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Author : Keith Summey
Publisher : Xulon Press
ISBN 13 : 1597814156
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (978 download)
Download or read book Kingdom Growth Through Spiritual Groups written by Keith Summey and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2005-08 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ronald J. Lavin
Publisher : CSS Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0788007335
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Way To Grow written by Ronald J. Lavin and published by CSS Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing is more important for ministry today than small groups. (George Gallop Jr., a Christian who conducts polls on political and religious matters, quoted in chapter 1 of this book.) Lavin is quick to point out that this book is not merely about numerical growth. It is about nurturing spiritual growth, which in itself is a dynamic that leads to growth in numbers. Use this publication as a workbook. The chapters each end with fascinating questions for consideration and group discussion. Dr. Lavin offers five different kinds of group structures for discipleship development. Each is fully explored, offering the reader or study participant the opportunity to determine which style best fits their group. He also lists five essentials that must be present for any group to function effectively. Lavin has had over 35 years of experience in the ministry, during which time he has refined the methods that are most successful in leading people to commitment and discipleship. This book is filled with fascinating anecdotes and stories that have grown out of his experience with congregations where impressive growth has taken place. Dr. Ronald J. Lavin is Senior Pastor of King of Glory Lutheran Church, Fountain Valley, California. He previously served congregations in Indiana, Iowa, and Arizona. In each church where he served as pastor the membership doubled. He graduated cum laude from Carthage College, Northwestern Theological School of Theology, and engaged in graduate studies at the Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago. Lavin has published twelve books and numerous magazine articles. He has been in demand as a speaker and seminar leader at schools and churches throughout the country as well as in several foreign countries.
Author : Rev. Charles Bridges
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (9 download)
Download or read book The Christian Ministry; with an Inquiry Into the Causes of Its Inefficiency; with an Especial Reference to the Ministry of the Establishment written by Rev. Charles Bridges and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Greg L. Hawkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780310325253
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (252 download)
Download or read book Move written by Greg L. Hawkins and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on surveys from more than 280,000 people in more than 1,200 diverse churches, "Move" presents the startling results of the latest REVEAL research. The text draws on compelling stories from people of varying spiritual maturity and pastors who talk candidly about the spiritual health of the American church.
Author : Lynn Rhodes
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1664279067
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (642 download)
Download or read book Living as Kingdom People written by Lynn Rhodes and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2022-09-29 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living As Kingdom People will challenge you to be someone who seeks the kingdom of God and his righteousness. Lynn Rhodes looks deeply at matters of the heart and how they motivate and control our behavior in this resource that can be called upon during personal devotional time, to lead group discussions, when mentoring new converts, or to jump-start sermons. Throughout the book, you’ll find daily challenges that push you to go beyond merely reading the Bible to truly learning its lessons. You can start on any date and enjoy steady progress as you go. With each daily challenge, you’ll be encouraged to look deeply into yourself and grow in an authentic way, translating your life into one defined by a total commitment and allegiance to the Kingdom of God. Join the author as he shares insights from Scripture and challenges you to walk closer to the Lord, so you can meet Him in eternity.
Author : Jeffrey Dykema
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1490828982
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (98 download)
Download or read book The Keys to the Kingdom of Heaven written by Jeffrey Dykema and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2014-04-11 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Keys to the Kingdom of Heaven by Jeffrey Dykema Did you know that the keys to the kingdom of heaven are found in the Holy Bible? In The Keys to the Kingdom of Heaven, author Jeffrey Dykema identifies the seven keys to the kingdom of heaven and explains how having these keys is necessary to grow spiritually. Regardless of whether you are a Christian, a practitioner of another religion or someone who is curious about spiritual growth, this book will both inspire and challenge you to grow.
Author : Richard J. Foster
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0061671746
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (616 download)
Download or read book Life with God written by Richard J. Foster and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2010-05-04 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Too often, our study of the Bible focuses on searching for specific information or some formula that will solve our pressing needs of the moment. But what if we approached the Bible differently, and instead of transforming the text to meet our needs, allowed it to transform us? That's exactly the idea behind Life with God, Richard J. Foster's much-anticipated book on the Bible. Foster, bestselling author of Celebration of Discipline and general editor of The RenovarÉ Spiritual Formation Bible, claims that God has superintended the writing of Scripture so that it serves as the most reliable guide for Christian spiritual formation. According to Foster, the Bible is all about human life "with God." As we read Scripture, we should consider how exactly God is with us in each story and allow ourselves to be spiritually transformed. By opening our whole selves—mind, body, spirit, thoughts, behavior, and will—to the page before us, we begin to grasp all the Bible has to teach about prayer, obedience, compassion, virtue, and grace and apply it to our everyday lives to achieve a deeper relationship with God. With a wealth of examples and simple yet crucial insights, Life with God is an indispensable guide to approaching the Bible through the lens of Christian spiritual formation, revealing that reading the Bible for interior transformation is a far different endeavor than reading the Bible for historical knowledge, literary appreciation, or religious instruction.
