Church category: 10276 books
The Forgotten Officer
Restoring the Fullness of God’S Design
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2016
The Bible teaches that the church is the fullness of Christ on earth (Eph. 1:23) and that God is able to do abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within the church (Eph. 3:20). So why are so many people disappointed with their church experiences? Why do so many...
Go to Church, Change the World
Christian Community as Calling
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2012
In a time when many are questioning the relevance of the church to their spiritual journeys, this book makes a bold case that "going to church" is intrinsic to Christian faith. Drawing on Anabaptist life and conviction, Mast presents Christ's call to all believers to be the church, whether gathered...
10 Temptations of Church
Why Churches Decline and What To Do About It
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Church after church faces eventual death while helplessly lamenting its fate. What perversity is at work that causes those who sincerely love the church to become obstacles to growth? Like the apostle Paul, churches don’t always do the things they want, but instead they do the very thing they...
With One Accord in One Place
The Role of Prayer in the Early Church
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2014
Most know that prayer was important to the early church. But few grasp what that should mean for the church today. “The early church was a prayer meeting,” says Armin Gesswein. Using the book of Acts, With One Accord in One Place looks at the role of prayer in the early church and how through...
The Church of Us vs. Them
Freedom from a Faith That Feeds on Making Enemies
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2019
We are living in angry times. No matter where we go, what we watch, or how we communicate, our culture is rife with conflict. Unfortunately, Christians appear to be caught up in the same animosity as the culture at large. We are perceived as angry, judgmental, and defensive, fighting among ourselves...
Rediscovering the Reformation
Learning From the One Church In Its Struggles
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2019
This book will approach the Reformation from the perspective on last year's Spring Harvest theme, 'One in Christ', and therefore look not at how or why the church split, or whether the church should have split, but from the perspective that the church cannot split because it is Christ's one body....
The Great Beyond
Restoring women to their God-given role in the church
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2018
Society is waking up to the notion that equality between the sexes extends beyond words and into action. This means equal pay for doing the same job regardless of gender. It means equal opportunities to study and progress in any career regardless of any preconceptions concerning whether the job is...
by Albert O. Aina
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2018
God called me with three mandates. One of them was to: "Give Youths a sense of purpose and achievement." As at the time of this writing, I have been involved in Teens and Youths ministry for thirty three (33) years.
I started out in 1982 as Assistant Secretary/ Librarian, Student...
by W. T. Marchant
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2014
It might seem like an unlikely combination, but, historically, the theme of beer is intrinsic to some ecclesiastical aspects and can be most obviously observed in christian hymns. Compiled by an expert in the field, this antique text constitutes a detailed treatise on this subject, isolating and analysing...
by Given O. Blakely
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
In the last decade (2007-2017) there has been a significant reduction in the number and caliber of churches in the United States Christian community. Also, the modern church bears little resemblance to the church that is reported in the Acts of the Apostles. This book is an effort to account for this...
Securing the Sacred
Making Your House of Worship a Safer Place
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016
Your Church Security Handbook
Crimes against churches and ministers are rising at an alarming rate. Almost on a weekly basis, we read or hear about a shooting or act of violence in or on a church property. From burglary, to domestic violence to shootings, churches are getting a wake up call...
by JEAN TSHIBANGU
Language: French
Release Date: July 20, 2018
Language: French
Release Date: July 20, 2018
The explosion of spiritual activism and exponential rise of occultism that dominate the end times as a source of power, cause believers to plunge in the gentle descent into the hell. The image that some have of the church because of what they have lived near or far away causes priceless damage in...
by JEAN TSHIBANGU
Language: French
Release Date: July 20, 2018
Language: French
Release Date: July 20, 2018
The explosion of spiritual activism and exponential rise of occultism that dominate the end times as a source of power, cause believers to plunge in the gentle descent into the hell. The image that some have of the church because of what they have lived near or far away causes priceless damage in...
Go and Be Reconciled
Alabama Methodists Confront Racial Injustice, 1954-1974
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
During the climactic years of the civil rights movement in the Deep South, a closely related struggle was going on within the United Methodist Church. That denomination, second only in membership in the region to the Southern Baptists, was slowly moving toward integration under mandate from its national...