Which is the Apostolic Church?
Author: Thomas Witherow
Publisher:
Published: 1857
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13:
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Israel in the Apostolic Church
Author: Peter Richardson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005-10-06
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780521020466
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA historical study of the adoption by Christianity of Jewish prerogatives and attributes.
Apostolic Church Planting
Author: J. D. Payne
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2015-10-22
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 0830898905
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChurch planting is not just about gathering new communities of people who are already Christians. Planting churches flows naturally out of making disciples. In this concise guide, pastor J. D. Payne explains the process and stages of church planting, with biblical foundations and practical steps for planting teams both domestically and internationally.
We Believe in One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church
Author: Angelo Di Berardino
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2010-01-29
Total Pages: 349
ISBN-13: 0830825355
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume offers patristic comment on the second half of the third article of the Nicene Creed. Readers will gain insight into the history and substance of what the early church believed about the nature of the church and the consummation of all things.
Restoring Your Shield of Faith
Author: Chuck D. Pierce
Publisher: Gospel Light Publications
Published: 2003-12-08
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780830732630
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis message from Chuck Pierce and Robert Heidler likens our spiritual defense to that of the children of Israel while in battle. Within the ranks there were those who carried huge shields to protect the bulk of the army. And just as we fight spiritual battles today, there is a mighty shield we can carry to protect us. This shield of faith is one of the main ways we can resist our enemy's attacks. We are fully capable of resisting the enemy's attacks, but we must first be able to recognize how Satan fights. His main weapons are to create fear and doubt in us and to tempt us to become complainers and murmurers. If we succumb, our faith is weakened. The keys to increasing our faith are found in knowing the Word of God, which engenders praise, thankfulness, trust and obedience.
One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic
Author: Kenneth Whitehead
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Published: 2010-09-16
Total Pages: 342
ISBN-13: 1681493667
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVery often in the history of Christianity, "reformers", by whatever name, have aspired to return to "the early Church". The Church of their own day, for whatever reason, fails to live up to what they think Christianity should be: in their view there has been a falling away from the beautiful ideals of the early Church. Kenneth Whitehead shows in this book how the early Church has, in fact, not disappeared, but rather has survived and persisted, and is with us still. "Reformers" are not so much the ones needed by this Church as are those who aspire to be saints-to follow Christ seriously and always to fulfill God's holy will by employing the means of sanctification which Christ continues to provide in the Church. Whitehead shows how the visible body which today bears the name "the Catholic Church" is the same Church which Christ established to carry on and perpetuate in the world his Words and his Works-and his own divine Life-and to bring salvation and sanctification to all mankind. Despite superficial differences in certain appearances, the worldwide Catholic Church today remains the same Church that was originally founded by Jesus Christ on Peter and the other apostles back in the first century in the ancient Near East. The early Church, in other words, was always!-nothing else but-the Catholic Church.
The Apostolic Succession
Author: Arnold Ehrhardt
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2009-06-10
Total Pages: 169
ISBN-13: 160608769X
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Author: George G. Hunter
Publisher:
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780687277322
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHunter discusses the rebirth of the apostolic congregation, Christianity's vision of what people can become, how small groups shape an apostolic people, how lay ministry advances the Christian movement, and how apostolic churches reach secular people. This work shows that there is an apostolic way for a congregation to live out the gospel, and here is why church leaders think so: "George Hunter hits the nail on the head with this practical and encouraging guide to church-based evangelism."-Steve Sjogren, Senior Pastor, Vineyard Community Church, Cincinnati, Ohio. "This is a groundbreaking book. What sets it apart from all the others is that it is based on hard data and real life examples...If you want to know what is really happening in the so-called Seeker churches, this book is a must read." --Rick Warren, Senior Pastor, Saddleback Community Church, Mission Viejo, California "George Hunter hits a home run with this book." --Walt Kallestad, Community Church of Joy, Phoenix, Arizona "Our commitment to the rebirth of apostolic congregations will be greatly enhanced by this book." --John Ed Mathison, Frazier Memorial United Methodist Church, Montgomery, Alabama "Apostolic churches present a tremendous challenge to stagnant traditional churches. It is required reading for all who yearn to see the growth of the church." --Sir Alan Walker, Australia
The Apostolic Fathers ...
Author: Joseph Barber Lightfoot
Publisher:
Published: 1898
Total Pages: 608
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Author: George G. Hunter
Publisher:
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780687074419
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book tells how the contemporary church can reclaim its ancient witness through hands-on ministries with the unchurched. When it comes to transforming people's lives and leading them into active Christian discipleship, why does there seem to be such a difference between the church we read about in the New Testament and our own churches today? What was it about those earliest Christians that empowered them to spread the gospel with such startling results? One core reason, says George G. Hunter III, is that they reached out into the communities in which they lived. Instead of building fortress churches and inviting others to come join them inside the walls, the earliest Christians spread out, engaging in hands-on ministries to meet the needs of people where they were. The churches today that have reclaimed this apostolic ministry are the ones that do not rely on worship, or even preaching, to woo the unchurched into visiting them. Rather, they use outreach ministries -- everything from recovery groups to English-as-a-second-language classes -- to reach those most in need of the healing word of the gospel.
