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Author: Jason C. Dukes
Publisher: New Hope Publishers (AL)
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781596693456
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this book by pastor Jason C. Dukes, explore unity and discover how it can become part of the DNA of your local church.
Author: Kenneth L. Smith
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Published: 1993
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ISBN-13: 9780897253826
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Robert E. Logan
Publisher: Baker Books
Published: 1990-01-01
Total Pages: 309
ISBN-13: 1441236716
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBased on God's vision for churches in Matthew 28:18-20, this book presents sound methods for making disciples, winning the lost for Christ, and planting new churches.
Author: Steve Simms
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2015-10-22
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9781518744563
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHave you ever wanted something more from your faith? More than religion? More than church? One lost and forgotten biblical word, "ekklesia," holds the key to a more vibrant and life-changing Christianity. --Modern English language Bibles quote Jesus as saying, "I will build My church." However, the earliest Bibles have Jesus saying, "I will build my ekklesia." For hundreds of years, this Bible word-switch has misdirected the way the body of Christ meets for worship. --So what does ekklesia mean? Ekklesia was the name of the city council in ancient Greek city-states. It was a democratic, interactive, participatory body of equal citizens sharing their concerns and needs with one another. --In the Western world, traditional church is in decline. Religious categories now include millions who are "Dones" (done with church) and "Nones" (have no church affiliation). --Perhaps it is time for more than church. Steve Simms invites you to go "beyond church" and experience ekklesia, HEAVEN's CITY COUNCIL, not as a theological concept, but as a practical and living reality.
Author: Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
Publisher: NavPress Publishing Group
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781600061905
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFree to Be Bound chronicles Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove's experience as he crosses color lines that fragment the church.
Author: Jim Belcher
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2009-09-25
Total Pages: 235
ISBN-13: 0830878149
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIf you feel caught between the traditional church and the emerging church, read Jim Belcher. He paints a picture of an alternate, "deep" church--a missional church committed to both tradition and contemporary culture, valuing innovation in worship, arts and community but also adhering to creeds and confessions.
Author: Anna Woofenden
Publisher: MennoMedia, Inc.
Published: 2020-04-21
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 1513804855
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCan a barren city lot become a church? This is the story of an audacious journey. It’s the story of what happens when people garden, worship, and eat together—and invite anyone and everyone to join them. In This Is God’s Table, writer and pastor Anna Woofenden describes the way that the wealthy and the poor, the aged and the young, the housed and unhoused become a community in this once-empty lot. Together they plant and sustain a thriving urban farm, worship God, and share a weekly meal. Together they craft a shared life and a place of authenticity where all are welcome. Readers of Nadia Bolz-Weber, Sara Miles, and Diana Butler Bass will find here a kindred vision for a church without walls. As churches across the Western world wither, what would it take to find a raw, honest, gritty way of doing church—one rooted in place, nurtured by grace, and grounded in God’s expansive love? What would it take to carry the liturgy outside the gates? What if we were to discover that in feeding others, we are fed? This is God’s table. Come and eat.
Author: Chris Hayward
Publisher: Whitaker House
Published: 2017-03-14
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 1629118141
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChurch should be a safe place, right? Then why do so many get hurt there? Ray Beeson and Chris Hayward combine their years of ministry experience to address head-on the elephant in the room: church members and church leaders hurt Christians. All the time. And the long-lasting effects—rejection, shame, despair, loneliness, fear—can be devastating. The authors have witnessed the rise of the “dones,” those who are just done with God thanks to scars from church. With first-person stories of hurt and loss, this book is a wake-up call for any who deny woundedness in the church but is also a redemptive message for any who hurt from church wounds. Leaders and laypeople alike will learn how to grieve over abuse, to leave unhealthy attitudes and patterns that cause pain, and to trust in God’s real, delivering work through churches that build up, not tear down. Thanks to the grace of God, there is always hope beyond the pain.
Author: Kent R. Hunter
Publisher: FaithWords
Published: 2017-09-12
Total Pages: 301
ISBN-13: 1478989319
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSomething in the Church is broken. For Christianity to move beyond business as usual, Christians must learn it's not about what you do, but who you are and who you will become. Based on a survey of 75,000 people in churches from 65 denominations and 5,000 one-on-one interviews, author and founder of Church Doctor Ministries Kent Hunter gives practical direction for Christians to experience the impact every church could make on society. Utilizing seven key strategies for helping churches be more effective, you will finish Who Broke My Church? and feel refreshed, energized, and ready to be the change.
Author: William L. Sachs
Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2014-10-01
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 0819229008
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAddresses “belonging before believing” and other new patterns for remaking congregations As we move beyond the “emergent” or “missional” church paradigm, pastors and other church leaders are discovering a new reality: people (especially younger generations) are coming to church not as believers, but to find a place to belong—with or without faith. This book describes the dilemma and the distractions that currently prevent congregations from being the place where that sense of belonging can unfold and guide newcomers in the discovery of faith. The authors argue that despite elaborate talk of change, spirituality, transformation, and conflict resolution, congregations are still mired in old patterns of belonging. Using broad-based career experiences, surveys of religious life, historical precedent, and insights from social psychology about what it means to belong today, the book suggests new and effective approaches to help churches make vital connections.
