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This book focuses on pastoral and lay leadership in the African American church. It deals with the internal and external issues such as the tendency toward a bifurcated mentality and practice such as the 'this is business' syndrome as well as the social issue of race and affirmative action. Ministers...

Part of the 9Marks Healthy Church Study Guide series, this study examines key biblical images of the church to help participants discover what the church should look like and how it should operate.

The interest and importance of the so-called Albigensian Heresy lie in the fact that while it bears "a local habitation and a name," its actual habitation was not local, and its name is misleading. Its origin must be traced back to pre-Christian Ages, and its fruits will remain for ages...

Eusebius's account is the only surviving historical record of the Church during its crucial first 300 years. Bishop Eusebius, a learned scholar who lived most of his life in Caesarea in Palestine, broke new ground in writing the History and provided a model for all later ecclesiastical historians....

”Who are these guys?” That was the question the teenage Daniel R. Hyde posed to his father when he first encountered “Reformed” believers. With their unique beliefs and practices, these Christians didn’t fit any of the categories in his mind. Not so many years later, Hyde is now Rev....

The Jesus Cult is not a book for everyone. It is written for those both inside and outside the Christian camp who diligently seek the truth and liberation that comes from the True and Living God. This book takes the reader into the spiritual depths of the Holy Scriptures to expose the true spirit...

In Character for Spiritual Leadership Lori Wilke reveals the most important leadership principles that Jesus used and taught. You will learn how to develop the personal character required to accomplish "great" things as a spiritual leader in the church or in any ministry environment. This book is a must...

Justin Martyr on Christians, Sacraments, and the Church from the series Justin Martyr: The Man and His Theology by Robert Alan King is a booklet with over 8,500 words. This booklet discusses Justin's views on what it really means to be a Christian, the practice and purpose of the sacraments of...

The modern church has become a Godless social club for the unsaved of the world. This short essay looks at some of the changes from the writers perspective. The work is short, but to the point.

Almost everywhere throughout the greater church are unsustainable trends—endowments are being depleted, building maintenance deferred, congregations are aging and dwindling, and budgets are too far out-of-whack. And although there is much literature on what to do to grow congregations, little has...

What is really happening in the Catholic Church in North America? Are parishes thriving or dying? Is dissatisfaction among Catholics growing or are they becoming more engaged in the evangelizing mission of the Church? Businessman, professor, and philanthropist, William E. Simon Jr. has been highly influenced...

Since 1965 the number of priests in the United States has fallen by some 30,000. But over that same time period, more than 30,000 laypeople have come into the employ of parishes and other Church institutions. Laypeople have stepped up to serve in a variety of new ministries, and they are relieving...

Interest in the ways of the early church has never been more intense. What did early Christians believe about the divinity of Christ? What were the beliefs of those who sat at the feet of Jesus’ disciples? Now, for the first time, a unique dictionary has been developed to allow easy access to the...

Tells the remarkable story of the transformation of the Latin American church on every level, from professional theologians to the individual in the remotest Latin American village.