Follow Me to Freedom, John Perkins
Follow Me to Freedom, John Perkins
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Follow Me to Freedom
Leading as an ordinary radical

Author: John Perkins, Shane Claiborne

Narrator: TBD

Unabridged: 8 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/01/2009

Synopsis

Re-imagine leading and following in a world longing for true justice, compassion and freedom followers of Christ yearn to see the world changed in compassionate, positive, effective ways. As prophetic voices, Shane Claiborne and John Perkins lead the way in this move to be the hands, feet and heart of Jesus. One is young, a self proclaimed reformed redneck who grew up in the hills of Tennessee and now lives in inner city Philadelphia and the other is decades older, an African-American civil rights leader who was almost beaten to death by police in Mississippi, and went on to found a reconciliation movement and counsel three American presidents. Claiborne and Perkins draw on more than a century of combined following and learning, activating and leading. Together they craft a timely message for ordinary people willing to take radical steps to see real change happen. In Follow Me to Freedom, Claiborne and Perkins lead the way toward justice for all, unfolding a proven strategy as ancient as the patriarchs of faith and as fresh as the needs of every human heart. Starting with Moses as a model, they re-imagine leading and following in a world desperate for true social justice, compassion and freedom. They offer practical ways to internalize and live out God’s promise of freedom in the twenty-first century. Followers of Christ will not only be inspired but also catalyzed into action, and the world will never be the same.

About John Perkins

John Perkins was formerly chief economist at a major international consulting firm where he advised the World Bank, United Nations, IMF, US Treasury Department, Fortune 500 corporations, and governments in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. Since then, his books on economics and geopolitics have been New York Times bestsellers and sold more than one million copies. He has lectured at more than fifty universities around the world. He has been featured on ABC, NBC, CNN, NPR, A&E, the History Channel, Time, New York Times, Washington Post, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Der Spiegel, and others, as well as in numerous documentaries. He is a founder and board member of nonprofits devoted to establishing a world our children will want to inherit.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jeff

I enjoyed the conversational style of this book. It is a good primer on leadership... especially in the realm of communal organization amidst the disenfranchised. Mostly this book was a reminder and hopefully a catalyst to move me from the comforts of suburban complacency (utter uselessness) to a mo......more

Goodreads review by Daniel

We are reading this for a Sunday School class in conjunction with the Open Gate homeless youth ministry, and I've been reading a bit each Sunday. The book has a unique format, being a conversation between two people, Shane and John, one a young leader of an outreach community in Philadelphia and the......more

Goodreads review by Mark

Four stars for being really, really true. The format is odd (the book is a conversation), the subject is old (Perkins and Claiborne have both written this stuff before), and the conclusion is a beginning rather than an end. On the other hand, all the stuff these guys say about leading and following......more

Goodreads review by Nicole

Truthfully I was disappointed with this book. After reading Irresistible Revolution by Claiborne, I was expecting something just as great. It fell way short in my opinion. Although I really respect Perkins and his ministry, I didn't get much from his dialogue which was the majority of the book. Ther......more

Goodreads review by Ryan

Interesting and inspiring dialogue between inspiring leaders and important voices in ministry. The format was distracting for me, going back and forth between the two. I did love hearing both their voices on subjects but it felt like it never kept a consistent train of thought.......more

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