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Book Synopsis Diagnosing the Heart of Your Church by : Mark Barnard
Download or read book Diagnosing the Heart of Your Church written by Mark Barnard and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-08-17 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diagnosing the Heart of Your Church equips you to explore the systemic health of your church. It alerts you to areas of church life that need strengthening. It helps you recognize if you simply have a problem in one area or if an unseen infection has spread through your church body. It's designed to help you ask the right questions, questions leaders need to discuss candidly. Most importantly, it offers you a tool to assess your congregation's true health.What does assessing "systemic corporate dysfunction" mean? It means looking beyond the apparent condition of your church. "Systemic" functioning relates to spiritual and relational dynamics that operate behind the scenes (and have operated historically) in the body of a church. Many pastors and ministry leaders ignore the ramifications of such underlying spiritual and relational issues. This grave oversight (or perhaps better, "under-sight") always proves costly. The Church Cardiology Series of books seeks to improve the corporate health of churches and ministries. Other titles in the series include, Healing the Heart of Your Church by Dr. Kenneth Quick, Sustaining the Heart of Your Church by Mark Barnard and the Healing the Heart of Your Church Facilitator's Guide and Participant Workbooks by Mark Barnard and Dr. Kenneth Quick.Rev. Mark Barnard serves as President of Blessing Point Ministries. Blessing Point works to heal ministries that have been wounded by painful crises. Mark has a BA in Bible and an MA in Pastoral Studies. He authored The Path of Revival: Restoring Our Nation One Church at a Time, and Joseph Unrobed: Holding on to Your Dreams When Life Seems Like a Nightmare. He coauthored The Eighth Letter: Jesus Still Speaks. Mark previously served in a variety of pastoral and teaching roles. He and his wife, Jeannie, reside in Peachtree City, GA.
Book Synopsis The Heart of Anger by : Christopher Ash
Download or read book The Heart of Anger written by Christopher Ash and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How should Christians understand anger, evaluate it, and respond for good? We all struggle with anger at times: Our plans suddenly fall through, we lose a prized possession, or our reputation is called into question. More often than not, when anger knocks at the doors of our hearts we easily allow it to take over. But what if getting to the heart of our anger also reveals the way to transform it? Christopher Ash and Steve Midgley address this question by bringing to bear what the whole Bible has to say about sinful anger—revealing that anger is the sinful response when something we value more than God is taken away or threatened. They reflect on biblical portraits of human anger, God's righteous anger, and how only the gospel of Jesus Christ brings true freedom—transforming a heart of anger into a heart filled with the love of God.
Book Synopsis Healing the Heart of Your Church by : Kenneth Quick
Download or read book Healing the Heart of Your Church written by Kenneth Quick and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like an X-ray machine, Healing the Heart of Your Church helps ministries identify and address "root" causes of ministry frustration, providing a biblically-based, systemic approach to "body" problems. Newly revised, this Second Edition adds insights gleaned over fifteen years of working alongside ministries who experienced the Healing the Heart of Your Church process. In it, you will:� Make sense of why there is (and has been) so much pain in your ministry� Discover how Jesus uses corporate pain to speak to us and get us to listen� Learn His way to heal and rebuild damaged or broken trust in leadership� Bring lasting reconciliation and peace to your ministry� Experience new hope for spiritual revitalization and for fulfilling the purpose for which your ministry existsThe Church Cardiology Series of books seeks to improve the corporate health of churches and ministries. Other titles in the series include Diagnosing the Heart of Your Church and Sustaining the Heart of Your Church, by Mark Barnard and the Healing the Heart of Your Church Facilitator's Guide and Participant Workbooks by Mark Barnard and Ken Quick.Dr. Kenneth Quick is Professor Emeritus of Practical Theology at Capital Seminary and Graduate School in Greenbelt, Maryland, an arm of Lancaster Bible College. Previously, Ken was a Senior Pastor for 23 years. He earned Doctor of Ministry degrees in both Communication and in Marriage and Family Therapy. Ken also authored, Body Aches: The Experience of and Response to God's Discipline of your Church; Living for the Kingdom: Eternal Significance as a Motivation for Christian Living; and co-authored The Eighth Letter: Jesus Still Speaks. Ken serves as Director of Consulting for Blessing Point Ministries. He and his wife, Diane, reside in Columbia, Maryland.
