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Author | : Ed Dobson |
Publisher | : Zondervan |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780310384816 |
This is a book about radical change. It is the story of how a traditional church launched a non-traditional service in order to open its doors to unchurched people. This book has grown out of five years of ministry to hurting people who are either skeptics, agnostics, or doubters of the Christian faith. It has been shaped by people who do not give much of a rip about God or the Bible, but they are at least willing to listen. It is a book about what I have learned from these fellow travelers in the adventure of life.
Author | : Gregory A. Pritchard |
Publisher | : Baker Books |
Total Pages | : 501 |
Release | : 1995-12-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1441215239 |
This comprehensive study of the worship service style that is influencing thousands of churches and their leaders worldwide addresses controversies and draws lessons for the church today.
Author | : Ed Dobson |
Publisher | : Zondervan |
Total Pages | : 165 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0310274273 |
Thirty short, yet powerful, morning and evening reflections offer encouragement, hope, and inspiration to people dealing with a life-threatening illness, and to their family members and caretakers. Here are honest insights and personal stories from a pastor who continues his own journey with ALS (Lou Gehrigs disease).
Author | : Rick Warren |
Publisher | : Zondervan |
Total Pages | : 401 |
Release | : 2007-09-04 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0310294088 |
The issue is church health, not church growth—if your church is healthy, growth will occur naturally. So how do we make healthy churches, driven by purpose? In order for any church to thrive, it must be built around the five New Testament purposes given to the church by Jesus Christ. In this classic of Christian church stability, pastor and bestselling author of The Purpose Driven Life Rick Warren unpacks this proven five-part strategy that will enable your church to grow: Warmer through fellowship. Deeper through discipleship. Stronger through worship. Broader through ministry. Larger through evangelism. Every church is driven by something. Tradition, finances, programs, personalities, events, seekers, and even buildings can each be the controlling force in a church. But Warren will show you how to concentrate on building people and let God build the church. In other words, healthy, consistent growth is the result of balancing the five biblical purposes of the church. And The Purpose Driven Church will show you how to do that. “The Purpose Driven Church has brought focus and direction to more pastors and church leaders than you can count. What a gift!”—John Ortberg, bestselling author.
Author | : Kent Carlson |
Publisher | : InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages | : 186 |
Release | : 2013-11-21 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0830868585 |
Copastors Kent Carlson and Mike Lueken tell the decade-long story of how God took their thriving, consumer-oriented church and transformed it into a modest congregation of unformed believers committed to the growth of the spirit--even when it meant a decline in numbers.
Author | : Donald McGavran |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 175 |
Release | : 2005-07-12 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1597522503 |
Dr. McGavran wrote 'Bridges of God' Òin the hope that it will shed light on the process of how peoples become Christian, and help direct the attention of those who love the Lord to the highways of the Spirit along which His redemptive Church can advance.Ó
Author | : Richard Peace |
Publisher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780802842350 |
A landmark work in the study of conversion. With the tools of scholarship and as a seasoned practitioner, Richard Peace explores the New Testament understanding of the turning points of conversion -- from the night of our captivities to the light of Christ, into the church and out to the neighbor in need. Our contemporary efforts in evangelism have much to learn from this full-orbed view of conversion. - Gabriel Fackre, on back cover.
Author | : Jared C. Wilson |
Publisher | : Crossway |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 2015-04-16 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1433544644 |
Pastors want to reach the lost with the good news of Jesus. However, we've too often assumed this requires loud music, flashy lights, and skinny jeans. In this gentle manifesto, Jared Wilson—a pastor who knows what it's like to serve in a large attractional church—challenges pastors to reconsider their priorities when it comes to how they "do church" and reach people in their communities. Writing with the grace and kindness of a trusted friend, Wilson encourages pastors to reexamine the Bible's teaching, not simply return to a traditional model for tradition's sake. He then sets forth an alternative to both the attractional and the traditional models: an explicitly biblical approach that is gospel focused, grace based, and fruit oriented.
Author | : J.D. Payne |
Publisher | : Thomas Nelson |
Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 2012-09-17 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1401676847 |
In our changing world, how do Christians come together in non-traditional ways? For the Christian, there's value in learning about expressions of our own beliefs that may be unfamiliar. In Kingdom Expressions, an expert takes a look at some of the most significant, gospel-advancing movements and trends to take place in the latter twentieth and twenty-first centuries in the United States, including: The Church Growth Movement Missional Church Movement Multisite Movement The rise of church planting networks The House Church Movement The Emerging Church Movement You'll be quickly introduced to each expression of Christianity—what each means and what it looks like in practice; along with important convictions, history, and influential leaders. Features include: A close look at non-denominational movements that reach new people in Christ's name. Explanations of how contemporary Christianity is changing and why. A concise guide to non-traditional Christian groups.
Author | : Kjetil Kringlebotten |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 259 |
Release | : 2023-09-08 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1666771252 |
Providing a metaphysical grounding for liturgical participation, this book argues that “active participation” in the liturgy must be understood principally as our participation in God’s act, particularly in the act of Christ, and only secondarily as our ritual involvement. Utilizing Neoplatonist philosophy, Kjetil Kringlebotten proposes that this should be understood in terms of theurgy, which is the human participation in divine action, which finds its consummation in the incarnation of Christ. Without the incarnation all acts will remain extrinsic and imposed but acts can become real and intrinsic precisely because the incarnation makes possible true union with the divine, a metaphysical union-in-distinction, without confusion, because this union is not extrinsic. Through union with Christ, as the one common focus of the divine-human relation, we can have true union with God and may offer true worship. In order to make sense of active participation, then, we need to understand theology in theurgic terms, where theurgy is understood not as a mechanical “coercion” of God but as a participation in His act, in creation and through Christ as the true theurgist, the “master theurgist,” Whose work transforms our act and the liturgy.