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Book Synopsis Creating Small Faith Communities by : Arthur R Baranowski
Download or read book Creating Small Faith Communities written by Arthur R Baranowski and published by Samuel French. This book was released on 1993 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A plan for restructuring the parish and renewing Catholic life.
Book Synopsis God's Quad by : Ahern, Kevin; Malano
Download or read book God's Quad written by Ahern, Kevin; Malano and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of the power and potential of Small Christian Communities for Catholic college students, this book offers case studies of best practices and practical tools to create effective communities for young adults, both within and beyond academic settings.
Book Synopsis Small Faith Communities by : Kathleen Barnosky
Download or read book Small Faith Communities written by Kathleen Barnosky and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, who is director of religious education at Nativity Catholic Church in Indianapolis, discusses the process of restructuring the parish into small basic Christian communities. The process included a meeting of interest parishioners, attendance by a team of eight at a workshop presented by Father Arthur Baranowski, formation of a core team, and a plan to slowly build and support small faith communities within the parish.
Book Synopsis Slow Church by : C. Christopher Smith
Download or read book Slow Church written by C. Christopher Smith and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today's fast-food world, Christianity can seem outdated or archaic. The temptation becomes to pick up the pace and play the game. But Chris Smith and John Pattison invites us to leave franchise faith behind and enter the kingdom of God, where people know each other well and love one another as Christ loves the church.
Book Synopsis Small Christian Communities and the Parish by : John Paul Vandenakker
Download or read book Small Christian Communities and the Parish written by John Paul Vandenakker and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1994 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the pastoral and theological implications of North American Small Christian Community programs.
Book Synopsis Small Christian Communities and the Parish by : Vincent Dulock
Download or read book Small Christian Communities and the Parish written by Vincent Dulock and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Small groups are a growing phenomenon in the United States both within and outside the churches. People in these groups are searching for community and spirituality and finding new life. Powerful and effective as these groups are they often fall short of the biblical ideal of "koinonia". The early church grew and prospered because their communities were small and their "communion" and their spirituality werc strong and deep. Catholic parishes today have grown large and impersonal, often lacking in the depth of their community, spirituality and commitment. Is it possible to take advantage of this modern small group phenomenon, expanding and deepening it, and thus revitalizing parish life and ministry, by making the parish into a community of small communities and recapturing some of the vigor of the early church? This thesis attempts to show that, with appropriate adaptations, the "Renew Process" was successful in the Diocese of Las Cruces, New Mexico, in creating vibrant faith communities in the parishes there through the introduction of the small Christian community concept while at the same time avoiding some of the shortcomings of the current small group phenomenon in the United States.
Book Synopsis Gathered in His Name by : Margo Doten
Download or read book Gathered in His Name written by Margo Doten and published by . This book was released on 2006-03-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making Connections is designed specifically for faith communities just getting started. This meeting series provides the tools and exercises necessary to build valuable connections among small group members. This particular guide focuses on helping members get to know themselves and Jesus, as well as their Church—all in an effort to "become Jesus."
Book Synopsis Small Christian Communities Today by : Joseph G. Healey
Download or read book Small Christian Communities Today written by Joseph G. Healey and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can churches in America, modeling the oldest Christian communities, renew themselves form within? They can look to examples of thriving small Christian communities within their own country and throughout the world. This inspiring book shows what is happening now across six continents to give pastors and lay leaders of every denomination encouragement through useable examples from their counterparts around the world.
Book Synopsis Organic Community (ēmersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith) by : Joseph R. Myers
Download or read book Organic Community (ēmersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith) written by Joseph R. Myers and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2007-05-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Community is a fundamental life search and one of the key aspects people look for in a congregation. But community can't be forced, controlled, or easily created. The problem, says Joseph R. Myers, is that churches are too focused on developing programs instead of concentrating on environments where community will spontaneously emerge. Organic Community challenges key leaders to become environmentalists--people who create or shape environments. Outlining nine organizational tools for creating a healthy environment, Myers shows readers how to diagnose their current situation and implement patterns that will develop possibilities for healthy communities.
Download or read book Higher Ground written by Henry Cisneros and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Creating the Future Together by : Loren B. Mead
Download or read book Creating the Future Together written by Loren B. Mead and published by Alban Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Congregations today face a multitude of challenges in trying to adapt to a quickly changing world. Balancing new concerns with core values is a complicated process that can leave too many members feeling that their voices and needs are not being met. Loren B. Mead and Billie T. Alban have developed Creating the Future Together to share their knowledge of how congregations can use large group methods to navigate these new waters. Large group methods involve getting all the stakeholders together to work on major issues of common concern. Mead and Alban outline four such methods--two for identifying a preferred future and two designed to create community and discover common interest. This book is not meant to be a how-to volume; its primary purpose is to familiarize leaders with these whole-system approaches and to provide a conceptual framework for evaluating their potential usefulness against any given challenge. The authors also share stories from a variety of Christian and Jewish faith communities where ordinary religious leaders, lay and clergy together, have faced issues related to change using large group methods. Combining their wealth of experience in leading religious and secular bodies through times of change, Mead and Alban bring hope to faith communities as they work to embrace, and even thrive through, the need for change.
