The Soul of Tomorrow's Church

The Soul of Tomorrow's Church
Author: Kent Ira Groff
Publisher:
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2000
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780835809276

The goal is to allow the form of Jesus the Christ to take shape in the believer and the believing community. It is to experience the soul of Christ's integrity, passion, and wholeness in these five basic functions of community: worship, administration, education, soul care, and outreach. In varied forms these are the foundational mandates of ministry, vertical threads in the tapestry. Interlaced with these are five horizontal threads, essential spiritual aptitudes that open us for God to restore the soul of ministry. These five -- pray, discernment, faith stories, silence, and hospitality -- reflect the pattern of Christ' life as contemplative threads are woven into active ministry functions. The pattern created is a twill, known for its durability, flexibility, and potential variety of horizontal threads.

Tomorrow's Christian Church

Tomorrow's Christian Church
Author: John Kloster
Publisher: PublishAmerica
Total Pages: 115
Release: 2009-10-19
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 145606410X

Christianity is the only religion that still worships a human being. Jesus's humanity and mission was derailed at the Council of Nicaea in 325AD. Jesus was declared God, equal with the Father. The God in the Book of Genesis was incorporated into Christian doctrines. The separation of the divine from the human, along with seventeen hundred years of institutional control by Western Christianity, has had a detrimental effect on global humanity. Jesus's spiritual and social values included connecting his people and all humanity with the Universal Spirit. The divine light that Jesus embodied is shared by all humanity. God is spirit, he told the Samaritan woman. True worshipers will worship him in spirit and truth. The Spirit who is so universally diffuse and active in people's lives is often referred to as the work of angels or miracles happening.

Tomorrow's Church Today

Tomorrow's Church Today
Author: Michael Kelly
Publisher: ATF Press
Total Pages: 111
Release: 2016-09-20
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1925486419

In his last interview, the late Italian Cardinal and former Archbishop of Milan, Carlo Maria Martini, said the need for deep reform in the Catholic Church was urgent and long overdue because 'the Church is 200 years behind the times'. The reference to 200 years clearly points to the watershed in European life that the French Revolution and the Enlightenment became. Vatican II was one attempt to meet the challenge of relevance to our times. But its best efforts have been on ice since the late 1970s. Now a new opportunity arrives in the pontificate of Jorge Mario Bergoglio. And the movement he has initiated is evangelical in source and comprehensive in reach. But, as many observers have pointed out, it will not be lasting if it does not lead to sustainable structural change?to reform that accompanies renewal. In Tomorrow's Church Today, five highly qualified commentators focus on what lies ahead for the Church to be reformed if it is to meet the challenges of the 21st Century: o A theologian and historian (Massimo Faggioli) who targets how ministry and leadership can be reshaped authentically for our times; o A journalist and radio host for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation?the ABC?(Geraldine Dougue), writes a candid piece on how she would advise Pope Francis on the state of the Church; o A reporter and analyst with 30 years experience of moves and machinations in the Etenrnal City (Robert Mickens); o A bishop with a lifetime of experience of ministering to the divorced and remarried and the benefit of legal and biblical scholarship to support his approach (Geoffrey Robinson); o A biblical scholar who examines much of what's taken for granted in the governance of the Church and exposes where it is left wanting (Antony Campbell); and o A bishop whose forced 'resignation' exposes the deficiencies of a system of governance devoid of basics?due process and respect for natural rights. But the Catholic Church is not its clerics, scholars and commentators. It is the baptised. Geraldine Doogue is a celebrated Australian broadcaster and commentator whose Introduction speaks for and from the experience of the mass of Catholics.

Clergy Table Talk

Clergy Table Talk
Author: Kent Ira Groff
Publisher: Energion Publications
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2012-04-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1631996142

What goes on in the back of clergy folks' heads that we wish we could talk about? And what do we talk about with no holds barred? In each chapter of this book, Groff offers a spiritual spin on an issue in ministry normally viewed as a distraction. He shows real life ways that a barrier can become a bridge to deepening spiritual life and vocation. A paragraph ends with a question, inviting the reader to pause . . . and ponder. Each chapter ends with a spiritual practice and questions for reflection. Here is ideal grist for intergenerational study groups for ministers, members, and seekers.

Do You Believe?

