Five Practices Of Fruitful Living
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| Author | : Robert Schnase |
| Publisher | : Abingdon Press |
| Total Pages | : 166 |
| Release | : 2011-12-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1426713533 |
People are searching for a church shaped and sustained by Radical Hospitality, Passionate Worship, Intentional Faith Development, Risk-Taking Mission and Service, and Extravagant Generosity. These fundamental practices are critical to the success of congregations. Their presence and strength demonstrate congregational health, vitality, and fruitfulness. By repeating and improving these practices, churches fulfill their mission to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. Robert Schnase astutely weaves theological insight, practical advice, and exemplary stories into an inspiring book for pastors and laity alike. —L. Gregory Jones, Dean and Professor of Theology, Duke Divinity School Robert Schnase’s words are thoughtful, provocative, and challenging. Any congregation will find encouragement and insight to deepen faithfulness and multiply fruitfulness. —Lovett H. Weems, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Church Leadership, Wesley Theological Seminary Stimulating. Challenging. Uniquely helpful. Bishop Schnase gives us powerful language, rich examples, and practical suggestions for fulfilling the mission God gives us. —Janice Riggle Huie, Bishop of the Texas Conference of The United Methodist Church
| Author | : Robert Schnase |
| Publisher | : Abingdon Press |
| Total Pages | : 154 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1426715943 |
Forty Days of Fruitful Living
| Author | : Robert C. Schnase |
| Publisher | : Abingdon Press |
| Total Pages | : 101 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1426728557 |
Help implant the heart of giving within a congregation.
| Author | : Robert Schnase |
| Publisher | : Abingdon Press |
| Total Pages | : 83 |
| Release | : 2008-10 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0687654238 |
Based on the book, Five Practices of a Fruitful Congregation by Bishop Robert Schnase Imagine a congregation-wide focus on these practices that includes a five week sermon series, five weeks with every household reading daily devotions and sharing prayers on these practices, five weeks of leadership teams and small groups stimulated to take new initiatives, five weeks of conversation and commitment focused on the mission of the church. These are the practices that lead to excellence and fruitfulness, and they can change your church. Imagine! Five Practices - Radical Hospitality is a planning workbook for use in group study. It helps lead the group to develop a plan to implement Radical Hospitality in your congregation. FREE TEACHING GUIDE! Click here to download the free Teaching Guide for "Radical Hospitality."
| Author | : Bishop Robert Schnase |
| Publisher | : Abingdon Press |
| Total Pages | : 221 |
| Release | : 2010-09-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1426722591 |
How do I cultivate a life that is purposeful, deep, and fruitful? What are the commitments, critical risks, and personal practices that open me to God's grace? How can I discover the spiritual life and the difference God intends for me to make in the world? Radical Hospitality. Passionate Worship. Intentional Faith Development. Risk-Taking Mission and Service. Extravagant Generosity. Five Practices of Fruitful Living provides an honest, practical, and winsome guide to the spiritual journey. By repeating and deepening certain fundamental practices, we cooperate with God in our spiritual growth. These five practices - to receive God's love, to love God in return, to grow in Christ, to serve others, and to give ourselves fully - as we attend to them and develop them, help us settle ourselves in God and become instruments of God's grace. Following Christ will change your heart; and through you, God will change the world. FROM THE INTRODUCTION - "Five Practices of Fruitful Living moves the discussion of Christian practice from the congregational level to the personal practices of discipleship. The fruitful, God-related life develops with intentional and repeated attention to five essential practices that are critical for our growth in Christ. Radical Hospitality. Passionate Worship. Intentional Faith Development. Risk-Taking Mission and Service. Extravagant Generosity. These practices open our heart—to God, to others, to a life that matters, a life rich with meaning, relationship, and contribution. They help us flourish."
| Author | : Robert Schnase |
| Publisher | : Abingdon Press |
| Total Pages | : 221 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1426708807 |
The Five Practices approach, now centered on a person's individual faith journey
| Author | : Tom Berlin |
| Publisher | : Abingdon Press |
| Total Pages | : 168 |
| Release | : 2010-10-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1426731329 |
Thousands of congregations are in serious trouble. Children are not being taught the faith. Disciples are not being made. Lives are not being transformed. The poor are not being blessed. Communities are not being redeemed. These congregations know something is terribly wrong. And in most cases, the problems have little to do with the pastor's prayer life or whether the pastor takes weekly Sabbath time. In fact, in many of these churches members deeply respect their pastors as sincerely spiritual people of utmost personal faith and integrity. But they need more from their pastoral leaders. They need leaders who define ministry in terms of fruitfulness as well as faithfulness. They need pastors and lay leaders who ask about the outcomes of any given ministry or program, not just its process. Mostly, they need a vision of ministry that focuses on changing people’s lives. Absent that vision, ministry will fail. In this helpful volume, Lovett Weems and Tom Berlin provide readers with the tools they need to assess the fruit their ministry bears in the lives of their congregations, their communities, and the world.
| Author | : Krin Van Tatenhove |
| Publisher | : Westminster John Knox Press |
| Total Pages | : 157 |
| Release | : 2019-02-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1611649161 |
How can we embody the values of love, grace, and justice? As faith communities, how can our collective embodiment of these values shine even brighter? The answers to these questions must always unfold right here, right now, exactly where God has planted us. Neighborhood Churchacts as a resource to inspire churches to become a vibrant and engaging community partner with the families and neighborhoods living around them. The need for transformation is acute. Congregational decline continues across all mainline denominations. The abandonment of the church by the millennial generation is ubiquitous; no denomination is escaping it. This is, in part, a consequence of disconnection from our communities. Van Tatenhove and Mueller believe that, parish by parish, we can reverse this trend. They dare to have an audacious hope for local congregations not only as signs of Gods kingdom but as life-giving institutions that anchor their neighborhoods. Drawing on their combined sixty years of parish experience, wisdom from Asset-Based Community Development, and compelling case stories, Van Tatenhove and Mueller do more than just call us to incarnational ministry. They give practical, essential tools that lead to communal conversion, develop the DNA of listening, spur fruitful partnerships, promote integrated space, and sustain long-term visions. They believe these tools will spark true revival and unleash the power of incarnational ministry.
| Author | : Robert C. Schnase |
| Publisher | : Abingdon Press |
| Total Pages | : 81 |
| Release | : 2008-10 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1426700024 |
Focus on the Five Practices: A Congregation-Wide Initiative Based on the book, Five Practices of a Fruitful Congregation by Bishop Robert Schnase Imagine a congregation-wide focus on these practices that includes a five week sermon series, five weeks with every household reading daily devotions and sharing prayers on these practices, five weeks of leadership teams and small groups stimulated to take new initiatives, five weeks of conversation and commitment focused on the mission of the church. These are the practices that lead to excellence and fruitfulness, and they can change your church. Imagine! Five Practices - Passionate Worship is a planning workbook for use in group study. It helps lead the group to develop a plan to implement the practices of Passionate Worship in your congregation. FREE TEACHING GUIDE! Click here to download the free Teaching Guide for "Passionate Worship."
| Author | : Robert C. Schnase |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 128 |
| Release | : 1993 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9780687301447 |
Through a series of polarities, Schnase, a former pastor who knows the yearnings of the clergy, discloses the ambiguity present in pastors, as they struggle to achieve, while keeping their appetities for ambition, excellence, and competition under control. "A balanced and hopeful analysis of one of the shadow sides of the ministry".--Bishop Rueben Job.
