Joining the Family: The Book Welcoming Christ's followers of Muslim background into his community. Today growing numbers of Muslims are choosing to follow Jesus Christ. They want to join Christ's community and we need to understand their needs, care for them, help them grow in Christ, but also be open to learn from them. This book is the ideal resource to equip your church to meet this need. It may be read alongside the Joining the Family video discussion course, or separately. For more information visit: www.joiningthefamily.org Joining the Family is part of a trio of resources including Friendship First & Come Follow Me. You can find details of these resources here Contents Foreword by Colin Chapman Chapter 1 Why this book? Chapter 2 Birth community Chapter 3 Birth identity to new identity in Christ Chapter 4 Christ's community Chapter 5 Being 'close family' to your friend Chapter 6 Going deeper in the friendship Chapter 7 Growing in Christ Chapter 8 Life structure Chapter 9 Continuing relationship with birth community Chapter 10 Especially for church leaders Chapter 11 Welcoming asylum seekers in the Church Chapter 12 The long journey home