Book Synopsis Sustaining the Heart of Your Church by : Mark Barnard
Download or read book Sustaining the Heart of Your Church written by Mark Barnard and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-08-18 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like physical therapy after a major surgery, Sustaining the Heart of Your Church is designed to help your ministry navigate the recovery period that follows corporate healing. During the recovery period, your church will face tests that challenge you to respond in ways that reflect a new spiritual trajectory. This books aims to further your church's transition to a healthier, more fruitful ministry. Sustaining the Heart of Your Church: - Provides guidance for transforming the relational values of your church. - Prepares you for predictable threats to your church's new found health. - Provides group exercises for ministry leaders to shore up your church's corporate health. - Encourages personal growth in your church's leaders. - Explores how to hear from the Lord - as a body. The Church Cardiology Series of books seeks to improve the corporate health of churches and ministries. Other titles in the series include, Healing the Heart of Your Church by Dr. Kenneth Quick, Diagnosing the Heart of Your Church by Mark Barnard and the Healing the Heart of Your Church Facilitator's Guide and Participant Workbook by Mark Barnard and Dr. Kenneth Quick. Rev. Mark Barnard serves as President of Blessing Point Ministries. Blessing Point's primary work focuses on healing ministries with painful histories. Mark has a BA in Bible and an MA in Pastoral Studies. He authored The Path of Revival: Restoring Our Nation One Church at a Time and Joseph Unrobed: Holding on to Your Dreams When Life Seems Like a Nightmare. He coauthored The Eighth Letter: Jesus Still Speaks. Mark previously served in a variety of pastoral and teaching roles. He and his wife Jeannie reside in Peachtree City, GA.
Book Synopsis Becoming a Healthy Church by : Stephen A. Macchia
Download or read book Becoming a Healthy Church written by Stephen A. Macchia and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2003-11 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A healthy church is possible. Here are ten traits to help you diagnose the state of your church and start it down the path to improvement.
Book Synopsis The Heart of a Great Pastor by : H. B. London
Download or read book The Heart of a Great Pastor written by H. B. London and published by Gospel Light Publications. This book was released on 2006-09-05 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Heart of a Great Pastor salutes pastors everywhere – those wanting to take a fresh look at their ministries, as well as those just starting out. As the baton is passed to the “new breed of pastors,” there is a great need to help them count the cost of serving Christ and equip them with the tools, wisdom and encouragement from those who have gone before them. H.B. London, Jr., and Neil B.Wiseman bring their experiences and heart to pastors for such a task. To the “new breed,” they ask: Do you have a mentor? Have you examined your unique call and place in society? Do you have buy-in from your spouse and children? Do you spend as much time in the Word and study as you do in the entrepreneurial pursuits of your ministry? Do you genuinely love people? Do you really understand how invested God is in you and how important it is for you to make it? Here is help for young pastors and their mentors to stay strong personally while taking churches to the edge of creative, imaginative newness for Christ while remaining safely anchored to the abiding and adventuresome gospel.
Book Synopsis Ten Questions to Diagnose Your Spiritual Health by : Donald S. Whitney
Download or read book Ten Questions to Diagnose Your Spiritual Health written by Donald S. Whitney and published by NavPress. This book was released on 2021-07 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do I know if I'm growing spiritually? In the distractions of daily life, it can be hard to evaluate how we are doing spiritually. But monitoring the pulse of your spiritual health is just as important as monitoring your mental and physical health. No matter where you are in your walk with Christ, bestselling author Don Whitney makes it easy to do a self-check on your spiritual wellbeing. Quickly evaluate your spiritual state by asking yourself these 10 convicting diagnostic questions: Do I thirst for God? Do I still grieve over sin? Am I a quicker forgiver? Am I more loving? Am I sensitive to God's presence? Am I concerned for others? Am I governed by God's Word? Do I delight in the church? Are the spiritual disciplines important to me? Do I yearn for heaven and to be with Jesus? By bringing the lofty idea of "sanctification" into a helpful and convicting spotlight, this concise and insightful book will transform your spiritual life. Now with a new discussion guide for group or personal use to help you dive deeper into each question. "Don Whitney's spiritual feet are blessedly cemented in the wisdom of the Bible. This is as beneficial as it is solid." --J. I. Packer, author and theologian
Download or read book Churches That Heal written by Doug Murren and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why should churches heal? Does your church touch the lives of broken people and bring healing to their hearts? How does a church become that healing force that glorifies God and impacts whole communities? In a desperately hurting world full of toxic relationships, crippled values, and mutilated morality, lives are crying out for real healing—not drug-induced solutions, not psychobabble Band-Aids, but authentic answers that heal the heart, soul, mind, and strength. Doug Murren, in this insightful, inspiring, and instructive book, reveals why and how you can become a healing force in your neighborhood, community, and the world.
