Church category: 10276 books
by James Leo Garrett, Jr., Paul F.M. Zahl
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2004
Perspectives on Church Government presents in counterpoint form the basic models of church government which have developed over the course of church history with a view toward determining which is most faithful to Scripture. Each chapter will be written by a prominent person from within each tradition—with...
A World Ablaze
The Rise of Martin Luther and the Birth of the Reformation
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
October 2017 marks five hundred years since Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the church door in Wittenberg and launched the Protestant Reformation. At least, that's what the legend says. But with a figure like Martin Luther, who looms so large in the historical imagination, it's hard to separate...
by Edward Burton
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018
Edward Burton's History of the Christian Church in the First Century is a fascinating history of the early Church, the Apostles, and the spread of Christianity.
Only the Gospel is Revolutionary
The Church in the Reform of Pope Francis
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2018
From the beginning of Pope Francis’s pontificate, Cardinal Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga has been at the center of the Holy Father’s efforts to reform the Roman Curia and the church. This is clear in his role as moderator of the council of nine cardinals from around the world entrusted with the...
InnovateChurch
Innovative Leadership for the Next Generation Church
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
Based on a new ministry conference and Web initiative of the same name, innovatechurch gathers expert advice from a who’s-who of next generation church leaders keenly determined to uphold never-changing truth in an
ever-changing world.These eight esteemed contributors write two chapters each...
by Nathan Bangs
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2014
This is volume three of four from Nathan Bangs' history of the Methodist Church. Bangs is considered by many to be one of the foremost historians in modern times, and his portrayal of church history is among the best ever written.
From the author's preface:
The following history has...
Love Into Light
The Gospel, the Homosexual and the Church
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013
Homosexuality is one of most controversial moral issues of our day. Headlines teem with stories of athletes’“coming out,” politicians changing positions and courts handing down same-sex marriage rulings. Sadly the church has often been afraid to talk about homosexuality. Many Christians feel...
by Susannah Cornwall
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
There is a huge need for churches to be more inclusive – some might be more inclusive in some areas than others (both in attitude and resources), but on the whole this is a massive failing of churches. Most church leaders recognise this failing but lack the resources and understanding to effect...
by Michael Prokurat, Michael D. Peterson, Alexander Golitzin
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2010
Of the three major branches of Christianity, Orthodoxy is the least known and most misunderstood. The A to Z of the Orthodox Church provides students, researchers, and specialists with a desk encyclopedia of the theology and theologians, saints, sinners, places and events of the Eastern Church. Two...
by Malcolm McCall
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2018
Modern Church History: whole libraries could be filled with published books on this subject. Yet this present volume has a distinctive feature: it is written from an African perspective. It may indeed be the first book written on this subject explicitly from this perspective. And for the author, it...
Immanuel Baptist Church
100 Years of Serving God and Serving Man
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
For one hundred years, Immanuel Baptist Church has been a beacon of truth and hope to the community of Shawnee and to the world. This book tells the story of the church for a century, its leaders, programs, accomplishments, and challenges, and how, amid a rapidly changing world, it never faltered in its faithfulness to God and His Word.
The Original Bishops
Office and Order in the First Christian Communities
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
This work provides a new starting point for studying the origins of church offices. Alistair Stewart, a leading authority on early Christianity and a meticulous scholar, provides essential groundwork for historical and theological discussions. Stewart refutes a long-held consensus that church offices...
by William MacDonald
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008
What should the church be like? Is there an obvious, consistent picture of the church in the Bible? Was that kind of congregation intended as the pattern for generations of Christians following? Can it be lived two thousand years later? The author answers, "yes, yes, yes, yes." This is not a theoretical...
Complete Christian Religion Health Living
Science and Health With Key to the Scriptures,No and Yes,People's Idea of God Its Effect On Health And Christianity,Pulpit and Press, Retrospection and Introspection,Rudimental Divine Science,Unity of Good, Manual of the Mother Church
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2014
Mary Baker Eddy (July 16, 1821 – December 3, 1910) was the founder of Christian Science (1879), a system of religious thought and practice adopted by the Church of Christ, Scientist. She is the author of the movement's textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, and founded the Christian...