Most of the authors we have cited above actually use multiple descriptions of catechesis in their works on the subject. Indeed, it is very difficult to find one definition of catechesis that fully captures all that catechesis can and should be. But, in order to have a simple and concise place from which to begin our deliberations in this book, we suggest the following: Catechesis is the church’s ministry of grounding and growing God’s people in the Gospel and its implications for doctrine, devotion,