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| Author | : Dana Carson |
| Publisher | : Xulon Press |
| Total Pages | : 166 |
| Release | : 2008-06 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1604779470 |
Martin Luther and John Calvin challenged Roman Catholicism; John Wesley, George Whitefield, and Jonathan Edwards challenged spiritual lethargy; and now Carson challenges the Christian Church to look at the root causes of the contemporary church's failures.
| Author | : Dr. Dana Carson |
| Publisher | : Dana Carson Kingdom Ministries |
| Total Pages | : 133 |
| Release | : 2008-01-15 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 194026474X |
Martin Luther and John Calvin challenged Roman Catholicism; John Wesley, George Whitefield, and Jonathan Edwards challenged spiritual lethargy; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. challenged America’s social injustice; and now Dr. Dana Carson is challenging the Christian Church! The Doors of the Church are Closed is one of the most relevant 21st century writings to the Church. Statistics suggest nearly 4,000 churches are closing with only 1,200 to 1,800 opening annually. Less than 20% of Americans attend church and 97% of churches didn’t win one convert last year! Yet, the Church has exchanged its mission of Kingdom expansion for popularity and wealth. The Doors of the Church Are Closed! This book identifies the root causes of the contemporary Church’s failures and raises some monumental challenges to believers. This book is a must read for the Body of Christ and those who desire to fulfill the will of God in their lives.
| Author | : Nicholas T. Pruitt |
| Publisher | : NYU Press |
| Total Pages | : 289 |
| Release | : 2021-06-22 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1479803545 |
A history of mainline Protestant responses to immigrants and refugees during the twentieth century Open Hearts, Closed Doors uncovers the largely overlooked role that liberal Protestants played in fostering cultural diversity in America and pushing for new immigration laws during the forty years following the passage of the restrictive Immigration Act of 1924. These efforts resulted in the complete reshaping of the US cultural and religious landscape. During this period, mainline Protestants contributed to the national debate over immigration policy and joined the charge for immigration reform, advocating for a more diverse pool of newcomers. They were successful in their efforts, and in 1965 the quota system based on race and national origin was abolished. But their activism had unintended consequences, because the liberal immigration policies they supported helped to end over three centuries of white Protestant dominance in American society. Yet, Pruitt argues, in losing their cultural supremacy, mainline Protestants were able to reassess their mission. They rolled back more strident forms of xenophobia, substantively altering the face of mainline Protestantism and laying foundations for their responses to today’s immigration debates. More than just a historical portrait, this volume is a timely reminder of the power of religious influence in political matters.
| Author | : Gail Cafferata |
| Publisher | : Westminster John Knox Press |
| Total Pages | : 238 |
| Release | : 2020-01-18 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1611649757 |
Gail Cafferata was heartbroken when the church she pastored voted to close its doors. It may have been the right decision, but it led to a million questions in her mind about her call, leadership, and future. She began to think that other pastors who close churches perhaps go through this same experience. This led her to conduct a sociological study of over 130 pastors in five historically established denominations (Episcopal, Lutheran, United Methodist, Presbyterian, and United Church of Christ) who were called to serve churches that closed. This book tells the results of that study, which consisted of many interviews, and the hard-won lessons learned by these courageous pastors.
| Author | : Ludwig Freiherr von Pastor |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 552 |
| Release | : 1928 |
| Genre | : Papacy |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Bob Burns |
| Publisher | : InterVarsity Press |
| Total Pages | : 314 |
| Release | : 2012-11-30 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 083086461X |
Why does one well-equipped, well-meaning person in ministry succeed while another fails? Bob Burns, Tasha Chapman and Donald Guthrie undertook a five-year intensive research project on the frontlines of pastoral ministry to answer that question. What they found was nothing less than the DNA of thriving ministry today.
