The Samaritan Project - Paperback

by Rob A. Fringer (Author)

The Samaritan Project takes the familiar parable of an injured traveler and invites the reader to engage the story in a way that will change how they view themselves and the people in their world. Learn the importance of story, discover the revealing nature of questions and explore the distance we have created between ourselves and those God has called us to love.Fringer and Lane incite the reader to action as they wrestle with what it means to see, love and be a neighbor. Whether one reads this alone or in community, the questions and experiential projects throughout each chapter will provide practical ways to serve.Through The Samaritan Project, the reader will re-imagine what it looks like to embody the compassion of a neighbor.

Author Biography

Rob A. Fringer is Lecturer in Biblical Studies at Nazarene Theological College in Brisbane, Australia. He holds a BA in Philosophy and Theology from Point Loma Nazarene University, a MA in Theology from Nazarene Theological Seminary and is currently working on his PhD in New Testament and Biblical Theoogy from University of Manchester, England. Prior to moving to Australia, he was in pastoral ministry for 15 years working in the areas of Youth, Adult Discipleship and Community Outreach. He is co-author of The Samaritan Project (2012). Jeff K. Lane has been teaching full time in congregations or middle school classrooms for over 15 years. He holds graduate degrees from Nazarene Theological Seminary and Boston University School of Theology. He currently serves as Lead Pastor of Responsible Grace, a Church of the Nazarene, in Cambridge, MA. He is a native New Englander. He and his wife, Kelley have been honored by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Boston Celtics for their decade of service with kids experiencing foster care. They live with their house full of children and their dog Huckleberry just outside of Boston, MA. He is the co-author of The Samaritan Project (2012).