Churches Gone Wild

Churches Gone Wild
Author: Ron Smith Jr Phd
Publisher: CrossBooks Publishing
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2011-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781615077144

Uncensored and uncut Ron reiterates the fact that the church has an image problem but he doesn't stop there. Cutting right to the heart of the matter Ron discusses why the church has an image problem, how the church received this image problem and what the church can do to correct its course and make a significant impact. Ever wondered what "the vision" of your church should be? Ever wondered how your church can be like the New Testament church? Then grab a seat and hang on for a ride. Churches have gone wild and this book uncovers the reasons why and helps the church receive a vision that makes a difference. This book covers topics like; Thirst Is Nothing, Image Is Everything, The Church Naked and Not Ashamed, and Wake Up Put on Your Grace Clothes. With behind the scenes uncensored humor easily recognized by the church veteran, Ron communicates with passion and conviction the wild acts of the church. You will experience laughter, tears, excitement and passion as you read this well written call of renewal to the church. Churches Gone Wild: Exposing the church to the vision of God, so the church will quit exposing itself to the world!

Churches Gone Wild

Churches Gone Wild
Author: Ron Smith, Jr.
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2015-11-19
Genre:
ISBN: 9781519393340

Why the title, Churches Gone Wild? Because churches have Gone Wild! Yes, it's a risky title but someone has to shock the church back into reality. Millions are walking away from the contemporary church while millions more are walking right by the church without a thought that it can help their lives. It's sad but true. Sinner, come to us is the message of the church today. Words like grace, mercy, forgiveness and compassion have been replaced with words like tradition, process, rights and voting. The world is longing for answers while the church Goes Wild. Those who risk it all to seek out the church for help are often exposed to a side of Christianity that is shocking! Churches Gone Wild seeks to expose the church to the revelation of God so the church will quite exposing itself to the world! The key is found in Proverbs 29:18, "Without revelation the people run wild..." (CSB)

Pastors and Churches Gone Wild

Pastors and Churches Gone Wild
Author: Texe W Marrs
Publisher: Rivercrest Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781930004955

Texe Marrs has been following the antics of pastors and churches for over thirty-five years. He regularly reports the more intriguing cases on his weekly radio program. Now he opens his case files to allow you, the reader, to discover just how bizarre and ungodly America's pastors really are. There's the naked pastor who preaches to an all nude congregation, and the famous evangelist who demands young men get a vasectomy, then personally examines their genitals. Read about the wild pastor who claims Jesus came to him dressed as a fireman. Revel over the pastor who seriously says he is the reincarnated "Jesus" and wants his entire congregation to take a 666 tattoo. You'll find out about the pastor who says Judas got a raw deal and is now in heaven. And, the raucous evangelist who screams at and kicks people, belches loudly, spouts profanity, and beds church women. There is the "Hookers for Jesus" group and the churches that teach women how to pole dance. At one large church in Chicago, a woman wearing a skimpy bikini walks a high-up tightrope. You'll also be introduced to Pigalle, painted pink, where four transvestites dressed as nuns greet visitors. You will meet Duck Dynasty's stars who claim to be Christian, but what about those Masonic hand and body signs? One top TV evangelist claims Jesus and Red China's communist butcher, Mao Tse Tung, believed exactly alike. Meanwhile, there's the woman pastor who, at worship services, distributes free condoms to her congregation. These wild and outrageous pastors and churches are prime evidence that the Christian establishment has gone berserk. It's no wonder that one pastor recently resigned from the pulpit, exclaiming, "I'm fleeing the madhouse." Book jacket.

Church of the Wild

Church of the Wild
Author: Victoria Loorz
Publisher: Broadleaf Books
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2021-10-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1506469655

2024 Nautilus Book Awards Silver Winner in "Religion / Spirituality of Western Thought" CategoryWinner of the Living Now Book Award, Church of the Wild reminds us that once upon a time, humans lived in an intimate relationship with nature. Whether disillusioned by the dominant church or unfulfilled by traditional expressions of faith, many of us long for a deeper spirituality. Victoria Loorz certainly did. Coping with an unraveling vocation, identity, and planet, Loorz turned to the wanderings of spiritual leaders and the sanctuary of the natural world, eventually cofounding the Wild Church Network and Seminary of the Wild. With an ecospiritual lens on biblical narratives and a fresh look at a community larger than our own species, Church of the Wild uncovers the wild roots of faith and helps us deepen our commitment to a suffering earth by falling in love with it--and calling it church. Through mystical encounters with wild deer, whispers from a scrubby oak tree, wordless conversation with a cougar, and more, Loorz helps us connect to a love that literally holds the world together--a love that calls us into communion with all creatures.