Book Synopsis Small Groups with Purpose by : Steve Gladen
Download or read book Small Groups with Purpose written by Steve Gladen and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past fifteen years, small groups have become a vital way to build community in large churches. Nowhere has this been more apparent than at Saddleback Church. Now Steve Gladen, pastor of small groups at Saddleback, shares the secrets of that ministry's incredible success in creating small groups with purpose. This practical book walks church leaders through the questions they need to answer to develop their own intentional small group strategy. Built around the most commonly asked questions, Small Groups with Purpose outlines the step-by-step process of creating a successful small group ministry. Because it is built upon principles and not methods, this plan can be implemented in any size church. Each chapter ends with a list of questions for readers to answer to help them assess their current situation and their desires for the future. Personal stories, Scripture, and examples ground the discussion and show the system in action. Pastors and small group leaders will find this book instrumental in making small groups work in their churches.
Book Synopsis The Out of Bounds Church? by : Steve Taylor
Download or read book The Out of Bounds Church? written by Steve Taylor and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2010-12-21 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What’s Going on Out There?Author Steve Taylor takes trips to the edge of the church envelope and sends us back what he’s finding inside the emerging church around the globe. From the revival of ancient spiritual practices to the rise of multimedia, each of his posts sketches a view of the body of Christ in wild flux. Topics include: birth; pilgrimage; community; creativity; DJing; and leading and following.
Download or read book Into His Likeness written by Edward Sri and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2018-07-01 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the ancient disciple-rabbi relationship, the disciple would follow the rabbi so closely that he would be covered in the dust kicked up from his rabbi's feet. Thousands of years later, though we walk on roads of pavement and not dust, we are still called to be disciples—to follow our Rabbi, Jesus Christ, so closely that we are covered with his life, changed, and made new. Into His Likeness provides an approachable but in-depth exploration of how to live as a disciple and experience the transformation Jesus wants to work in our lives. We might desire to live more like Christ, but we know we fall short. This book simply helps us follow those initial promptings of the Holy Spirit, so that we may more intentionally encounter Jesus anew each day and be more disposed to his grace changing us ever more into his likeness.
Book Synopsis Effective Small Churches in the Twenty-First Century by : Carl S. Dudley
Download or read book Effective Small Churches in the Twenty-First Century written by Carl S. Dudley and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dudley's work in Making the Small Church Effective (1978) broke new ground in understanding the dynamics of life in the small congregation. In this revised edition, Dudley revisits the small church, posing new questions reflective of the considerable changes that have swept over small churches in the last two decades. Among the most significant recent developments are shifts in institutional loyalty and individual's sense of identity in relation to larger groups and organizations. Dudley explores the key components that contribute to a small congregation's sense of unity and that motivate its members to more faithfully live out their faith.
Book Synopsis Gathered in His Name: For Small Faith Communities: Leader's Guide by : Margo Doten
Download or read book Gathered in His Name: For Small Faith Communities: Leader's Guide written by Margo Doten and published by Franciscan Media. This book was released on 2006-02-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Small faith communities seeking a unique resource for fostering community, growing spiritually and better understanding distinctly Catholic experiences will find what they?re looking for in Gathered in His Name. This series of six-session guides for small groups?sessions such as The Spirit of Vatican II and Great Twentieth-Century Catholics?informs as well as encourages Catholics to embrace their faith and its rich tradition. Each series guide consists of a historical context, spiritual exercises and several ways for small groups to interact and grow together. The Leader's Guide contains all the resource material and information needed to run the six-session small group meetings.
Download or read book Sticky Faith written by Kara Powell and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sticky Faith delivers positive and practical ideas to nurture within your kids a living, loving faith that lasts a lifetime. Research indicates that almost half of high school seniors drift from their faith after graduation. Struck by this staggering statistic, and recognizing its ramifications, the Fuller Youth Institute (FYI) conducted the "College Transition Project" in an effort to identify the relationships and best practices that can set young people on a trajectory of lifelong faith and service. This easy-to-read guide presents both a compelling rationale and a powerful strategy to show parents how to actively encourage their children’s spiritual growth so that it will stick with them into adulthood and empower them to develop a living, lasting faith. Written by Fuller Youth Institute Executive Director Dr. Kara E. Powell and youth expert Chap Clark--authors known for the integrity of their research and the intensity of their passion for young people--Sticky Faith is geared to spark a movement that empowers adults to develop robust and long-term faith in kids of all ages. Further engage your family and church with the Sticky Faith Guide for Your Family, Sticky Faith curriculum, and Sticky Faith youth worker edition. Sticky Faith is also available in Spanish, Cómo criar jóvenes de fe sólida.
