Church category: 10276 books
by George E. Matsoukas
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2009
Orthodox Christianity at the Crossroad: A Great Council of the Church When and Why
The purpose of publishing the papers presented at the Twentieth Annual Meeting of Orthodox Christian Laity is to improve lay and clergy literacy on the conference topic of The Need for a Great and Holy Council....
Reaching the Unreached
Becoming Raiders of the Lost Art
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
For too long church leaders have focused on increasing the size of their church rather than increasing their reach outside of the four walls of the church building. The result? Church life becomes a predictable set of routines with predictable results. Church members struggle to reach the neighborhoods...
His Glorious House
A Blueprint for the 21st Century Church
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2014
Most people know that the church, as it has been, is neither satisfactory to God nor adequate to the task before us as we move toward a world wide harvest in these closing days of this present age. Meanwhile, Jesus stated that He would build His church and even the gates of hell couldn’t prevail against...
100 Year Tribute to First Baptist Church Brandon, Florida
Its Mission and Vision for the Future
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016
This book is unique. There is no other tribute like it. The church is the people. The people who are true Christians are listed in Gods Book in heaven. This church has survived for 100 years because of small groups of people.
There is no church history book that lists over 100 pages of testimonies...
by Austin Brothers Publishing
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2012
“I like Jesus but I don’t want anything to do with the church!” That is a frequent mantra of young people today. Almost everybody you talk to can share a bad experience they had with the church. If you do word association with the term “church” you will probably get responses like, “judgmental,”...
by John Schmidt
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2012
FOREWORD BY DR. TOM C. FULLER…
My friend John Schmidt has assembled a practical and usable list of ideas that will work in any church whose members love the Lord and will focus their efforts on winning people for Christ. John’s many years as a Christian author and his commitment to the...
The Volunteer Church
Mobilizing Your Congregation for Growth and Effectiveness
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
Working with volunteers can be a rewarding and exciting experience—for them as well as for those who recruit, train, and maintain their services. However, if church leaders are honest, they know there are times that it can be frustrating. They know that volunteers are essential, vital to creating...
by Grant Holcombe
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In "EXITS," Grant Holcombe lays bare the roots and motivations that cause so many modern Christians to leave the Church and disconnect themselves from the body of Christ. He does so with candor, cutting to the very heart of the issues again and again, yet throughout these pages, his love for the Church,...
by John E. Booty
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2003
This unique approach to understanding the history of the Anglican and Episcopal Churches was originally part of the 1979 Church’s Teaching Series. Rather than writing a simple chronological history of the Church, John Booty, one of the premier experts in church history, explores the subject thematically....
Leading a Healthy Multi-Ethnic Church
Seven Common Challenges and How to Overcome Them
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2013
Increasingly, church leaders are recognizing the power and beauty of the multi-ethnic church. Yet, more than a good idea, it’s a biblical, first-century standard with far-reaching evangelistic potential. How can your church overcome the obstacles to become a healthy multi-ethnic community of faith?...
Perspectives on a Real Church
The Awakening of an Ecclesiastical Electorate
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
Will the real church please stand up? We exist in a world of extreme flux and volatilityone that is unpredictable and filled with pain. But why? Could it be that the church who was intended to be a model and beacon of light in the earth has instead become a follower and dispenser of the same ills...
The Attractional Church
Growth Through a Refreshing, Relational, and Relevant Church Experience
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2011
Every church leader and church member want their church to grow. The promise of THE ATTRACTIONAL CHURCH is that if a church experience is positive, the lost, absent, and unfilled will come and complacent people in the pew will have their faith renewed. Author Billy Hornsby says that what keeps most...
by Andrew Scarborough
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016
The year was 2012. I was 25 and depressed.To most of the world, I was immensely successful in what I was doing in life. I was (and still am) a pastor. At that time, I was pastoring at the largest church in our denomination, and one of the largest in Australia. The ministry I was leading was growing...
Growing an Engaged Church
How to Stop "Doing Church" and Start Being the Church Again
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2007
Growing an Engaged Church offers unique, research-based, often counterintuitive solutions to the challenges facing churches today, including declining congregant participation, decreasing contributions, and slumping membership. Ministers, priests, and church boards will find the evidence and answers...