Author : United Church of God
Publisher : United Church of God
ISBN 13 : 130470369X
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (47 download)
Download or read book Tools for Spiritual Growth written by United Church of God and published by United Church of God. This book was released on 2013-12-10 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you desiring a closer relationship with God? If so, where do you start? What tools can you use to grow spiritually and build that all-important relationship with your Creator? This important study aid will set you on the right path. Read and begin implementing these important elements today! - Inside this Bible Study Aid: - The Privilege and Power of Prayer - The Lord's Prayer as a Guideline - God Has Conditions for Answered Prayer - Learn, Live and Love the Bible - Great Themes of the Bible - Proofs of the Bible - How to Read, Study and Understand the Bible - Meditation: What's on Your Mind? - What Should We Meditate About? - Fasting: A Spiritual Power Tool - Repentance: A Profound Turnaround! - Steps to Initial Repentance and Conversion - Repentance, Penance and Grace - The Church: Help for Greater Growth - Becoming a Member of God's Church - The Church Behind This Publication - Spiritual Growth: From Immaturity to Immortality - Bearing Fruit: A Crucial Part of Spiritual Growth
Author : James Bryan Smith
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 9780062029331
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (293 download)
Download or read book A Spiritual Formation Workbook - Revised Edition written by James Bryan Smith and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-09-28 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beginning workbook for Spiritual Formation Groups features guidelines for starting a group, study plans for the first nine sessions, and a questionnaire that helps map the way ahead. Based upon six major dimensions of the spiritual life found in the life of Christ and Christian tradition: The Contemplative Tradition - The Holiness Tradition - The Charismatic Tradition - The Social Justice Tradition - The Evangelical Tradition - and The Incarnational Tradition, this workbook program provides all the necessary ingredients to start and maintain a Spiritual Formation Group. Successfully used by thousands of Spiritual Formation Group participants, A Spiritual Formation Workbook has been completely revised to correlate with Richard J. Foster's Streams of Living Water. Its new and updated exercises and teachings offer fresh perspectives on Christian faith and practice. Christian in perspective and ecumenical in breadth, RENOVARÉ (from the Latin, meaning "to renew") is an effort committed to the renewal of the Church. Founded by bestselling writer Richard J. Foster, RENOVARÉ provides individual churches with a balanced, practical, effective small-group strategy for spiritual growth.
Author : B&H Kids Editorial
Publisher : B&H Kids
ISBN 13 : 9781535938129
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (381 download)
Download or read book Epic written by B&H Kids Editorial and published by B&H Kids. This book was released on 2019-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Epic: The Story that Changed the World is a graphic novel style Bible storybook featuring 40 stories and life-application questions that are perfect for engaging older kids and preteen readers.
Author : Gene Mims
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 1433674602
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (336 download)
Download or read book The Kingdom Focused Church written by Gene Mims and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2003-05-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kingdom-Focused Church will give you everything you need to achieve your church's full potential—and relief from the smorgasbord approach that distracts you from the unique focus, nature, and mission of the church God has saved for you. You'll discover that success doesn't come from copying someone else's ideas or methods, but from knowing the biblical model of a church and understanding how to conform your church—regardless of size, location, resources, history, or any other variable—to that biblical pattern. Your answer is in knowing the biblical model of a church and understanding where you are, which direction you need to head, and how to fix things as they break down along the way. In Mims' warm, engaging style, he encourages you to discover for yourself why a Kingdom focus will work when all else fails.
Author : Richard J. Foster
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0060628391
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (66 download)
Download or read book Celebration of Discipline written by Richard J. Foster and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 1988-10-05 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the twenty years since its publication, Celebration of Discipline has helped over a million seekers discover a richer spiritual life infused with joy, peace, and a deeper understanding of God. For this special twentieth anniversary edition, Richard J. Foster has added an introduction, in which he shares the story of how this beloved and enduring spiritual guidebook came to be. Hailed by many as the best modern book on Christian spirituality, Celebration of Discipline explores the "classic Disciplines," or central spiritual practices, of the Christian faith. Along the way, Foster shows that it is only by and through these practices that the true path to spiritual growth can be found. Dividing the Disciplines into three movements of the Spirit, Foster shows how each of these areas contribute to a balanced spiritual life. The inward Disciplines of meditation, prayer, fasting, and study, offer avenues of personal examination and change. The outward Disciplines of simplicity, solitude, submission, and service, help prepare us to make the world a better place. The corporate Disciplines of confession, worship, guidance, and celebration, bring us nearer to one another and to God. Foster provides a wealth of examples demonstrating how these Disciplines can become part of our daily activities-and how they can help us shed our superficial habits and "bring the abundance of God into our lives." He offers crucial new insights on simplicity, demonstrating how the biblical view of simplicity, properly understood and applied, brings joy and balance to our inward and outward lives and "sets us free to enjoy the provision of God as a gift that can be shared with others." The discussion of celebration, often the most neglected of the Disciplines, shows its critical importance, for it stands at the heart of the way to Christ. Celebration of Discipline will help motivate Christians everywhere to embark on a journey of prayer and spiritual growth.