Do You Believe?
Author:
Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages: 164
Release:
Genre: Baptism
ISBN: 9780819226372

A guide to living the baptismal covenant in congregational and personal life. An excellent book for parish study and reflection, offering ways that individuals and congregations can envision the church--and their own lives--as a dynamic relationship with God.

The American Missionary

The American Missionary
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 738
Release: 1923
Genre: Congregational churches
ISBN:

Vols. 13-62 include abridged annual reports and proceedings of the annual meetings of the American Missionary Association, 1869-1908; v. 38-62 include abridged annual reports of the Society's Executive committee, 1883/84-1907/1908.

The Bible and Tomorrow’s Headlines

The Bible and Tomorrow’s Headlines
Author: MIguel J. Gonzalez ThD
Publisher: WestBow Press
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2021-05-26
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 166423392X

Global events over the last few decades have generated a great deal of interest in Bible prophecy. News headlines about Middle East conflicts, weapons of mass destruction, natural disasters, terrorism, pandemics, and the very real and ever present threat of another world war, just to mention a few, have many rethinking—or perhaps thinking for the first time—what it is that the Bible has to say about the end times. If you are interested in the future and are trying to make sense of everything going on around you, this book will help you understand how today’s news headlines fit into what the Bible has to say about the end times. It will bring clarity to often misunderstood issues surrounding the second coming of Jesus Christ and help you navigate the exciting and challenging days to come. The Bible and Tomorrow’s Headlines will provide you with a step-by-step study of what man can expect. It will help you understand: The importance of studying Bible prophecy How to interpret Bible prophecy Israel’s role in world history The reasons for the Middle East crisis The signs of the times The future of the United States of America Key figures and events in the Tribulation The reasons for the Middle East crisis The Millennium kingdom

Chicken Soup for the Soul Celebrating People Who Make a Difference

Chicken Soup for the Soul Celebrating People Who Make a Difference
Author: Jack Canfield
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2012-08-28
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1453276203

Chicken Soup for the Soul® Celebrating People Who Make a Difference reveals a side of humanity we rarely see heralded on the evening news. This inspiring collection of stories chronicles the small kindnesses that make a huge difference, the ordinary experiences that have profound impact, and the defining moments that change the lives of everyday people.

Tomorrow's Eve

Tomorrow's Eve
Author: Auguste comte de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 1982
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780252069550

"Take one inventive genius indebted to the friend who saved his life; add an English aristocrat hopelessly consumed with a selfish and spiritually bankrupt woman; stir together with a Faustian pact to create the perfect woman--and voilà! Tomorrow's Eve is served. Robert Martin Adams's graceful translation is the first to bring to English readers this captivating fable of a Thomas Edison-like inventor and his creation, the radiant and tragic android Hadaly. Adams's introduction sketches the uncompromising idealism of the proud but penurious aristocrat Jean Marie Mathias Philippe Auguste, Count Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, a friend and admired colleague of Charles Baudelaire, Stèphane Mallarmé, and Richard Wagner. Villiers dazzles us with a gallery of electronic wonders while unsettling us with the implications of his (and our) increasingly mechanized and mechanical society. A witty and acerbic tale in which human nature, spiritual values, and scientific possibilities collide, Tomorrow's Eve retains an enduring freshness and edge." --Descripción del editor.

Healing the Masculine Soul

Healing the Masculine Soul
Author: Gordon Dalbey
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2003-09-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1418515574

In his groundbreaking book fifteen years ago, Gordon Dalbey identified the fact that men's souls have been torn between strength and sensitivity. Today, the situation is even worse. The politically correct crowd cries out for men to be more sensitive, to tame their masculine nature. On the opposing side, the media bombards men with "macho" images of violence and lust. Is it any wonder men are left bewildered about who they should be? In this newly revised and updated edition of Healing the Masculine Soul, Dalbey claims that there's hope for restoration, hope for healing-because Christ has come to heal us. God is calling men out to a relationship with Himself and calling them out to authentic manhood. "Our task is not to curse our manhood, but to redeem it," he writes. Gordon Dalbey's refreshing, comprehensive picture of God's design for the masculine soul dares men to be as God created them to be-not as society demands. Dalbey tackles the tough issues, including work, sexuality, marriage, and fatherhood. Book includes Study Guide.