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Book Synopsis Reconnecting God's Story to Ministry by : Tom A. Steffen
Download or read book Reconnecting God's Story to Ministry written by Tom A. Steffen and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2006-12-31 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To help readers recapture the most natural, universal and effective means of evangelism-discipleship that exists—storytelling.
Book Synopsis Creating Stories That Connect by : D. Bruce Seymour
Download or read book Creating Stories That Connect written by D. Bruce Seymour and published by Kregel Academic. This book was released on with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative book helps pastors and teachers enhance their teaching with original, audience appropriate stories--the way Jesus did! Bruce Seymour explains how such stories work, when to use them, and how to create them.
Book Synopsis Telling God's Stories with Power by : Paul F. Koehler
Download or read book Telling God's Stories with Power written by Paul F. Koehler and published by William Carey Publishing. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a complete and practical introduction to storying, especially for people who want to learn about using biblical storytelling in cross-cultural contexts and who want to train others to become storytellers. It includes many fascinating accounts of the responses of tribal people to the first proclamation of the gospel through storytelling. The result of years of research and field testing, Telling God's Stories with Power is a product of the author's own journey as he confronted the challenges of teaching the Bible in parts of the world where people are unaccustomed to a Western style of learning. Full of innovative and groundbreaking insights, this study is packed with ideas, explanations, and constructive suggestions stated in clear and simple language. Throughout the book there are extensive examples from the storytellers' own experiences. Tracing the movement of the biblical stories across multiple generations of tellers and listeners, storytelling is found to be superior for knowledge transfer and for bypassing resistance to the gospel in oral contexts, thus presenting clear evidence of the effectiveness of biblical narrative among oral learners.
Book Synopsis I Will Be Found By You by : Francis Frangipane
Download or read book I Will Be Found By You written by Francis Frangipane and published by Charisma Media. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIV In I Will Be Found by You he reveals that the deliberate movement of our hearts toward God leads us into far more than a simple answer to our need—we actually find Him. He teaches us how to reconnect with the living One—who is our rescuer, our redeemer, and the restorer of our souls. /div
Book Synopsis Discovering the Mission of God by : Mike Barnett
Download or read book Discovering the Mission of God written by Mike Barnett and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2012-07-03 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a team of 21st-century scholar-practitioners, Discovering the Mission of God explores the mission of God as presented in the Bible, expressed throughout church history and in cutting-edge best practices being used around the world today.
Book Synopsis Story, Formation, and Culture by : Benjamin D. Espinoza
Download or read book Story, Formation, and Culture written by Benjamin D. Espinoza and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Story, Formation, and Culture brings together a myriad of scholars, researchers, and ministry leaders into conversation about how we can effectively nurture the spirituality of children. Built around the three themes of story, formation, and culture, this volume blends cutting-edge research and insights with attention to how we can bring theory into practice in our ministries with children. The work of children's spiritual formation is often a marginalized component in the church's overall ministry. This volume seeks to equip pastors, leaders, and scholars with cutting-edge research and practices that effectively strengthen their ministries with children.
Book Synopsis Connected Learning by : L. Lynn Thigpen
Download or read book Connected Learning written by L. Lynn Thigpen and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does the world’s oral majority—adults with limited formal education (ALFE)—really prefer to learn? Few pause long enough to ask those who eschew print. The result of scholarly research and prolonged immersion in the Cambodian culture, Connected Learning exposes the truth about orality—the shame associated with limited formal education; the unfortunate misnomer that is orality; the place of spirituality, grace, and hope; and the obvious but overlooked learning preferences. ALFE have different ways of learning and knowing, a different epistemology and culture from print learners, even though we all begin alike. The choice is not between Ong’s orality or literacy, but between learning from people or from print. Dr. Thigpen, a veteran cross-cultural worker, shares remedies for the hegemony and inequities unwittingly fostered by the literate minority. In a dominant culture where learning from people is prime, how can educators with a preference for print adapt? Providing an important tool in the Learning Quadrants diagram, Connected Learning advises teaching to the quadrant and calls for seven necessary shifts in teaching. Anyone versed in orality will admit these findings have “global implications and applications” (Steffen). The reader who heeds will positively impact a huge portion of humanity.
