Church category: 10276 books
by Eastwood Anaba
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2014
A "solid church" can be defined as an impregnable and closely-knit body of believers in which every part is adequately catered for and empowered to function efficiently. There are many dysfunctional churches around with members sitting idly on Sunday mornings. The five-fold ministry should equip the...
Facing Decline, Finding Hope
New Possibilities for Faithful Churches
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2015
Church today isn’t the same as it was fifty years ago—or even ten years ago. In spite of the powerful stories of turn-around churches with skyrocketing memberships, the difficult reality is that most congregations are getting smaller. Jeffrey D. Jones asks brave questions for congregations facing...
by Stuart Murray, Sian Murray
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Multi-voiced Church argues strongly and persuasively for churches in which everyone is important for the well-being and growth of the community.
The New Testament indicates that the early churches were multi-voiced, participative and expectant that the Holy Spirit would speak through all members...
Sharing God's Blessing
How to renew the local church
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2016
A tried-and-tested resource for the renewal of the local church. Faced with the unsustainability of many inherited patterns of church, the temptation may be to fall into despondency rather than seeking to regenerate patterns of mission and ministry. This book is the result of a two-year research project...
Engaging a New Generation
A Vision for Reaching Catholic Teens
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012
Engaging a New Generation critically examines our commonly held assumptions as well as our often-used models and methodologies initially developed to reach late Baby Boomer and Generation X teens. It then introduces you to the core characteristics of the Millennial Generation teens and the pastoral...
Creating Church Online
Ritual, Community and New Media
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
Online churches are internet-based Christian communities, pursuing worship, discussion, friendship, support, proselytization, and other key religious goals through computer-mediated communication. Hundreds of thousands of people are now involved with online congregations, generating new kinds of ritual,...
Experiencing Leadershift
Letting Go of Leadership Heresies
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Fueled by the drive to be bigger and better, today's church has adopted principles and practices created by the corporate world. The result is a toxic mix of the spiritual and the secular, where success is measured in numbers, and pastors are encouraged to become CEO superstars.In short, the world is...
Irresistible Church, The
12 Traits of a Church Heaven Applauds
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
After more than 25 years of ministry in Hawaii, Wayne Cordeiro knows how to do church as a team. In his signature style, he shares this expertise with pastors, lay leaders, and people in the pew who want to see their churches become more vibrant. The 12 practical steps include ways to help people...
The Come Back Effect
How Hospitality Can Compel Your Church's Guests to Return
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2018
The key to growth as a church, youth ministry, or a business is getting first-time guests to come back. And as any good manager of a hotel, a store, a restaurant, or an attraction knows, the key to getting guests to come back is not actually the rooms or the product or the food itself; it's how guests...
Saving Jesus from the Church
How to Stop Worshiping Christ and Start Following Jesus
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
“Scholarly, pastoral, prophetic, and eloquent. The invitation to follow Jesus instead of worshiping Christ could not come at a more important time, or be issued by a more credible source.” — Desmond Tutu
“Robin Meyers emerges in Saving Jesus from the Church as a national voice for a...
The Business of the Church
The Uncomfortable Truth that Faithful Ministry Requires Effective Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2010
Pastors are called to be not only leaders with vision, but also managers of congregational systems, says John Wimberly in The Business of the Church. Drawing on his thirty-six years in ordained ministry, Wimberly weaves the realities of congregational dynamics and faith-centered purpose together with...
Church Leadership Training
Understanding God's Expectation for Excellence
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
Understanding God's Expectation for Excellence is a great tool for use in any church, large or small to provide training and mentoring. If you are a Pastor in need of a guide that can assist you in teaching your servant leaders about Biblical leadership, or if you are a servant leader desiring to...
by Matthew Arnold
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2011
This 1877 volume contains one of Arnold's most scathing attacks on the established church, "The Church of England." He berates the clergy for championing the interests of the wealthy and powerful and neglecting the poor and downtrodden. The essay was originally delivered as an address to the London clergy.
Christianity and the Social Crisis in the 21st Century
The Classic That Woke Up the Church
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
The 100th Anniversary Edition of the Classic That Changed the American Church Forever
Published at the beginning of the twentieth century, Christianity and the Social Crisis is the epoch-making book that dramatically expanded the church’s vision of how it could transform the world. The...