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Book Synopsis Confident Witness--changing World by : Craig Van Gelder
Download or read book Confident Witness--changing World written by Craig Van Gelder and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Confident Witness -- Changing World, twenty-two scholars and skilled ministry practitioners explore this complex question not only theoretically but also in practical terms immediately useful to pastors and church leaders.
Book Synopsis Living Gently in a Violent World by : Jean Vanier
Download or read book Living Gently in a Violent World written by Jean Vanier and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-06-21 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How are Christians to live in a violent and wounded world? Rather than contending for privilege by wielding power and authority, we can witness prophetically from a position of weakness. The church has much to learn from an often overlooked community--those with disabilities. In this fascinating book, theologian Stanley Hauer was collaborates wi...
Book Synopsis The Mission of Today's Church by : R. Stanton Norman
Download or read book The Mission of Today's Church written by R. Stanton Norman and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2007 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mission of Today's Church is a compelling collection of twelve essays from current Baptist leaders addressing three major questions: (1) What does it mean to be a Christian today on individual, group, and societal levels? (2) How can Southern Baptists best work together? and (3) What is next for the Southern Baptist denomination? Those addressing these key topics in-depth include Stan Norman ("Together We Grow: Congregational Polity as a Form of Corporate Sanctification"), Ed Stetzer ("The Missional Nature of the Church"), and Daniel Akin ("Ten Mandates for Southern Baptists"). Among the many other contributors are Chad Brand, Charles Kelley, and Jim Richards.
Book Synopsis Faithful Witness in a Fractured World by : Dr. Nicole L. Johnson
Download or read book Faithful Witness in a Fractured World written by Dr. Nicole L. Johnson and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2019-09-11 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christians have always looked to models within the Christian faith to guide their lives. At a time when the church is more identifiable by ugly partisan politics--what we call "crappy Christianity"--than by compassionate neighbor love, this book highlights the lives and work of seven individuals who are pursuing their Christian calling in humility and profound love for and service to others, this book highlights the lives and work of seven individuals who are pursuing their Christian calling in humility and profound love for and service to others. Their commitments have led to vocations in working with homeless women, employing refugees, lobbying on Capitol Hill for environmental protection, healing trauma in urban communities, peacemaking in Israel-Palestine, advocating for immigrants, and walking alongside people in addiction recovery. Their individual and collective witness offer compelling examples of authentic Christian life, which is marked in part by active, embodied faith in pursuit of the common good; a broad and inclusive love for all people; rightly ordered political identities and loyalties; and a commitment to work toward holistic redemption of both people and the systems that constitute our life together. In contrast to much of contemporary American Christianity, these models of faith demonstrate that Christians should focus much more on what we are for rather than what we are against.
Book Synopsis Practicing Witness by : Benjamin T. Conner
Download or read book Practicing Witness written by Benjamin T. Conner and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2011-07-06 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How might a church infused with missional theology change the way it approaches Christian practices? Interacting both with the missional theology of George Hunsberger and Darrell Guder and with the theology of Christian practices laid out by Craig Dykstra and Dorothy Bass, Benjamin T. Conner argues that allowing these two disciplines to inform one another can enhance the nature of the church s witness, its congregational discipleship, and its theological education. Framing his work with real-world narratives and applications inspired by his work as a minister to adolescents with special needs, Conner shows how a practical missional mindset can redefine and reinvigorate the spirit and purpose of a congregation.
Book Synopsis Converting Witness by : John G. Flett
Download or read book Converting Witness written by John G. Flett and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-06-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building on the work and legacy of Darrell L. Guder, Converting Witness: The Future of Christian Mission in the New Millennium, explores key questions and new possibilities in missiology in light of the world Christian context. The conversation around missional theology and the missional church has examined the gap between theology and mission with the intent of fostering renewal within North American Christianity. But this can only fully occur in relation to the reality of world Christianities and the framing significance of global cultural diversity. Many of the classic categories and methods—such as church planting, catholicity, and even the term “world Christianity” itself—are in need of fresh examination and thoughtful analysis. The contributors to this volume address a range of important missiological topics, including globalization, interfaith dialogue, integral mission, intercultural hermeneutics, and church practices.
