In Need of Your Prayers and Patience

In Need of Your Prayers and Patience
Author: Mary Lou Shea
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 551
Release: 2015-07-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1498223869

The Church of the Nazarene embraces American attachments to democratic rule, individual initiative, efficiency, and a strong sense of responsibility as "a city on a hill." It is also present in more than 150 world areas. These attributes are reflected in the astounding story of one of the founders of the denomination, H. F. Reynolds, who has been long hidden in the shadow of his early colleague, Phineas Bresee. While the church points to Bresee as its founding father, Reynolds lived and served for an additional two decades following Bresee's death, shaping the role of the General Superintendency, clarifying and expanding the church's Manual to meet the needs of the growing denomination, and establishing mission policies and practices that took it from a US church to a global presence. Reynolds maintained a lively devotion to Christ as he survived train wrecks, war, dread disease, and the sheer volume of meetings, correspondence, and explosive scandal that came with the nurturing of a new church. His vision and methods have profoundly influenced a denomination that does not know his name. This volume is designed to make the introduction.

Basic Norms for the Formation of Permanent Deacons

Basic Norms for the Formation of Permanent Deacons
Author: Catholic Church. Congregatio pro Institutione Catholica
Publisher: USCCB Publishing
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1998
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781574552423

From the Congregation for Catholic Education and the Congregation for the Clergy.

W. E. Sangster

W. E. Sangster
Author: Andrew J. Cheatle
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2018-08-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1620321785

Listened to by huge congregations in Britain, and perhaps the most recognizable British Methodist voice in the mid-twentieth century, W. E. Sangster was, in anyone's estimation, a giant of Methodism. "A preacher without peer in the world," "a prince of preachers," are just two of the labels attached to this preacher/theologian of the Methodist tradition. This volume captures the preaching of Sangster in his prime, on the occasion of the 1956 World Methodist Conference in Junaluska, North Carolina. Cheatle's research brings into the public domain ten sermons, nine previously unpublished in this form, delivered by Sangster at that great gathering of World Methodism. These sermons, being transcripts from recordings, picked up Sangster "in the raw," at his most powerful, engaging with his listeners. This book is a resource, therefore, that aids students of homiletics and pastors in encountering a master at work, without the editorial polish of his extant sermons. The sermons on aspects of Christian holiness would be Sangster's first and last sequential series on the subject, placing before the reader some of his most mature thought on holiness and its application in daily life.

John Wesley

John Wesley
Author: Charles Yrigoyen
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2010-10-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1426729456

John Wesley: Holiness of Heart and Life is a six-week study on John Wesley, the major themes of his theology, the spread of Wesleyanism to North America, and renewal in the Wesleyan tradition. Chapters include reflection questions. The Study Guide offers step-by-step plans for each session.

The A to Z of the Holiness Movement

The A to Z of the Holiness Movement
Author: William Kostlevy
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 410
Release: 2010-04-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1461731801

It is much harder to define a religious movement than it is to define a religion or denomination. That applies especially when that movement almost defies definition as the Holiness Movement does. The Holiness Movement is a Methodist religious renewal movement that has over 12 million adherents worldwide. Perhaps the most familiar public manifestation of the holiness movement has been its urban holiness missions, and the Salvation Army-noted for its service ministries among poor and people suffering the dislocations that accompany war and disaster-is the most notable example. The A to Z of the Holiness Movement relates important new developments in the Holiness Movement—such as the widely discussed "Holiness Manifesto"—are thoroughly discussed, and the content has also been expanded to include information on figures from Asia and Africa to reflect the continued growth of the Holiness Movement. With a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries, this reference has information that cannot be found elsewhere.

The Variety of American Evangelicalism

The Variety of American Evangelicalism
Author: Donald W. Dayton
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2001-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781572331587

Those labeled as "evangelicals" commonly are assumed to constitute a large and fairly homogeneous segment of American Protestantism. This volume suggests that, in fact, evangelicalism is better understood as a set of distinct subtraditions, each with its own history, organizations, and priorities. The differences among groups are so important that the question arises: Is the term "evangelical" useful at all?

Past and Prospect

Past and Prospect
Author: Stan Ingersol
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 133
Release: 2014-05-20
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1625647891

Today the Church of the Nazarene faces issues that arise directly out of its past. For that reason, Past and Prospect argues that Nazarenes will be better equipped to face their future as a church armed by an understanding of their own history. Church historian Stan Ingersol examines issues that have characterized the Nazarene way of life during that denomination's first century, showing how the trajectory shaped by the church's founders has been altered through time by the shifting tides of Fundamentalism, mainstream Evangelicalism, global expansion, and the culture of affluence. He contends that current disagreements over polity, holiness, and worship are largely echoes and projections of tensions that have been present in the denomination since its very beginning. As the reader will discover, the common denominator running through these chapters is the prospect of rediscovering a relevant and useful past.

Why I Left

Why I Left
Author: Thomas L Campbell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1949-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781601358035

Contains the testimonials of ministers who left their different denominations for a relationship with Christ.