Church category: 10276 books
How Your Church Family Works
Understanding Congregations as Emotional Systems
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2006
Drawing on the work of Bowen, Friedman, and his own many years' counseling experience, Peter Steinke shows how to recognize and deal with the emotional roots of such issues as church conflict, leadership roles, congregational change, irresponsible behavior, and the effect of family of origin on current...
by David Alley
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2014
In Churches the world over, there is now a growing movement of people saying that Apostles are back. This booklet discusses 20 ideas and essential things to know about Apostles in the Church Today. This booklet is essential for church leaders, and people in churches with leaders who are Apostles,...
Governing in Faith
Foundations for Formation
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2014
"Recent years have seen significant changes in the various institutions sponsored and operated by the Catholic Church. Probably one of the most important of these is the fact that the governance of these institutions works of education, health care, aged care, and social services is now in the hands...
by Michael Reeves, Tim Chester
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2016
Does the Reformation Still Matter?
In 1517, a German monk nailed a poster to the door of a church, disputing key doctrines taught by the Roman Catholic Church in that day. This moment set in motion a movement that changed the entire trajectory of church history. But do the Reformers still have...
Insourcing
Bringing Discipleship Back to the Local Church
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
Too many of today’s pastors and leaders mistakenly think that thriving programs, lively worship services, and relevant preaching are adequate for developing people into the spiritual dynamos God desires. In many churches, the primary objective of the church—personally discipling individuals into...
Organizing Church
Grassroots Practices for Embodying Change in Your Congregation, Your Community, and Our World
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
The 21st century is the age of community organizing, from rallies in the streets to online movements for change. What if congregations embraced community organizing? Organizing Church offers a unique perspective that blends proven principles of community organizing and research on socially active...
Saint William Church, Durant
A Centennial History
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2012
Influx into the Choctaw Nation in the late nineteenth century included the development of a town that began when a wheel-less boxcar was left beside the KATY railroad tracks. That town is Durant. The Catholic Church received a visible, permanent status in Durant with the establishment of Saint Catherines...
by Ron Crandall
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Since its publication in 1995, Ron Crandall’s Turnaround Strategies for the Small Church has become required reading for anyone striving to revitalize the ministry of a small membership congregation. That book was built on extensive interviews and studies conducted in dozens of small membership churches,...
Staff Your Church for Growth
Building Team Ministry in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2000
Why, when, and how should a church add to its professional staff? Here is a practical manual dealing with the issues of hiring and utilizing multiple staff positions to encourage church growth.
Exponential
How You and Your Friends Can Start a Missional Church Movement
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Jesus challenges us to heal the hurting, feed the hungry, include the lonely, and help people find their way back to God. Most people listen to the missional challenge of Jesus as if it were a good motivational talk—something to inspire us, but not something we can actually achieve. Others hear...
The Big Idea
Focus the Message---Multiply the Impact
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009
Community Christian Church embraced the Big Idea and everything changed. They decided to avoid the common mistake of bombarding people with so many “little ideas” that they suffered overload. They also recognized that leaders often don’t insist that the truth be lived out to accomplish Jesus’...
Breakout Churches
Discover How to Make the Leap
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009
Breakout Churches Can Your Church Become One?This is the story of thirteen churches and the leaders who moved them from stagnancy to growth and from mediocrity to greatness. Drawing on one of the most comprehensive studies ever on the church, this book reveals the process of becoming a “breakout”...
by Dr. Lynn Anderson Dr.
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Anderson, a well-known author, minister, and leader, shows how the church can manage cultural change without compromising eternal truths.
How can your church manage cultural change without compromising eternal truths? Many churches are currently grappling with this question, and this important...
Church Mergers
A Guidebook for Missional Change
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2016
Church Mergers offers churches of all sizes and traditions practical advice on how to merge successfully. Authors Thomas G. Bandy and Page M. Brooks draw on decades of experience to illustrate why and how missional mergers are possible.
Church Mergers guides congregational leaders and regional planners...