Bickers: 11 books
Intentional Ministry in a NotsoMega Church
Becoming a Missional Community
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Change is rapidly occurring in almost every area of our society. However, the one notable exception to this is often found in the church, especially in smaller churches. Instead of responding to the changes around them, these churches have adopted a maintenance mentality, which is primarily interested...
The Art and Practice of Bivocational Ministry
A Pastor's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
It's a balancing act. If you're a bivocational pastor, you are familiar with the stresses, complications, and unique hurdles that come with bivocational ministry. You have a special calling. In The Art and Practice of Bivocational Ministry, Dennis Bickers renders sound advice to help bivocational...
Out of China
How the Chinese Ended the Era of Western Domination
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2017
China’s new nationalism is rooted not in its present power but in shameful memories of its former weaknesses. Invaded, humiliated, and looted by foreign powers in the past, China looks out at the twenty-first century through the lens of the past two centuries. History matters deeply to Beijing’s current rulers, and Robert Bickers explains why.
The Healthy Small Church
Diagnosis and Treatment for the Big Issues
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Small churches can be found in every denomination and among every ethnic group but often these churches struggle to survive in the shadow of the larger churches around them. And many of these churches are afflicted with unhealthy issues such as feelings of unimportance, a lack of vision, exclusivity,...
The Bivocational Pastor
Two Jobs, One Ministry
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
Bivocational ministers face unique challenges. Often, you are called to lead smaller churches with few resources, many of which have plateaued or are in decline. Many bivocational pastors have little or no formal theological training. Bivocational ministry is looked at by some as a "second-class" ministry...
滾出中國：十九、二十世紀的國恥, 如何締造了民族主義的中國
Out of China: How the Chinese Ended the Era of Western Domination
Language: Chinese
Release Date: December 28, 2018
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The Scramble for China
Foreign Devils in the Qing Empire, 1832-1914
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
In the early nineteenth century China remained almost untouched by British and European powers - but as new technology started to change this balance, foreigners gathered like wolves around the weakening Qing Empire. Would the Chinese suffer the fate of much of the rest of the world, carved into pieces...
Getting Stuck in For Shanghai
Putting the Kibosh on the Kaiser from the Bund: The British at Shanghai and the Great War: Penguin Special
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
After 1914, between tiffin and a day at the race track, the British in Shanghai enjoyed a life far removed from the horrors of the Great War. Shanghai's status as a treaty port - with its foreign concessions home to expatriates from every corner of the globe - made it the most cosmopolitan city in...
The Tentmaking Pastor
The Joy of Bivocational Ministry
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2000
Real-world guide to the challenges, rewards, and advantages of bivocational ministry. Excellent for individuals and churches exploring pastoring options.
Red Water, Black Gold
The Canadian River in Western Texas, 1920–1999
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2014
Red Water, Black Gold: The Canadian River in Texas 1920–1999 tells the story of the Canadian River in the Texas Panhandle. It is a tale of grand designs, high hopes, deep holes, politics, fishing, follies, foibles, and environmental change.
Although efforts had been made to tap the Canadian...
by Robert A. Bickers, Rosemary Seton
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Describes the exceptional wealth of missionary archives and the major contributions they can make not only to the study of the processes of Christian evangelism and Western imperialism but also their value in documenting and analysing the nature of Western encounters with indigenous societies.