Author : Mark E. Powell
Publisher : ACU Press
ISBN 13 : 1684269539
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (842 download)
Download or read book Discipleship in Community written by Mark E. Powell and published by ACU Press. This book was released on 2020-06-16 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesus said, “Go and make disciples.” So, what exactly are we doing? Western churches face a difficult future marked by numerical decline and evident signs of shrinking cultural influence. But Discipleship in Community wisely asks the church to go back to basics. What does it mean to follow Jesus? What does a life of discipleship look like? Trusted scholars Mark Powell, John Mark Hicks, and Greg McKinzie invite you to consider how good theology can lead to better, more intentional discipleship. In Discipleship in Community you will learn • how the language of Trinity matters to everyday disciples; • how God’s plan and mission is unfolding and how, as disciples, we can participate in that mission; • how the Bible is more than a book of facts and how it guides us into a relationship with God; • how baptism and the Lord’s Supper allow us to experience God’s saving power; and • how local churches can encourage intentional discipleship.
Author : Scharlotte Celestine
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1512787736
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (127 download)
Download or read book Kingdom Way written by Scharlotte Celestine and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2017-05-24 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It takes childlike faith to know God. I came to the realization that most of my life I was missing the one key thing that makes all the difference in our relationship with Daddy God, and that is having the heart of a child. Surrendering to God and asking Jesus into your heart is the start of the relationship, but where do you go from there? The Bible is the answer. One of the scariest things I’ve ever read was “I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!” (Matthew 7:23). Those words spoken by Jesus were motivation enough to seek a deeper relationship with him. But you have to spend time with someone to truly know them. Kingdom Way was written to inspire you to seek a deeper relationship with the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It leads you through basic principles you need to grasp in order to move forward in spiritual growth and deeper relationship. Whether you are a mature Christian, a new believer, or someone seeking the meaning of what it is to be a Christian, this book is for you. Let’s learn to be true ambassadors for Christ, to see the world as Jesus sees it, with his love, mercy, forgiveness, and compassion.
Author : LeRoy Eims
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310832063
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (18 download)
Download or read book The Lost Art of Disciple Making written by LeRoy Eims and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009-07-13 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Every believer in Jesus Christ deserves the opportunity of personal nurture and development." says LeRoy Eims. But all too often the opportunity isn't there. We neglect the young Christian in our whirl of programs, church services, and fellowship groups. And we neglect to raise up workers and leaders who can disciple young believers into mature and fruitful Christians. In simple, practical, and biblical terms, LeRoy Eims revives the lost art of disciple making. He explains: - How the early church discipled new Christians - How to meet the basic needs of a growing Christian - How to spot and train potential workers - How to develop mature, godly leaders "True growth takes time and tears and love and patience," Eims states. There is no instant maturity. This book examines the growth process in the life of a Christian and considers what nurture and guidance it takes to develop spiritually qualified workers in the church.
Author : Dallas Willard
Publisher : Tyndale House
ISBN 13 : 1615214550
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (152 download)
Download or read book Renovation of the Heart written by Dallas Willard and published by Tyndale House. This book was released on 2014-02-27 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Christians, we know that we are new creations in Jesus. So we try to act differently, hoping this will make us more like Him. But changing our outward behavior doesn’t change our hearts. Only by God’s grace can we be transformed internally. Renovation of the Heart lays a biblical foundation for understanding what best-selling author Dallas Willard calls the “transformation of the spirit”—a divine process that “brings every element in our being, working from inside out, into harmony with the will of God.” This fresh approach to spiritual growth explains the biblical reasons why Christians need to undergo change in six aspects of life: thought, feeling, will, body, social context, and soul. Willard also outlines a general pattern of transformation in each area, not as a sterile formula but as a practical process that you can follow without the guilt or perfectionism so many Christians wrestle with. Don’t settle for complacency. Accept the challenge Renovation of the Heart offers to become an intentional apprentice of Jesus Christ, changing daily as you walk with Him.
Author : Dallas Willard
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0060882441
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (68 download)
Download or read book Knowing Christ Today written by Dallas Willard and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009-05-26 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a time when popular atheism books are talking about the irrationality of believing in God, Willard makes a rigorous intellectual case for why it makes sense to believe in God and in Jesus, the Son.