Book Synopsis The Facilitator Era by : Tom Steffen
Download or read book The Facilitator Era written by Tom Steffen and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some time ago, Ralph Winter brilliantly identified three eras of modern missions: Era 1: William Carey focused on the coastlands; Era 2: Hudson Taylor focused on the inlands; Era 3: Donald McGavran and Cameron Townsend focused on unreached peoples. With all the fast and furious changes swirling around us today in twenty-first century missions, have we entered a Fourth Era? If so, who are the people primarily involved? How are they selected? How are they trained? How long do they serve? Has the Third Era ministry focus--reaching the unreached--changed? If so, to what? Are there any successful case studies out there? Have McGavran and Townsend passed the baton to a new leader(s)? If so, to whom? This book seeks to answer these and related questions. Contributors include: Dr. Ben BecknerÊ Dr. Monroe Brewer Dr.ÊDon Finley Mike Griffis Dr. Gary Hipp, MD Jerry Hogshead Kaikou MaisuÊ Judy Manna Ê Kenn OkeÊ Dr. A. Sue Russell Dr. Robert StraussÊ Peter SwannÊ Bryan Thomas Diane ThomasÊ Dr. Mike Wilson Dr. Sherwood G. Lingenfelter
Book Synopsis The Return of Oral Hermeneutics by : Tom Steffen
Download or read book The Return of Oral Hermeneutics written by Tom Steffen and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-05-01 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have Western exegetes turned an Eastern book into a Western one? Has our fondness for a fixed printed text capable of being analyzed with precision and exactitude blinded us to other hermeneutic possibilities? Does God require all people to be able to analyze grammar to interpret Scripture? Does God assume all people can interpret Scripture through oral means? The authors recognize the effects of centuries of literacy socialization that produced a blind spot in the Western Christian world--the neglect by most in the academies, agencies, and assemblies of the foundational and forceful role orality had on the biblical text and teaching. From the inspired spoken word of the prophets, including Jesus (pre-text), to the elite literate scribes who painstakingly hand-printed the sacred text, to post-text interpretation and teaching, the footprint of orality throughout the entire process is acutely visible to those having the oral-aural influenced eyes of the Mediterranean ancients. Could oral hermeneutics be the "mother of relational theology"?
Book Synopsis The Cape Town Commitment: A Confession of Faith, A Call to Action by : Darrell L. Bock
Download or read book The Cape Town Commitment: A Confession of Faith, A Call to Action written by Darrell L. Bock and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2013-06-14 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cape Town Commitment, which arose from The Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization (Cape Town, 2010), stands in the historic line of The Lausanne Covenant (1974) and The Manila Manifesto (1989). It has been translated into twenty-five languages and has commanded wide acceptance around the world. The Commitment is set in two parts. Part 1 is a Confession of Faith, crafted in the language of covenantal love. Part 2 is a Call to Action. The local church, mission agencies, special-interest groups, and Christians in the professions are all urged to find their place in its outworking. This annotated bibliography of The Cape Town Commitment, arranged by topic, has been compiled by specialists in a range of fields. As such, it is the first bibliography of its kind. Arranged in sections for graduate-level teaching Equally useful for research students
Book Synopsis Reaching African-American Muslims for Christ by : Josh Llano
Download or read book Reaching African-American Muslims for Christ written by Josh Llano and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2005-04 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Josh Llano's book presents ministry guidelines to the Nation of Islam and African-American Orthodox Muslims. This "relational evangelism" identifies Jesus as the savior of all races, colors, and ethnic groups.
Download or read book Character Theology written by Tom Steffen and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2024-02-21 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Character Theology provides a natural, universal way for the world to engage God through his chosen cast of characters. As the media eras continue to change (oral to print to digital-virtual), too many Bible scholars, and consequently pastors and Bible teachers in the West and beyond, lack capability to effectively communicate Scripture to Millennials, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha. These generations find little if any relevance in the Christianity promoted by those stuck in modernity’s sticky abstract systematic theology. Character Theology relates, sticks, and transforms these generations. Why? Because people grasp and engage God most naturally and precisely through his interaction with biblical characters and their interaction with each other! Characters communicate the Creator’s characteristics. The roadmap to the recovery and expansion of Christianity in the twenty-first century will be through Bible characters.
Book Synopsis New and Old Horizons in the Orality Movement by : Tom Steffen
Download or read book New and Old Horizons in the Orality Movement written by Tom Steffen and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2022-02-18 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Orality formed us. Orality forms us. Orality will forever form us. Orality is a central theme of our lives. In this fast-paced world, few Christian workers take the time to look back to learn and build on the lessons of the past. Wise Christian workers, however, do not forge ahead into new horizons without first investigating past horizons. They understand in this complex world there are too many strong shoulders of the past to be overlooked. The dozen practiced researchers contributing to New and Old Horizons in the Orality Movement offer such inquirers wisdom from the past that can boldly and boundlessly improve the future of the modern-day orality movement.