Book Synopsis When Narcissism Comes to Church by : Chuck DeGroat
Download or read book When Narcissism Comes to Church written by Chuck DeGroat and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christian Book Award® program Outreach Resource of the Year Why does narcissism seem to thrive in our churches? We've seen the news stories. Maybe we ourselves have been hurt by a narcissistic church leader. But what is narcissism, really? And how does it infiltrate the church? Chuck DeGroat has been counseling pastors with narcissistic personality disorder, as well as those wounded by narcissistic leaders and systems, for over twenty years. He knows firsthand the devastation narcissism leaves in its wake and how insidious and painful it is. In When Narcissism Comes to Church, DeGroat takes a close look at narcissism, not only in ministry leaders but also in church systems. He offers compassion and hope for those affected by its destructive power and imparts wise counsel for churches looking to heal from its systemic effects. DeGroat also offers hope for narcissists themselves—not by any shortcut, but by the long, slow road of genuine recovery through repentance and trust in the gospel of Jesus.
Book Synopsis Your Church Can Grow by : C. Peter Wagner
Download or read book Your Church Can Grow written by C. Peter Wagner and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2001-01-11 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is your church healthy and growing or stagnant and dying? If your church is afflicted with remnant theology, spiritual naval gazing, pastoral timidity, hyper-cooperativism, or terminal ethnikitis, changes are it's already dying on the vine. On the other hand, if your church is growing it's probably ad healthy church. "Healthy churches, like healthy people," says the author, "exhibit certain vital signs." Wagner has his own list of 7 "signs" that lead can be taken as leading to good health and gives many illustrations of churches that exhibit and/or don't exhibit those signs. - Back cover.
Book Synopsis What If I Don't Feel Like Going to Church? by : David Gundersen
Download or read book What If I Don't Feel Like Going to Church? written by David Gundersen and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2020-06-05 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many new believers have questions about what it means to live as a Christian in the context of a local church, and pastors are looking for resources to pass along to their congregations to help them think biblically about the Christian life. 9Marks Church Questions is a series that seeks to provide ordinary Christians with sound and accessible biblical teaching by answering common questions Christians have about church life. Each volume offers biblical answers and practical applications with the goal of nurturing healthy church practice and commitment. This booklet motivates Christians to still go to church even when they feel like it will be unsatisfying, unhelpful, or just plain awkward by helping them discern their feelings, ask for help, and rediscover the power of being present at their church's gathering.
Book Synopsis Equipping Biblical Counselors by : Bob Kellemen
Download or read book Equipping Biblical Counselors written by Bob Kellemen and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2022-06-14 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Equipping the body of Christ for personal ministry has been Bob’s life work. This practical, step-by-step manual is the mature fruit of that lifelong commitment.” —Paul David Tripp, author of Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hand Behind every spiritually fit church are leaders in the constant process of preparing other members to become counselors who nurture “one-another ministry.” But the success of this mission requires a practical, results-driven process for training the next generation to serve. In Equipping Biblical Counselors, pastor and counselor Bob Kellemen shares a proven strategy for envisioning, enlisting, equipping, and empowering new Christian counselors—a practical four-step process he has spent decades refining. With this book, Dr. Kellemen humbly comes alongside church leaders to help them assess their congregation’s strengths and weaknesses shepherd new leaders with confidence and wisdom encourage the consistent spiritual growth God longs to see in his followers Invest where it matters most! Equipping Biblical Counselors reveals the steps ministry leaders can take to fulfill the calling in Ephesians 4:11-16 to embolden the body of Christ to continue changing lives with his unchanging truth.