Book Synopsis The Holy Spirit in Mission by : Gary Tyra
Download or read book The Holy Spirit in Mission written by Gary Tyra and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2011-10-19 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The church has been called to participate in God's mission in the world. But without a robust, biblical sense of the Spirit's action, how can we be sure we're fulfilling that call? In this innovative work of missional pneumatology, Gary Tyra synthesizes charismatic and evangelical perspectives to flesh out the nature and purpose of the church's preaching, proclamation and service.
Book Synopsis Cultivating an Evangelistic Character by : Christopher James Schoon
Download or read book Cultivating an Evangelistic Character written by Christopher James Schoon and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This project explores the relationship between worship, discipleship, and evangelism within the missional church movement. Engaging contributions from liturgical theology, Christian ethics, and post-Christendom evangelism, the book proposes a missional approach to worship that, when integrated with a praxis-oriented discipleship, cultivates Jesus’ character among God’s people. Along the way, the project attends to the Holy Spirit’s transformative presence, the liturgical rhythms of remembering and anticipating, and the practices of hospitality and compassion. In the end, Cultivating an Evangelistic Character contends that the Spirit works through the integration of worship and discipleship to form God’s people. In other words, God’s people become evangelistic, or as Newbigin said, “the hermeneutic of the gospel.”
Book Synopsis Models of Contextual Theology by : Stephen B. Bevans
Download or read book Models of Contextual Theology written by Stephen B. Bevans and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen B Bevans's Models of Contextual Theology has become a staple in courses on theological method and as a handbook used by missioners and other Christians concerned with the Christian tradition's understanding of itself in relation to culture. First published in 1992 and now in its seventh printing in English, with translations underway into Spanish, Korean, and Indonesian, Bevans's book is a judicious examination of what the terms "contextual theology" and "to contextualize" mean. In the revised and expanded edition, Bevans adds a "counter-cultural" model to the five presented in the first edition -- the translation, the anthropological, the praxis, the synthetic, and the transcendental model. This means that readers will be introduced to the way in which figures such as Stanley Hauerwas, John Milbank, Lesslie Newbigin, "and (occasionally) Pope John Paul II" need to be taken into account. The author's revisions also incorporate suggestions made by reviewers to enhance the clarity of the original three chapters on the nature of contextual theology and the five models.
Book Synopsis The Essence of the Church by : Craig Van Gelder
Download or read book The Essence of the Church written by Craig Van Gelder and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2000-05-01 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fresh perspective on the church explores its essential nature as a community of people governed by the Word and led and taught by the Spirit.
Book Synopsis Planting Missional Churches by : Ed Stetzer
Download or read book Planting Missional Churches written by Ed Stetzer and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2016-05-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Planting a church is one of the most exciting adventures you’ll ever embark on. It’s also one of the hardest. It requires initiative, leadership, strategy, systems, and a lot of prayer. In this second edition of Planting Missional Churches, not only will you find a completely redesigned book with new content in every single chapter, but you will also find several new chapters on topics such as church multiplication, residencies, multi-ethnic ministry, multisite, denominations and networks, and spiritual leadership. So if you’re planting a church, be prepared. Use this book as a guide to build the needed ministry areas so that you can multiply over and over again. For additional resources visit www.newchurches.com/PMC.
Download or read book Postmodernism written by Bobby Brewer and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-11 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like most people, when I first heard about postmodernism, I thought it was absolutely the most ridiculous and ludicrous worldview I had ever encountered. Initially, it sounded like just another meaningless mind game hatched by some intellectual types hidden away in an ivory tower somewhere. However, I've quickly learned that postmodernism is a reaction to the most profound spiritual and philisophical crises of our time and very indicative of the spiritual status of contemporary North America. After discovering the implications of a postmodern worldview, I was frustrated to discover that the vast majority of ministry resources, especially in the areas of church growth and evangelism were not geared towards reaching a postmodern culture. During this same period, over a burger and fries, some teen-agers from my church asked me, "What exactly is postmodernism and what should we be doing about it?" Minus the cheeseburger and fries, this book answers these two pertinent questions.