Church Girls Gone Wild

Church Girls Gone Wild
Author: Angela B. Braham
Publisher: Author House
Total Pages: 47
Release: 2013-01-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1481709941

Harmony is the very sexy former exotic dancer who is now the Head Missionary of Destiny New Life Church. Owner of a very successful real estate firm she is very independent and successful. That is, she appears very successful. With the economy and housing market in a crisis Harmony struggles to hold on to the image of success. That is until she hooks up with the married Head Deacon of their mega church. Read on as we watch the struggle of a "church girl gone wild" in a desperate attempt to make ends meet.

Church Gone Wild

Church Gone Wild
Author: Bishop Al Cheeks
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-07-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781963628562

Crushing

Crushing
Author: T. D. Jakes
Publisher: FaithWords
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2019-04-16
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781455595372

Follow God's process for growth and learn how you can benefit from life's challenging experiences with this book by bestselling inspirational author T.D. Jakes. In this insightful book, #1 New York Times bestselling author T.D. Jakes wrestles with the age-old questions: Why do the righteous suffer? Where is God in all the injustice? In his most personal offering yet, Bishop Jakes tells crushing stories from his own journey-the painful experience of learning his young teenage daughter was pregnant, the agony of watching his mother succumb to Alzheimer's, and the shock and helplessness he felt when his son had a heart attack. Bishop Jakes wants to encourage you that God uses difficult, crushing experiences to prepare you for unexpected blessings. If you are faithful through suffering, you will be surprised by God's joy, comforted by His peace, and fulfilled with His purpose. Crushing will inspire you to have hope, even in your most difficult moments. If you trust in God and lean on Him during setbacks, He will lead you through.

Fear Gone Wild

Fear Gone Wild
Author: Kayla Stoecklein
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2020-09-08
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1400217687

A pastor's wife's shattering yet ultimately hopeful story of her husband's death by suicide, her journey to understand mental illness, and the light she found in the darkness. On August 25, 2018, Kayla Stoecklein lost her husband, Andrew--megachurch pastor of Inland Hills Church in Chino, California--to suicide. In the wake of the tragedy, she embarked on a brave journey to better understand his harrowing battle with mental illness and, ultimately, to overcome the stigma of suicide. Fear Gone Wild is her intimate account of all that led to that tragic day, including her husband's panic attacks and debilitating bouts of anxiety and depression. Despite their deep faith in God and the countless prayers of many believers, Andrew was never healed of his illness. Turning to Scripture for answers, she discovered that God uses wilderness experiences to prepare His children--including Jesus--for his greater purpose and to work miracles inside our souls. With a clear-eyed acknowledgment of how misguided and misinformed she was about mental illness, Kayla Stoecklein shares her story in hopes that anyone walking through the wilderness of mental illness will be better equipped for the journey and will learn to put their hope in Jesus through it all.

So You Don't Want to Go to Church Anymore

So You Don't Want to Go to Church Anymore
Author: Wayne Jacobsen
Publisher: Windblown Media
Total Pages: 154
Release: 2008-09-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1935170015

Jake Colsen, an overworked and disillusioned pastor, happens into a stranger who bears an uncanny resemblance (in manner) to the apostle John. A number of encounters with John as well as a family crisis lead Jake to a new understanding of what his life should be like: one filled with faith bolstered by a steady, close relationship with the God of the universe. Facing his own disappointment with Christianity, Jake must forsake the habits that have made his faith rote and rediscover the love that captured his heart when he first believed. Compelling and intensely personal, So You Don't Want to Go to Church Anything relates a man's rebirth from performance-based Christianity to a loving friendship with Christ that affects all he does, thinks, and says. As John tells Jake, "There is nothing the Father desires for you more than that you fall squarely in the lap of his love and never move from that place for the rest of your life."

The 5 Masculine Instincts

The 5 Masculine Instincts
Author: Chase Replogle
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Total Pages: 167
Release: 2022-03-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0802476465

Don’t trust your instincts—there is a better path to becoming a better man. It’s no secret: today’s men face a dilemma. Our culture tells them that their instincts are either toxic or salvific. Men are left with only two options: deconstruct and forfeit masculine identity or embrace it with wild abandon. They’re left to decide between ignoring their instincts or indulging them. Neither approach helps them actually understand their own masculine experiences nor how those experiences can lead them to become better men of God. The Bible doesn’t shy away from the reality of masculine instincts nor all of the ways those instincts can lead to destruction. Examining the lives of five men of the Bible, The 5 Masculine Instincts shows that these men aren’t masculine role models or heroes but are men who wrestled with their own desires and, by faith, matured them into something better. Through this book you’ll discover your own instincts are neither curse nor virtue. They are the experiences by which you develop a new and better instinct—an instinct of faith. By exploring sarcasm, adventure, ambition, reputation, and apathy, The 5 Masculine Instincts shows you how to better understand yourself and how your own instincts can be matured into something better. This is the path by which we become better men.