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The Complete Worship Service
Creating a Taste of Heaven on Earth
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2005
Just as diners visit a fine restaurant anticipating the ambiance and meal to come, so first-time guests and members alike come to church to experience the presence of God. In this follow-up book to The Complete Worship Leader, veteran worship leader and pastor Kevin Navarro helps church leaders create...
by Glenn Myers
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2011
Some reviews of the original 'Briefings' from which these selections are taken.
Glenn Myers' style of writing illuminates and captivates those who want to discover the truth about specific areas of the world. This is compulsory reading for busy Christians wanting to understand what God is doing...
by Irenaeus
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2012
Saint Irenaeus (? 202 A.D.) was Bishop of Lugdunum (now Lyons) in Gaul, then a part of the Roman Empire. Irenaeus is recognized as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Roman Catholic Church. His feast day is on June 28 in the Roman Catholic calendar of saints, where it was inserted for the...
Transitional Ministry
A Time of Opportunity
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
Transition is the word we use to describe the time following significant change. In congregations, that change might be the departure of the pastor, a catastrophe such as Hurricane Katrina or 9/11, or simply the changes caused by growth. Transition calls for clergy with special training to respond...
When Better Isn't Enough
Evaluation Tools for the 21st-Century Church
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2004
Many sociologists and a growing number of church scholars have noted that we live in a time of transition—from the modern era to the postmodern. Whenever a shift of this magnitude occurs, it leaves all of life, including the church, in flux. We instinctively strive to stabilize the situation by...
by John Zehring
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
A guide for pastors to become highly effective in leadership and administration. The role of the minister and your personal enjoyment of your vocation requires skills to develop vision, provide hope, tend to church leaders, build a staff team, deal with conflict, manage time, plan strategically, craft...
Beyond Church Walls
Cultivating a Culture of Care
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2016
Pastoral care has been traditionally understood as pastoral acts administered to individuals or small groups by an ordained or lay religious practitioner. As congregations in the twenty-first century begin to reclaim the missional nature of church, this view must be broadened to include care and concern...
by Pope Francis
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2016
"Spirituality & Practice 2016 Award Winner." For the first time, all five major writings of Pope Francis—his encyclicals, bulls, and apostolic exhortations—are gathered into one volume. Pope Francis—the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church—was elected on March 13, 2013. Since then, he has...
by Stephen Hedges
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2012
There are many men and women today who claim to be apostles, prophets or bishops. How do we know if their claims are true or false? What are the requirements for someone before they can be ordained as an apostle, prophet or bishop? How has the authority to ordain people to these ministries? The only...
A Wonderful Deception: The Further New Age Implications of the Emerging Purpose Driven Movement
The Further New Age Implications of the Emerging Purpose Driven Movement
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2011
Five years after writing Deceived on Purpose: the New Age Implications of the Purpose Driven Church, former New Age follower Warren B. Smith continues to reveal how Christian leaders--wittingly or unwittingly--are leading the church ito a spritual trap. A "Wonderful" Deception examines church...
The Necessary Christian
An End-Time World Is Dying for a Resuscitated Church
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Heaven, we have a problem! Cobwebs line the interiors of our great cathedrals. The number of disciples in need of a good dusting off is growing like a well-watered weed! God's house has become an echoing and lonely place, its sanctuaries largely vacated. Hordes of professing believers worldwide no longer...
by D. A. Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2018
"Executed to Suppress His Message" explains how institutionalized Christian religions acquired vast financial resources by suppressing the teachings of Christ, then substituting their own humanly-created doctrines for our Lord's gospel. By turning a blind eye to our Lord's commands against...
Orthodoxy and the Roman Papacy
Ut Unum Sint and the Prospects of East-West Unity
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
Among the issues that continue to divide the Catholic Church from the Orthodox Church—the two largest Christian bodies in the world, together comprising well over a billion faithful—the question of the papacy is widely acknowledged to be the most significant stumbling block to their unification....
Job Descriptions and Leadership Training in the United Methodist Church 2017-2020
A Leader Development Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
The new version of Job Descriptions differs from previous editions, including format and design changes. Each job description includes this information:
Result Expected
Spiritual Gifts and Qualifications Helpful for This Position
Responsibilities
Support to Expect from the Congregation
Getting...