
