Church category: 10276 books
Church Zero
Raising 1st Century Churches out of the Ashes of the 21st Century Church
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
A radical call to reform, Church Zero is a punk-rock approach to the pressing issue of gaining ground as rapidly as the early church.
With a fresh perspective forged in the dirty trenches of international post-Christian societies, Peyton Jones pulls no punches as he brings this message to the...
The Ground Has Shifted
The Future of the Black Church in Post-Racial America
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
A powerful insight into the historical and cultural roles of the black church, the dilemmas it faces, and the roadmap for an ethical path forward.
Honorable Mention, Theology and Religious Studies PROSE Award
If we are in a post-racial era, then what is the future of the Black Church?...
On the Verge
A Journey Into the Apostolic Future of the Church
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2011
The church is on the verge of some tremendous changes. Contemporary church growth, despite its many blessings to believers, has failed to stem the decline of Christianity in the West. These times require a different kind of church—a church where every person is living a mission-sent life.The Bible...
by James H. Alphen, Christopher Anderson, John Rev. Beal
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2010
The Church is not a business, but it does have a stewardship responsibility to ensure that all of its resources are used as effectively as possible to carry out God's work on earth. In the case of human resource assets, good stewardship involves assisting those engaged in ministry (whether clerical...
God Hates
Westboro Baptist Church, American Nationalism, and the Religious Right
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
The congregants thanked God that they weren’t like all those hopeless people outside the church, bound for hell. So the Westboro Baptist Church’s Sunday service began, and Rebecca Barrett-Fox, a curious observer, wondered why anyone would seek spiritual sustenance through other people’s damnation....
Church and Politics During the English Reformation
Ecclesiology and Politics in the Writings of Stephen Marshall (1595–1655)
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2017
This is a literary study of the seventeenth-century pamphlets and sermons delivered to the Long Parliament by Stephen Marshall, a leading English Puritan. Marshall was known as preacher to the Long Parliament and for his participation in the further reformation of the English Church in the 1640s....
Your Church Sign
1001 Attention-Getting Sayings
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010
Signs have been almost as much a part of the modern church as the front doors. For that matter, they've been the entry into church life for countless people who have responded to their brief but cogent message. Your church sign has more potential than you may imagine -- if you're smart in using it....
The Church
A Theological and Historical Account
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
Renowned evangelical theologian Gerald Bray provides a clear and coherent account of the church in biblical, historical, and theological perspective. He tells the story of the church in its many manifestations through time, starting with its appearance in the New Testament, moving through centuries...
The Character of the Church
The Marks of God's Obedient People
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
What makes a church a church?
Is it "where three or more are gathered"? Is it songs and a sermon on Sunday? Does it require structure and leadership? How do you know?
The Character of the Church dispels confusion by describing the five elements of a biblical church....
by ‘Alifeleti Vaitu’ulala Ngahe
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2014
Tongan Methodist minister ‘Alifeleti Vaitu’ulala Ngahe has been in full-time, ordained ministry for almost 10 years. This book reflects on those years in Avondale Union and Manurewa Methodist parishes in Auckland, New Zealand. Rev Ngahe’s approach is to create strategies for change by engaging...
The Life of the Church
The Table, Pulpit, and Square
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
What should a church do?
Look at your church’s calendar and you will learn something of its mission. But how do you know it’s the mission Jesus gave?
In The Life of the Church, Joe Thorn explains the mission of the church and the three rhythms for fulfilling it. The result is a simple,...
by David Goodhew
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
Concern about church growth and decline is widespread and contentious, yet theological reflection on church growth is scarce. Reflecting on the Bible, dogmatic theology and church history, this book situates the numerical growth of the church within wider Christian theology. Leading international...
Being the Church
An Eastern Orthodox Understanding of Church Growth
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017
If the divine liturgy really is as beautiful as we claim, wouldn't more people attend? Wouldn't the church grow? Driven by our desire for growth, we count, we analyze, we make charts, and we strategize, but often with few discernible results. That is probably the result of focusing on secondary...
by Dr. Stan DeKoven
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2018
Since the time of The Reformation under Luther, Calvin and others, the church has been in a constant state of reform. In fact, The Reformation did not go back far enough in its search to reform and renew, and the results of this can be seen in the fragmentation of the church in the world today. Unfortunately,...