The Tentmaking Pastor

The Tentmaking Pastor
Author: Dennis W. Bickers
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2000-05-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441236686

Real-world guide to the challenges, rewards, and advantages of bivocational ministry. Excellent for individuals and churches exploring pastoring options.

From Megachurch to Multiplication

From Megachurch to Multiplication
Author: Chris Galanos
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2018-11-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781732869608

What would cause Experience Life Church, frequently named one of the fastest-growing churches in the country, to completely change directions? Why would they risk an attendance drop and a decrease in giving in pursuit of a vision that has seldom been attempted in the American church? The leaders of Experience Life knew this journey would be risky and calculated the costs before ever beginning. They believed that following Jesus and aiming to reach millions was worth any cost. Be careful with this book. It might inspire you to risk everything you have to follow Jesus. You've been warned.

Pastoral Preaching

Pastoral Preaching
Author: Conrad Mbewe
Publisher: Langham Preaching Resources
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2017-03-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1783681802

More and more pulpits are occupied by motivational speakers rather than preachers. Church congregations are not being given a comprehensive, biblical understanding of the faith. Drawing on his own experience as a pastor in Zambia, Conrad Mbewe tackles issues such as the content of pastoral preaching, how pastoral preaching relates to church life, finding the time to prepare pastoral sermons, and dealing with discouragement. Throughout the book, it is clear that the author’s conviction is to see preachers grow strong churches, to build a people for God.

Subversive Spirituality

Subversive Spirituality
Author: Eugene H. Peterson
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 274
Release: 1997-06-27
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0802842976

In Subversive Spirituality Peterson has gathered together a host of writings penned over the past twenty-five years that reflect on the overlooked facets of the spiritual life. Comprising occasional pieces, short biblical studies, poetry, pastoral readings, and interviews, this work captures the epiphanies of life with the pleasing pastoral style and inspiring depth of insight for which Peterson is well known. Peterson describes his book this way: "This gathering of articles and essays, poems and conversations, is a kind of kitchen midden of my noticings of the obvious in the course of living out the Christian life in the vocational context of pastor, writer, and professor. The randomness and repetitions and false starts are rough edges that I am leaving as is in the interests of honesty. Spirituality is not, by and large, smooth. I do hope, however, that these pieces will be found to be freshly phrased".

What Are Spiritual Gifts?

What Are Spiritual Gifts?
Author: Kenneth Berding
Publisher: Kregel Publications
Total Pages: 369
Release:
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0825499089

Many Christians have tried to discover their spiritual gifts only to find the process frustrating and complicated. Rarely in our search do we actually ask what should be our central question: What are spiritual gifts? Kenneth Berding believes we have misunderstood spiritual gifts, which has led to a misguided search. His convincing and readable study suggests that the Holy Spirit does not give special abilities (the conventional view), but rather calls us and places us into various ministries to build up and strengthen the body of Christ. - Back cover.

Liberating the Laity

Liberating the Laity
Author: R. Paul Stevens
Publisher: Regent College Publishing
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2002-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781573830126

Every church has far more work than any one person can do. Even a team of professionals is not enough. The New Testament solution was for every member to be a minister. Though the priesthood of all believers was a key idea in the Reformation, it is little practised today. Following secular models, churches usually organize around the clergy, who are paid by the laity to do the ministry. Paul Stevens argues that, according to Scripture, the primary task of a Christian leader is not to do the work but to equip the saints to do it. Exploring new options for pastors, tentmakers and laypeople, this book provides structures and strategies to best equip all the saints for ministry.

Bible Revival

Bible Revival
Author: Kenneth Berding
Publisher: Lexham Press
Total Pages: 90
Release: 2018-08-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1683592034

A passionate plea to make the Bible occupy the central place of a Christians life. It not only explores the current malady of not taking the Bible seriously, but it goes deeper to uncover its reasons. Table of Contents Introduction 1. A Revival of Learning the Word: Confronting Distractions, Priorities, and the Pretext of Being Too Busy 2. A Revival of Valuing the Word: Confronting Haziness, Self-Sufficiency, and the Perception That the Bible Isnt Enough 3. A Revival of Understanding the Word: Confronting Superficiality, Superiority, and the Assumption That It Should Come Easily 4. A Revival of Applying the Word: Confronting Special Interests, Therapeutism, and a Lack of Dependence on the Spirit 5. A Revival of Obeying the Word: Confronting Sentimentality, Avoidance, and the Opinion That I Have the Right to Decide 6. A Revival of Speaking the Word: Confronting Fear, Excuses, and the Idea That Its the Responsibility of the Clergy Appendix A: The Easiest Way to Memorize the Bible Appendix B: A Method for Attaining Bible Fluency

Theology of Work Bible Commentary

Theology of Work Bible Commentary
Author: Hendrickson Publishers
Publisher: Theology of Work Bible Comment
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781619708600

Wherever you work, in whatever capacity, the Scriptures have something to say about it. Theology of work Bible commentary is an in-depth Bible study tool put together by a group of biblical scholars, pastors, and workplace Christians to help you discover what the New Testament says about work. --Provided by publisher.

Polycarp and Paul

Polycarp and Paul
Author: Kenneth Berding
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2015-12-22
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004313273

This volume addresses the question of the Apostle Paul's literary and theological influences on Polycarp of Smyrna. To this end, the most detailed analysis in print of Polycarp's dependence on earlier literature--both biblical and extra-biblical--is undertaken in the first part of the book. This general analysis forms the basis for the study of three questions: 1) Is Polyarp an imitator of Paul? 2) Whom does Polycarp think is the author of the Pastoral Epistles? 3) To what degree is Polycarp influenced by the theology of Paul? This volume will be of particular interest to anyone studying the Apostolic Fathers, the reception of Paul in the second century, the concept of imitation, and the authorship of the Pastoral Epistles.

Business as Mission

Business as Mission
Author: C. Neal Johnson
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 529
Release: 2011-10-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830869476

C. Neal Johnson offers the first comprehensive guide to business as mission (BAM) for practitioners. He provides conceptual foundationas for understanding BAM's unique place in global mission and prerequisites for engaging in it. Then he offers practical resources for how to do BAM, including strategic planning and step-by-step operational implementation.