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Author: Thom S. Rainer
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Published: 2013-05
Total Pages: 96
ISBN-13: 1433679736
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt is impossible to grow to spiritual maturity by yourself. You must be connected to the other parts of the Body. This wonderful little book explains the power of belonging to a church family.
Author: Thom S. Rainer
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Published: 2015-07-15
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 1433687291
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNow is the time to stand up and say, “I Will!”
Author: Thabiti M. Anyabwile
Publisher: Crossway
Published: 2008-06-09
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 1433522039
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBiblically and practically instructs church members in ways they can labor for the health of their church. What Is a Healthy Church Member? takes its cue from Mark Dever's book What Is a Healthy Church?, which offered one definition of what a healthy church looks like biblically and historically. In this new work, pastor Thabiti Anyabwile attempts to answer the natural next question: "What does a healthy church member look like in the light of Scripture?" God intends for us to play an active and vital part in the body of Christ, the local church. He wants us to experience the local church as a home more profoundly wonderful and meaningful than any other place on earth. He intends for his churches to be healthy places and for the members of those churches to be healthy as well. This book explains how membership in the local church can produce spiritual growth in its members and how each member can contribute to the growth and health of the whole.
Author: Jonathan Leeman
Publisher: Crossway
Published: 2012-04-30
Total Pages: 146
ISBN-13: 1433532409
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJonathan Leeman addresses the commonly asked (and often unanswered) question of, "Why should I join a church?" in a time when many are shunning the practice of organized religion. By offering a brief, straightforward explanation of what church membership is and why it's important, Leeman gives the local church its proper due and builds a case for committing to the local body. Church Membership is a useful tool for churches to distribute en masse to new and potential members of their congregation. This volume is part of the 9Marks: Building Healthy Churches series. Look for upcoming, quick-read formats of the following marks of a healthy church: expositional preaching, biblical theology, the gospel, conversion, evangelism, church discipline, discipleship and growth, and church leadership.
Author: Leroy Brownlow
Publisher:
Published: 2001-01-01
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780915720705
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTwenty-five Bible-based reasons for his choice of church affiliation.
Author: Thom S. Rainer
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Published: 2018-03-01
Total Pages: 79
ISBN-13: 1462765467
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMost church members don't see their churches clearly. In almost all of Thom S. Rainer's consultations, church members perceive their church to be friendly. But as he surveyed guests, he found that the guests typically saw church members as unfriendly. The perception chasm existed because the members were indeed friendly . . . to one another. The guests felt like they crashed a private party. Bestselling author Thom Rainer (I Am a Church Member, Autopsy of a Deceased Church) has a game plan for churches to become more hospitable. In a format that is suitable for church members to read individually or study together, Rainer guides readers toward a practical framework for making a difference for those who visit their church. Churches may use Becoming a Welcoming Church to assess and audit where they are on a spectrum between welcoming and wanting. Additionally, churches can use the companion book We Want You Here to send guests home with a compelling vision for what pastors want every guest to know when they visit.
Author: Wayne Mack
Publisher:
Published: 2007-08-22
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781879737570
DOWNLOAD EBOOKShould you commit yourself to membership in a local church? Isnt just being a Christian enough? Anyhow, where does the Bible say that we have to become members of a churchwhy cant I just attend and get involved? These are very important questions that demand an answer, especially in the casual age that were living in. Dr. Wayne Mack brings his years of experience as a Bible teacher, pastor and counselor to this very controversial topic. His answers are straightforward and clear: YES! You must become a church member if youre to be obedient to Our Lord Jesus Christ and the clear teaching of the New Testament. NO! Being a lone wolf Christian is not enough, per se; you must join with a local body of believers in a church that teaches sound doctrine. NO! You cannot just attend and get involved without the benefit of church membership; you must have church elders that can guide you, and that you must submit to. Dr. Mack thus argues conclusively and clearly for church membership.
Author: Charles E. Lawless
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 0310262860
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBased on a national study, this book shows how churches can move both new andold members into ministry by implementing effective new members' classes.
Author: Jonathan Leeman
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Published: 2016-01-15
Total Pages: 156
ISBN-13: 1433686228
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChurch membership is not just a status, it’s an office. Leaders shouldn’t fire members from the responsibilities given to them by Jesus—they should train them! When members are trained, the church grows in holiness and love, discipleship and mission. Complacency and nominalism are diminished. Jesus gives every church member an office in the church’s government: to assume final responsibility for guarding the what and the who of the gospel in the church and its ministry. Similarly, Jesus gives leaders to the church for equipping the members to do this church-building and mission-accomplishing work. In our day, the tasks of reinvigorating congregational authority and elder authority must work together. The vision of congregationalism pictured in this book offers an integrated view of the Christian life. Congregationalism is biblical, but biblical congregationalism just might look a little different than you expect. It is nothing less than Jesus’ authorization for living out his kingdom rule among a people on mission.
Author: Thom S. Rainer
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Published: 2011-06
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 0805447997
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNow in paperback, this multi-awarded national best seller shares a clear message from case studies of 400 North American congregations: church is done best when it's kept simple.