Book Synopsis Handbook of Contemporary Preaching, 2nd Edition by : Michael Duduit
Download or read book Handbook of Contemporary Preaching, 2nd Edition written by Michael Duduit and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2024-07-15 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The art of preaching is one of the most important acts of ministry. The sermon serves as a transformative force—imparting knowledge, challenging beliefs, and convicting hearts. Recognizing the importance of this sacred task, Handbook of Contemporary Preaching, 2nd Edition equips pastors with invaluable tools and insights, enabling them to prepare and deliver sermons that resonate deeply with their congregations. In a single volume, editor Michael Duduit compiles the insight, methods, and experience of over fifty celebrated preachers, including R. Albert Mohler, Hershael York, Robert Smith Jr., Bryan Chappell, Jim Shaddix, Tony Merida, Ed Stetzer, and many others. This handbook covers every aspect of contemporary preaching: The roots of contemporary preaching Contemporary preaching methods, including expository, topical, doctrinal, narrative, and alternative preaching models Sermon preparation and presentation Preaching and the biblical text Preaching as a part of ministry Preaching to the needs of people in contemporary contexts With its expansive bibliography and topical format, Handbook of Contemporary Preaching, 2nd Edition is designed to be a timeless resource in every pastor’s library. In this book, pastors, teachers, and seminarians will find invaluable insight and comprehensive guidance for the art of preaching. Contributors: R. Albert Mohler, Nathan Finn, Chuck Fuller, Tyshawn Gardner, Scott Gibson, Chris Rappazini, Robert Smith, Jr., Calvin Miller, Bryan Chapell, Frank Pollard, David S. Dockery, Scott Pace, Hershael York, Lloyd John Ogilvie, Stuart Briscoe, Jeffery Campbell, Ralph Douglas West, Eric Johnson, David Allen, Simon Vibert, Stephen Rummage, Daniel Block, Ken Mathews, Paul House, C. Hassell Bullock, Heath Thomas, Robert Sloan, Sidney Greidanus, Channing Crisler, Scott Hafemann, Richaed Melick, Al Fasol, Jim Shaddix, Don Sunukijian, Michael Quicke, Tony Merida, Jesse Nelson, Clayborn Lea, Mike Glenn, Micah Fries, Ed Stetzer, Kris Barnett, Bryan Carter, James Emery White, Tim McKnight, Charlie Dates, Mike Milton, Rick Blackwood, James Noble, Maurice Watson, Vic Anderson, Timothy Mann, Ben Brammer, Clayton King, and Dennis Phelps
Download or read book Unveiling God: written by Martin Parsons and published by William Carey Publishing. This book was released on 2005-06-01 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Muslim responses to Christianity down the ages have been shaped by diverse factors. One of the primary stumbling blocks has been Muslim misperceptions of Christian core beliefs about the person of Jesus and the nature of God. This study includes a practical example of contextualization which should provide great insights to Christians who are trying to explain their faith to Muslims in diverse contexts.” –Peter G. Riddell, Professor of Islamics; Director, Centre for Muslim-Christian Relations
Book Synopsis Encountering the History of Missions (Encountering Mission) by : John Mark Terry
Download or read book Encountering the History of Missions (Encountering Mission) written by John Mark Terry and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2017-08-22 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new addition to a highly acclaimed series portrays the sweep of missions history, revealing how God has fulfilled his promise to bless all the nations. Two leading missionary scholars and experienced professors help readers understand how missions began, how missions developed, and where missions is going. The authors cover all of missions history and provide practical application of history's lessons. Maps, tables, box inserts, sidebars, and discussion questions add to the book's usefulness in the classroom.
Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of Christian Education by : George Thomas Kurian
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Christian Education written by George Thomas Kurian and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-05-07 with total page 1667 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christianity regards teaching as one of the most foundational and critically sustaining ministries of the Church. As a result, Christian education remains one of the largest and oldest continuously functioning educational systems in the world, comprising both formal day schools and higher education institutions as well as informal church study groups and parachurch ministries in more than 140 countries. In The Encyclopedia of Christian Education, contributors explore the many facets of Christian education in terms of its impact on curriculum, literacy, teacher training, outcomes, and professional standards. This encyclopedia is the first reference work devoted exclusively to chronicling the unique history of Christian education across the globe, illustrating how Christian educators pioneered such educational institutions and reforms as universal literacy, home schooling, Sunday schools, women’s education, graded schools, compulsory education of the deaf and blind, and kindergarten. With an editorial advisory board of more than 30 distinguished scholars and five consulting editors, TheEncyclopedia of Christian Education contains more than 1,200 entries by 400 contributors from 75 countries. These volumes covers a vast range of topics from Christian education: History spanning from the church’s founding through the Middle Ages to the modern day Denominational and institutional profiles Intellectual traditions in Christian education Biblical and theological frameworks, curricula, missions, adolescent and higher education, theological training, and Christian pedagogy Biographies of distinguished Christian educators This work is ideal for scholars of both the history of Christianity and education, as well as researchers and students of contemporary Christianity and modern religious education.
