Church category: 10276 books
Open Source Church
Making Room for the Wisdom of All
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2011
Open source software makes the basic program instructions available for anyone to see and edit. An 'open source church,' likewise, is one in which the basic functions of mission and ministry are open to anyone. Members feel free to pursue their callings from God that are consistent with what God has...
Church Planting in the Secular West
Learning from the European Experience
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
An expert study of church planting in the most secular part of contemporary Europe
In this book Stefan Paas offers thoughtful analysis of reasons and motives for missionary church planting in Europe, and he explores successful and unsuccessful strategies in that post-Christian secularized context.
Drawing...
Roots
Uncovering Why We Do What We Do in Church
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2016
By uncovering “why we do what we do in church,” Christians can make more informed decisions about where they should take their churches in the future.
Why do we do what we do in church? Roots answers that question. Readers will discover for themselves the history of seven important topics...
by Jack Shitama
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
The key to effective church leadership is the ability to be a non-anxious presence.
This is not a technique. It is a way of being. It is deceptively simple, but tremendously difficult. Yet, if you are willing to take the journey, you can lead change in even the most challenging contexts. Read...
The Misfit Mission
How to Change the World with Surprises, Interruptions, and All the Wrong People
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
Many church leaders and other people of faith feel constrained by time-worn strategies, tactics, and attitudes. Unwritten rules of how to do church seem to force us into neat and tidy patterns. But new ideas and methods are bubbling up in all corners of the Church, and new leaders are taking risks,...
Liquid Church
6 Powerful Currents to Saturate Your City for Christ
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2019
In today's fluid culture, many churches are adrift--longing to reach spiritually thirsty people, but failing to make an impact. Have you noticed?
Congregations are stuck or declining.
Millennials and Gen Z are walking away.
Volunteers and their generosity are drying up.
Is...
Reality Check for the Church
Discovering a Unique Vision for the Small Church
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
There are few aspects of church life more challenging or more important than an honest look at reality. Often churches attempt to set a vision and direction without first undertaking the foundational task of determining who they really are and what makes them unique from the other churches around them....
A Glorious Church
A Jamaican Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2016
Jesus asked a very relevant question in Saint Luke 18, Verse 8, “…When the Son of man comes, will he find faith on earth?” Jesus Christ is the example for every believer to follow. We need to get back to the model Church that He established with His life, death and resurrection. He is the standard...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
This important report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. Recent research reveals a precipitous decrease in Catholic adherents across Latin America. Since 1970, numerous Latin Americans have professed a shift to Protestantism. Scholars have analyzed...
Redeeming Church Conflicts
Turning Crisis into Compassion and Care
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2015
Every church experiences conflict. But not every church knows how to handle it. Redeeming Church Conflicts offers practical advice on how to resolve conflict and deal with crisis within the church. In this hope-filled and practical book, two church conflict resolution experts take you through the Acts...
by Edward Burton
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
THE present volume intends to instruct the general reader in the knowledge of the early Fathers of the Christian Church. It may thus be learned how the Church passed through the Apostolic era into that of the “Apostolic Fathers”. These Fathers belong to the period between the close of the New...
Paperwork for Church New Hires
Church Office Series, #2
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2014
PAPERWORK FOR CHURCH NEW HIRES is a practical and concise guidebook to lead you through New Hire forms and documents. This guidebook will help you understand and complete the following:
Form I-9
Form W-4
New Hire Reporting
E-Verify Program
Other New Hire Paperwork
Hiring an employee should...
by Winfield Bevins
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2016
Plant: A Sower’s Guide to Church Planting helps answer foundational questions about the whats and whys of church planting. Rather than presenting models or programs, Plant offers essential seeds for exploring the process of starting a new church. Written for a wide range of people, including those...
Vision That Works
Turning your Church’s Vision into Action
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008
If your church seems to be "stuck," this is a book you need to bring to your next leadership meeting. Vision That Works follows the journey of a pastor of a plateaued church as he struggles with stagnation and discovers the importance of his churches "mission, vision and values" and their ultimate impact...