Christ's Reclaimed Church
Author: Roy A. Beggs
Publisher:
Published: 1946
Total Pages: 12
ISBN-13:
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ReClaimed Church
Author: Bill Henard
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Published: 2018-06-01
Total Pages: 139
ISBN-13: 1462790720
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt's no secret: churches are dying. Tragically, thousands of churches in the United States are shrinking, some closing their doors forever. The key to reversing these trends, argues Bill Henard, is for a local church to recognize where it is in the church life cycle. Unless churches intentionally do something about it, many of them will follow the same pattern: from birth, to plateau, and eventually, to death. But if a church learns to identify its place within the life cycle and embraces the necessary processes, it can return to growth. In a day when church membership has decreased, evangelistic zeal has cooled, and budgets are disappearing, ReClaimed Church is the tool that struggling churches need. Having previously written and taught seminary courses on church revitalization, Bill Henard uses his expertise to provide all the practical insights and instructions needed to reclaim your church.
The Lost Treasures of the Church Reclaimed
Author: William Pickard Mann
Publisher:
Published: 1866
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13:
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Author: Andy Steiger
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2020-09-01
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 0310107237
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWe live in an era of polarizing political and religious disagreement. Despite the lip service our society pays to tolerance, it's becoming more and more difficult to look past our differences and to recognize our common humanity. The way that we treat each other is a direct result of how we see one another, and our culture is full of warning signs that we aren't seeing each other correctly. In Reclaimed, author and cultural critic Andy Steiger explores the trend toward dehumanization that underlies our fraught times. People on both sides of the political aisle and from all walks of life share a deep desire for better understanding, justice, and human dignity. Yet we're uncertain how to achieve these aims. Steiger points to Jesus as the basis for rediscovering our common ground and our shared humanity. In Jesus we find not only that humans are unique, valuable, and bearers of rights and responsibilities, but also that our dehumanizing tendencies--our worst inclinations toward inhumanity--can be redeemed and restored. Jesus enables us to be fully human, and it's in him that we rediscover the kind of relationships and society for which so many people today are longing.
Why Would Anyone Go to Church?
Author: Kevin Makins
Publisher: Baker Books
Published: 2020-06-16
Total Pages: 189
ISBN-13: 1493423460
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThere are plenty of reasons to criticize, judge, and even walk away from the church. Many of us have been hurt and rejected. We may see church as insular and irrelevant. Despite this, Kevin Makins believes that the church still matters--perhaps more than ever. When Kevin was 23 and didn't know any better, he started a congregation with some friends who were on the edge of faith. Together they hoped to discover if the church was worth fighting for. In this brutally honest account, he shares their story of becoming a community of misfits, outcasts, and oddballs who would learn that, even with all its faults, the church is worth being a part of . . . and must be reclaimed for good. If you've been burned or burned out by the church, if you've been silenced or misunderstood, if you've left or never even joined in the first place, this candid, hopeful book is your invitation to consider what you miss out on when you give up on church--and what the church misses out on when it gives up on you.
Christ in Crisis?
Author: Jim Wallis
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2019-09-24
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 0062914782
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWriting in response to our current “constitutional crisis,” New York Times bestselling author and Christian activist Jim Wallis urges America to return to the tenets of Jesus once again as the means to save us from the polarizing bitterness and anger of our tribal nation. In Christ in Crisis Jim Wallis provides a path of spiritual healing and solidarity to help us heal the divide separating Americans today. Building on “Reclaiming Jesus”—the declaration he and other church leaders wrote in May 2018 to address America’s current crisis—Wallis argues that Christians have become disconnected from Jesus and need to revisit their spiritual foundations. By pointing to eight questions Jesus asked or is asked, Wallis provides a means to measure whether we are truly aligned with the moral and spiritual foundations of our Christian faith. “Christians have often remembered, re-discovered, and returned to their obedient discipleship of Jesus Christ—both personal and public—in times of trouble. It’s called coming home,” Wallis reminds us. While he addresses the dividing lines and dangers facing our nation, the religious and cultural commentator’s focus isn’t politics; it’s faith. As he has done throughout his career, Wallis offers comfort, empathy, and a practical roadmap. Christ in Crisis is a constructive field guide for all those involved in resistance and renewal initiatives in faith communities in the post-2016 political context.
Reclaim
Author: Tony Sorci
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: 2021-04-23
Total Pages: 172
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe title may be perceived as pridefully suggestive, coming across as a definitive fix-all resource until you realize that this book is the anti-manual for being the liberated people of God in the world. In an age of religious moralism and institutional metrics, Reclaim seeks to help the global Church retrieve its message of indiscriminate grace and reimagine its ministry within freedom and friendships.
Reclaim
Author: Russ Johnson and
Publisher:
Published: 2019-12-19
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781714074037
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIf you haven't noticed, there is a significant gap between the Church and a world that is mostly disinterested in what the Church has become, and it's only getting bigger. We have to be honest to say that we don't blame them for their disinterest. The message of God's unconditional love has been replaced with conditions and clauses for who's in and who's out. The methods of Jesus -- seen in the simple act of a meal at a table -- have been replaced with the complexity of the modern Church. With a heart to bridge this growing gap, we wanted to help everyday people offer the their neighbors a more compelling, ancient story about "God" and "church." Reclaim is our effort to recover the ancient language of grace, the practice of Church and discipleship around the table, and a framework for how everyday people can begin doing this where they live. With this training, Russ Johnson and Tony Sorci are seeking to provide the Church with the encouragement and empowerment needed to start living in the movement Jesus started.
Jesus Reclaimed
Author: Rabbi Walter Homolka
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2015-01-01
Total Pages: 166
ISBN-13: 1782385800
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfter centuries of persecution, oppression, forced migrations, and exclusion in the name of Christ, the development of a Jewish “Quest for the Historical Jesus” might seem unexpected. This book gives an overview and analysis of the various Jewish perspectives on the Nazarene throughout the centuries, emphasizing the variety of German voices in Anglo-American contexts. It explores the reasons for a steady increase in Jewish interest in Jesus since the end of the eighteenth century, arguing that this growth had a strategic goal: the justification of Judaism as a living faith alongside Christianity.
The Psalter Reclaimed
Author: Gordon Wenham
Publisher: Crossway
Published: 2013-02-28
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 1433533995
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne of the most respected Old Testament scholars of our time introduces us to the history of scholarship on the Psalter and provides hermeneutical guidelines for interpreting the book— making accessible to us the transforming messages of the Psalms.