Book Synopsis Practicing the Power by : Sam Storms
Download or read book Practicing the Power written by Sam Storms and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bible teaches us that we are to be filled with God's Spirit and that God's presence and grace is manifested among his people as they serve, love, and minister to one another. Yet some of the gifts that God offers to his people aren't commonly seen in many churches today. Gifts of prophecy, healing, tongues, and other supernatural gifts of God seem to be absent, and many Christians are unsure how to cultivate an atmosphere where God's Spirit can work while remaining committed to the foundational truth of God's Word. How can Christians pursue and implement the miraculous gifts of the Spirit without falling into fanatical excess and splitting the church in the process? In Practicing the Power, pastor and author Sam Storms offers practical steps to understanding and exercising spiritual gifts in a way that remains grounded in the word and centered in the gospel. With examples drawn from his forty years of ministry as a pastor and teachers, Storms offers a guidebook that can help pastors, elders, and church members understand what changes are needed to see God move in supernatural power and to guard against excess and abuse of the spiritual gifts. If you long to see God's Spirit move in your church and life, and aren't sure why that isn't happening or where to begin, this book is for you.
Book Synopsis With All Your Heart by : A. Craig Troxel
Download or read book With All Your Heart written by A. Craig Troxel and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Here is a book to be welcomed enthusiastically, to be read carefully, and to be returned to frequently.” –Sinclair B. Ferguson In our world, we use the word heart to refer to our emotions. But the Bible uses the word heart to refer to the governing center of life. We need to grasp the true meaning of the heart in order to better understand ourselves, our sin, and our need for redemption. As we rediscover the heart as the source of all our thoughts, fears, words, and actions, we will discover principles and practices for orienting our hearts to truly love and obey God with all that we are.
Book Synopsis Take Your Church's Pulse by : Tim Koster
Download or read book Take Your Church's Pulse written by Tim Koster and published by Multiplication Network Ministries. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take Your Church's Pulse presents ten vital signs of a healthy church--five key commitments and five key functions. It then introduce you to a church-health diagnostic tool you can apply to your setting. Thousands of pastors and leaders around the world have found this paradigm helpful in organizing the ministry and mission of the local church. This book and the free diagnostic tool it presents are most useful if accompanied by a healthy process of conversations. With such a process, led by the Spirit, this book can help you discern a preferred future for your community of faith. Koster and Wagenveld write: "A healthy community of faith is rooted first of all in the character and nature of God. It understands its mission and purpose in the world and organizes its life and work to be faithful and effective in its context. None of these vital signs stands alone. It is a combination of factors that together make up a faithful and fruitful organism, the living Church of our Lord Jesus Christ. There is no magic in the number ten, but for the teaching purposes it has worked quite well in different cultural contexts in providing ideas and a language for discussing important issues in congregational life and mission." The intended audience for this book is any pastor, leader, or church member who is interest in having healthy conversations with others to strengthen the local church.
Book Synopsis The Treatise on Religious Affections by : Jonathan Edwards
Download or read book The Treatise on Religious Affections written by Jonathan Edwards and published by . This book was released on 1824 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Church Called Tov by : Scot McKnight
Download or read book A Church Called Tov written by Scot McKnight and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Scot and Laura do an amazing job of teaching us what a good church looks like.” —Beth Moore What is the way forward for the church? Tragically, in recent years, Christians have gotten used to revelations of abuses of many kinds in our most respected churches—from Willow Creek to Harvest, from Southern Baptist pastors to Sovereign Grace churches. Respected author and theologian Scot McKnight and former Willow Creek member Laura Barringer wrote this book to paint a pathway forward for the church. We need a better way. The sad truth is that churches of all shapes and sizes are susceptible to abuses of power, sexual abuse, and spiritual abuse. Abuses occur most frequently when Christians neglect to create a culture that resists abuse and promotes healing, safety, and spiritual growth. How do we keep these devastating events from repeating themselves? We need a map to get us from where we are today to where we ought to be as the body of Christ. That map is in a mysterious and beautiful little Hebrew word in Scripture that we translate “good,” the word tov. In this book, McKnight and Barringer explore the concept of tov—unpacking its richness and how it can help Christians and churches rise up to fulfill their true calling as imitators of Jesus.