| Author | : Delgado |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 306 |
| Release | : 2025-07 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0197767885 |
"This chapter sets the stage for the book and follows a conventional path, increasing the likelihood of reader engagement and that it will influence community practice, which quite frankly, is the bottom-line. I do not subscribe to the axiom of advancing knowledge for the sake of knowledge. I am much too practical! Some readers, however, may beg to differ. Books challenge readers to entertain new ways of thinking on a subject, supplying a rationale for the subject's importance. Books need major time, financial, and intellectual commitment to a subject, bringing heightened expectations and serving as a key motivator for action. Readers have a right to have lofty expectations from a book because of the time invested, and that must be confirmed and met by an author! It is impossible for an author to suspend their experiences and worldviews from the task of writing a 300 or so page document. The more an author uplifts their values, motivations, biases, limitations, and experiences (both good and bad), it allows readers to have a better grasp of why a topic is framed in a particular manner. This stance ascends in significance in this journey and more so when it covers religion. Readers may ask about my personal stands on religion, religious beliefs, and houses of worship. More specifically, although raised Catholic up to my late teenage years, I am a member of a Church of Christ congregation because of the values that this church embraces. This church, too, is facing its challenges with dwindling congregations and closures. Suffice it to say, I respect people's religious/spiritual beliefs that are different from mine, although I am not a "very" religious person by nature, it is fair to say"--
| Author | : John Norton Loughborough |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 510 |
| Release | : 1909 |
| Genre | : Adventists |
| ISBN | : |
There are already many useful books in the hands of the people, and my apology for adding another to the list, is that in these pages I state many things concerning Adventist, and especially Seventh-day Adventist, which have not heretofore been brought in this form before the people. Besides this, many who espoused the cause in later years, and who have not witnessed the things mentioned, have earnestly requested a narration of these facts and experiences from those earlier in the work. Having been familiar with the advent movement in 1843 and 1844, and having, since Jane. 2, 1849 proclaimed the doctrine, first as an Adventist, I esteem it a pleasure to "speak the things i have seen and heard."--Chapter I-- Introductory. Chapter II-- The Plan of Salvation Unfolded. Chapter III-- The Coming of the Promised Seed. Chapter IV-- The Time of the End. Chapter V-- The Second Advent Message. Chapter VI-- The Message and the Messangers. Chapter VII-- The Rapid Advancement of the Message. Chapter VIII- The Marriage Supper of the Lamb. Chapter IX-- The Tarrying Time. Chapter X-- The Midnight Cry. Chapter XI --The Second Angel's Message. Chapter XII--The Disappointment--The Bitter Book. Chapter XIII--Tokens of Divine Guidance. Chapter XIV--The Shut Door. Chapter XV-- Increasing Light and Greater Wonders. Chapter XVI--The Third Angel's Message. ChapterXVII--Truth Advanced Under Difficulties. Chapter XVIII--Providence of God in the Publishing Work. Chapter XIX-- "By Their Fruits Ve Shall Know Them". Chapter XX-- Sacrifices in the Early Work. Chapter XXI--The Guiding Hand in the Work. Chapter XXII-Organization. Chapter XXIII--Health Institutions. Chapter XXIV--Other Prediction Fulfilled. Chapter XXV--Educational Institutions. Chapter XXVI--Our Foreign Missions. Chapter XXVII--Other Testimonies Confirmed. Chapter XXVIII--A Door That No Man Can Shut
| Author | : R. Edward Baird |
| Publisher | : WestBow Press |
| Total Pages | : 236 |
| Release | : 2012-06-27 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1449756247 |
Are you or your ministry struggling? Or perhaps youre not where you thought youd be. Find out what can happen when you to tap into the resources God has already provided and see your vision become reality! God has given your church or ministry everything it needs for victoryyour people. The foundation for the Church is Christ and gifted service. Its that simple! When people work and serve in their giftedness, they are complete. Many of their inborn emotional needs will be met. The people who serve take ownership and owners invest in what they own. In other words, giving will increase. These people also have the joy and peace mentioned so many times in Scripture. Isnt that what you want for your people? Its up to you! Do you want to continue the 80/20 rule, where 80 percent of the work and giving is accomplished by 20 percent of your people, or will you Let My People Serve and see transformed lives, not only in your local ministry, but worldwide? Time is running out. Let all of His churches work together with one accord for His glory.