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Book Synopsis Journey to Confidence by : Kimberly Sowell
Download or read book Journey to Confidence written by Kimberly Sowell and published by New Hope Publishers. This book was released on 2013-09-19 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We know that people need Jesus. So what keeps us from sharing the news about Christ with others? Whatever it is that’s holding you back, Journey to Confidence will help you see past the barrier and begin to share with confidence. Author Kimberly Sowell will help you redefine witnessing and soon have you on a journey toward confidence so that your testimony reflects a lifestyle and not an event. She will remind you that God strategically places lost people in our paths so that we may take part in His purpose of bringing them to salvation. Through six chapters, she will encourage and show you how to pray for boldness, opportunities, and words of wisdom. Practical advice and thoughtful exercises will help you to overcome fears that may have kept you from sharing your faith. Journey to Confidence will help you understand that when you speak of Christ, you are simply sharing what you have learned to be true. A living testimony, you are a firsthand witness to all that God has done in your life. Through this knowledge, He will guide you to overcome your fears. Begin your journey toward confidence and become a woman who shares Christ with others.
Book Synopsis Mission after Pentecost (Mission in Global Community) by : Amos Yong
Download or read book Mission after Pentecost (Mission in Global Community) written by Amos Yong and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing Pentecostal theology into the Bible and mission conversation, Amos Yong identifies the role of the divine spirit in God's mission to redeem the world. As he works through the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, Yong emphasizes the global missiological imperative: "People of all nations reaching out to people of all nations." Sidebars include voices from around the globe who help the author put the biblical text into conversation with twenty-first-century questions, offering the church a fresh understanding of its mission and how to pursue it in the decades to come.
Book Synopsis T. F. Torrance as Missional Theologian by : Joseph H. Sherrard
Download or read book T. F. Torrance as Missional Theologian written by Joseph H. Sherrard and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christ has ascended. Yet his work continues. Much has been made of a "missional" view of the church in recent theological literature, but largely overlooked in this discussion has been the contribution that T. F. Torrance, the late Church of Scotland minister and theologian, can make to this discussion. Addressing this lacuna, theologian and pastor Joseph Sherrard considers how Torrance's theology can inform the church's understanding of its ministry and mission—in particular, his appeal to the church's participation in the ascended Christ's threefold office as king, prophet, and priest. Through the ministry of the church, Christ is still at work. Featuring new monographs with cutting-edge research, New Explorations in Theology provides a platform for constructive, creative work in the areas of systematic, historical, philosophical, biblical, and practical theology.
Book Synopsis Wasted Evangelism by : Chip M. Anderson
Download or read book Wasted Evangelism written by Chip M. Anderson and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2013-10-04 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What is the relationship between the gospel and the church's responsibility toward the poor? Can social action be evangelism? Wasted Evangelism is an exploration in the Gospel of Mark on the subject of evangelism and social action. A proclamation-centered definition of ""evangelism"" based on the etymology of the word ""evangelize"" and a few isolated proof-texts is devoid of much of the biblical content that Mark offers to us through his Gospel, detaching the concept of evangelism from the narrative meaning that Mark gives to the gospel of Jesus Christ. In Wasted Evangelism Chip Anderson develops an exegetically based, narrative understanding of biblical evangelism, which, according to Mark's Gospel, includes God's care for the economically vulnerable and his concern for the issues of poverty. The studies gathered in this volume propose that social action should not be considered a separate, distinct responsibility for the church, but is rather vital a component of evangelism. A close examination of Mark's Gospel and the biblical texts associated with idolatry, poverty, and justice provides an opportunity for church leadership to rethink the evangelistic activities of their churches and to reconsider what it means to engage their surrounding communities as agents of God's kingdom. "
