Church category: 10276 books
Committing to One Another
Church Membership
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2012
This study answers the question: Why join a church? By seeing the scriptural reasoning for becoming a church member, participants will also learn what it looks like to be a healthy member and how to serve well within their local congregation.
A series of ten 6–7 week studies covering the...
by Katherine Clark
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU• to appreciate the depth and beauty of the dominant form of Christianity in Greece, Russia and much of Eastern Europe• to understand the tenets, nature and holy days of Orthodox belief• to recognize the physical features of an Orthodox church, and the spiritual significance...
Send Back the Money!'
The Free Church of Scotland and American Slavery
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
‘Send Back the Money!’ is a thorough and gripping examination of a fascinating and forgotten aspect of Scottish and American relations and Church history. A seminal period of Abolition activity is exposed by Iain Whyte through a study of the fiery campaign ‘Send back the Money!’ named after...
The Church
Unlocking the Secrets to the Places Catholics Call Home
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
From the bestselling authors of The Mass, an insightful and practical guide that explores the architectural and spiritual components of the Catholic Church.
Your local church is not only a physical place, but a spiritual home. In this through-provoking book, Wuerl and Aquilina illuminate the...
by Rowan Williams
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
The old saying about being condemned to repeat the history we don’t know applies to Church history as much as to anything else. But we are often at a loss to know how to approach it. Much of what passed once for Church history was propagandist; and much of the best now written is brilliantly done...
Called to Witness
Doing Missional Theology
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2015
Distillation of crucial issues for the church by one of the leading voices in missional theology
Since the publication of the groundbreaking volume Missional Church in 1998, there has been wide-ranging engagement with the theme of the missional church. One of the leading voices in the missional...
The Bishop or the King (Study Guide Edition)
How the Anglican Church of Canada Has Failed to Defend Its King
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2013
How should we react when those whom we trust to teach faithful biblical Christianity fail us? As Christians what are we to do when the church embraces and blesses a false gospel? Where does loyalty lie—with the institution and its leaders or with Jesus, Head and King of His church? A former pastor...
Barefoot Church
Serving the Least in a Consumer Culture
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
People are hungry to make a difference in their community, yet most don’t know where to start. In fact, “serving the least” is often one of the most neglected biblical mandates in the church. Barefoot Church shows readers how today’s church can be a catalyst for individual, collective, and...
by Travis Collins
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
In the last decade, a giant cultural wave has swept the North American church into a brand new world—a pluralistic, complicated, high-tech/low-touch world. Faced with the challenge of engaging a jaded culture, a fresh expression of church has emerged alongside the traditional church. This short...
by Cleon E. Spencer
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2012
There are several other books on the topic of conflict in the local congregation. They all make their contribution towards solutions to this problem. However, this brief work zeros in on specific happenings, how they affected the congregation and/or the minister, and are then followed by a denouement...
11 Innovations in the Local Church
How Today's Leaders Can Learn, Discern and Move into the Future
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2007
Join three seasoned church-ministry experts on an insider's tour of the most innovative churches today! Discover a dozen types of innovation, each with profiles of congregations that have implemented that innovation. This is more than a show-and-tell tour, however. Each chapter offers a solid take-away...
Future Church
Ministry in a Post-Seeker Age
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
The church today is poised on a precarious balance between culture and content, between cultural relevance and doctrinal integrity. Like a seesaw, the church swings back and forth, compelled both to reach an entertainment-driven culture and to remain true to the Gospel.In Future Church, Jim Wilson...
by Larry Kreider, Floyd McClung
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2007
There's a new way of doing church and it's taking North America by storm! Here a recognized authority on the house church movement and a popular speaker and pastor share their expertise in starting and maintaining a healthy house church. Together they look at current and future trends in the house...
One by One
Welcoming the Singles in Your Church
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
There are now more single adults than married adults in the United States, yet the evangelical church continues to focus primarily on serving couples and families with ministries geared toward their particular needs. This can lead, however unintentionally, to the marginalization of adults who are...