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The Church's Main Purpose
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
Churches and denominations often appear to settle for a primary objective that is less than what the apostles recommended. If we are honest, most church leaders acknowledge that our institutional sense of purpose is inconsistent, at best. In some places the purpose of the church is quite narrowly...
by Verlon Fosner
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2017
Church was not always done the way we do it. There was a time when Christians gathered around tables, included the strangers and the poor, ate together, and talked about Jesus. This form of church occurred mostly during the first three hundred years of Christianity, and was highly effective in bringing...
by Rick Clendenen
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
For many centuries the Christian Church has been divided, split and segregated. This is in deep contrast with Christ’s vision of His Church as described in the Gospel of John, Chapter 17: “I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word; that they...
by Phineas F. Bresee
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2015
1903 was a good year for Phineas Bresee, and also God's people. In this year, his church in Los Angeles moved into a proper facility across town, and also began an aggressive move toward church planting. It was from this year forward that the Church of the Nazarene began to grow into what it was later...
The Necessary Nine
Things Effective Pastors Do Differently
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
Conventional wisdom is that leaders are born, not made. In reality, that is one small piece of the leadership puzzle. The fact is, approximately 10% of church leaders are naturally-gifted leaders who actually don’t need any help. Another 10% of church leaders do not have the capacity to lead nor...
The Changeover Zone
Successful Pastoral Transitions
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
How clergy and congregations can navigate the tricky transition from one pastor to the next.
The Changeover Zone addresses a critical and perennial need in the church: the process of handing the baton of pastoral leadership from one person to the next. Authors Jim Ozier and Jim Griffith offer...
Let the Church be the Church
Facing the Lack of Moral Leadership Accountability in Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
An impassioned call for Christian churches to return to the values of service, love, and grace—and reject the twenty-first century gospel of material prosperity.
The lack of accountability in Christian churches has rendered them powerless to meet the spiritual needs of humanity. America needs...
by Panteleymon Anastasakis
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
Axis forces (Germany, Italy, and Bulgaria) occupied Greece from 1941 to 1944. The unimaginable hardships caused by foreign occupation were compounded by the flight of the government days before enemy forces reached Athens. This national crisis forced the Church of Greece, an institution accustomed...
History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Volume 1 (of 7)
Period 1. History of Joseph Smith, the Prophet
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2014
The events which make up the first volume of the History of the Church moved forward from the back ground of successive dispensations of the Gospel which preceded the Dispensation of the Fullness of Times. That volume covered the period from the birth of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 1805, to the close...
That's My Pew
Resolving Conflict in the African American Church
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2017
There is something insidious running unchecked in the African American church. It threatens relationships, outreach to the community, organizational effectiveness, and the overall church mission. It is unresolved conflict. Dr. Credle’s research is so needed—for clergy, church leaders, members—for...
Moving the Church in 7 STEPs
Strategic, Targeted, Evangelistic, Plans
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2017
Step forward!Moving the Church in 7 STEPs is a commentary and a guide for how the Christian Church, and specifically a single congregation of believers, can move forward without fear and with great courage and boldness to impact the world.The premise is daring—stating that believers...
Feels Like Home
How Rediscovering the Church as Family Changes Everything
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
"What a refreshing book! Imagine a church whose primary emphasis is to make people "feel at home." I wish every young pastor could read this book. Thanks, Lee, for a wonderful reminder of what the church is to be."
-Erwin W. Lutzer, Pastor Emeritus, The Moody Church, Chicago
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by Abraham S. Rajah
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2015
God calls Himself I AM, not I WAS or I WILL BE. The Church must know the God of the now in order to think and do as He would do.
This book discusses in simplicity and depth at least four major areas which are instrumental in the advancement of Gods purpose for the Church today.
Get revelation...
The 49 Purposes of the Christian Church
A Resource Compendia of Evangelical Ministry
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2017
The Christian Church has transformed itself many times since its tenets took root and after the mostly violent deaths of the original apostles. Consequently, the contemporary church may resemble the original intent of its apostolic fathers only slightly and may have subsequently assumed an identity...