Ed Stetzer: 23 books
Comeback Churches: How 300 Churches Turned Around and Yours Can, Too
How 300 Churches Turned Around and Yours Can, Too
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2007
Research shows that over time, most churches plateau and then eventually decline. Typically, they start strong and experience periods of growth, then stagnate and lose members. Since 1991, the North American population has increased by 15 percent while the number of "unchurched" people has...
Holy Subversion (Foreword by Ed Stetzer): Allegiance to Christ in an Age of Rivals
Allegiance to Christ in an Age of Rivals
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2010
Christians are too often guilty of pledging their allegiance tothe influential principalities and powers of this age rather thanto Christ alone. In Holy Subversion, Trevin Wax challengessuch behavior by urging a return to the subversive lifestyle of theearliest Christians. Their proclamation and demonstration...
Christians at Our Best
A Six-Week Guide to Living in the Age of Outrage
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
Are you tired of reading yet another news story about Christians acting their worst?
Today there are too many examples of those claiming to follow Christ being caustic, divisive, and irrational, contributing to dismissals of the Christian faith as hypocritical, self-interested, and politically co-opted....
by Jerry Rankin, Ed Stetzer
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
The mission of God to “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28:19, HCSB) is a major target of spiritual warfare today. In this new book by International Mission Board president Jerry Rankin...
by Thom S. Rainer, Ed Stetzer
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
How are we doing? The church, that is. And how are we doing it? Congregations have long measured success by "bodies, budget, and buildings"--a certain record of attendance, the offering plate, and square footage. But the scorecard can't stop there. When it does, the deeper emphasis on accountability,...
Breaking the Discipleship Code: Becoming a Missional Follower of Jesus
Becoming a Missional Follower of Jesus
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008
Ed Stetzer and David Putman’s popular church leadership book Breaking the Missional Code is helping pastors and ministry staff to guide their collective congregations toward becoming missionaries in their communities. But the need remains for this concept to be further defined at an individual level.
Breaking...
Christians in the Age of Outrage
How to Bring Our Best When the World Is at Its Worst
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
Are you tired of reading another news story about Christians supposedly acting at their worst?
Today there are too many examples of those claiming to follow Christ being caustic, divisive, and irrational, contributing to dismissals of the Christian faith as hypocritical, self-interested, and politically...
The Mission of Today's Church
Baptist Leaders Look at Modern Faith Issues
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2007
The Mission of Today’s Church is a compelling collection of twelve essays from current Baptist leaders addressing three major questions: (1) What does it mean to be a Christian today on individual, group, and societal levels? (2) How can Southern Baptists best work together? and (3) What is next...
The Mission of the Church
Five Views in Conversation
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2016
Leading Voices from across Christian Traditions Discuss the Mission of the Church
What is the mission of the church? Every seminarian and church leader must wrestle with that question. No matter what designation a church uses to describe itself, it must also think critically about why it exists...
Compelled
Living the Mission of God
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
Ed Stetzer and Philip Nation challenge readers to look at love within the context of God, the church, and the lives of individual believers. Compelled provides readers a basic theological grounding and a platform for personal application as they understand missional living is all about simply the...
Perimeters of Light
Discerning Biblical Boundaries for the Emerging Church
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
How much biblical contents is needed for a sermon to be true preaching?
Does God have a preferred style of Sunday worship?
What makes a church the Church?
Almost everyone knows the difference between light and darkness. But what is the boundary between them? When does a Christian leave the edge...
Transformational Groups
Creating a New Scorecard for Groups
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2014
God declared through the Apostle Paul that the church would be a place of transformation. In 2 Corinthians 5:17 we find, Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away, and look, new things have come. Despite this, the church seems increasingly to be a place where...
Viral Churches
Helping Church Planters Become Movement Makers
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
A groundbreaking guide for multiplying the impact of church plants
Based on a study that was commissioned by the Leadership Network, this book reveals the best practices in church planting and uncovers the common threads among them. A much-needed resource, this book will inform, guide, and...
Lost and Found
The Younger Unchurched and the Churches that Reach Them
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009
Who are the young unchurched, and how can they be reached with the good news of Jesus Christ?
In a poll result highlighted by CNN Headline News and USA Today, nearly half of nonchurchgoers between the ages of twenty and twenty-nine agreed with the statement, "Christians get on my nerves."...
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