Liberating the Laity
Liberating the Laity

Author: R. Paul Stevens

Publisher: Regent College Publishing

Published: 2002-03

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9781573830126

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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.

The Other Six Days
The Other Six Days

Author: R. Paul Stevens

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 2000-09-05

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780802848000

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In this provocative book, Stevens writes the clergy-laity division has no basis in the New Testament and challenges all Christians to rediscover what it means to live daily as God's people. Exploring the theological, structural and cultural reasons for treating laypeople as the objects of ministry, Stevens argues against the idea of clericalism and in favor of equipping people for ministry in their homes, workplaces and neighborhoods.

Body and Blood
Body and Blood

Author: Andrew R. Hardy

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2019-06-07

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 1532657315

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The largest missional challenge facing the church of Christ in the West is to equip every member to engage in missionary endeavor in third places. Third places are those social zones in society like coffee shops, gyms, shopping malls, pubs, etc., that everyone and anyone can meet in as commonly owned spaces. The authors argue that for too long the church has not equipped and trained its members to engage in mission in the public square. The mobilization of every member to become the hands and feet of the missional sacramental body of Christ to carry the message of God’s generous love to not-yet-Christians is vital, if we want to witness the kingdom reign of God extend into their lives. Places are important to the sovereign Lord of mission and this book challenges the churches of Christ to become what they properly need to be, equipping agencies for every member mission and ministry.

The Day is Yours
The Day is Yours

Author: Ian Stackhouse

Publisher: Authentic Media Inc

Published: 2014-07-08

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 1780783574

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A gentle but provocative protest against the fast-food spirituality of the modern Church. Calls for a slow spirituality for people on the go. 'This book is powerful and persuasive and deals with the difficult subject of ordering our lives in a more biblical way.' Salvationist 'a stimulating book that will benefit many in living well for God' Evangelicals Now

Lay Counseling
Lay Counseling

Author: Siang-Yang Tan

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9780310529316

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A handbook on lay counseling including an overview and how-to information for leaders and lay counselors, Reverend Siang-Yang Tan's helpful book also includes a forward by Gary R. Collins.