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Author : J. Clif Christopher
Publisher : Abingdon Press
ISBN 13 : 142674336X
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (267 download)
Download or read book Rich Church, Poor Church written by J. Clif Christopher and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the bottom line at your church?
Author : John Louis Muratori
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780970475312
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (753 download)
Download or read book Rich Church Poor Church written by John Louis Muratori and published by . This book was released on 2007-05-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rich Church Poor Church is the financial blueprint for the modern-day believer. Full of biblical revelation and stewardship priniples for weath generation.
Author : Malachi Martin
Publisher : Putnam Publishing Group
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Rich Church, Poor Church written by Malachi Martin and published by Putnam Publishing Group. This book was released on 1984 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Susan R. Holman
Publisher : Baker Academic
ISBN 13 : 080103549X
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Wealth and Poverty in Early Church and Society written by Susan R. Holman and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2008-06 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ecumenical roster of leading specialists approach wealth and poverty through the theology, social practices, and institutions of early Christianity.
Author : J. Clif Christopher
Publisher : Abingdon Press
ISBN 13 : 1426723385
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (267 download)
Download or read book Not Your Parents’ Offering Plate written by J. Clif Christopher and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hearing a young attorney speak of the faith-based reasons for which he had just made a substantial monetary gift to a community youth center, Clif Christopher asked the speaker if he would consider making a similar contribution to the congregation of which he was an active member. "Lord no, they wouldn't know what to do with it" was the answer. That, in a nutshell, describes the problem churches are facing in their stewardship efforts, says Christopher. Unlike leading nonprofit agencies and institutions, we too often fail to convince potential givers that their gifts will have impact and significance. In this book, Christopher lays out the main reasons for this failure to capture the imagination of potential givers, including our frequent failure simply to ask. Written with the needs of pastors and stewardship teams in mind, Not Your Parents’ Offering Plate provides immediate, practical guidance to all who seek to help God’s people be better stewards of their resources.
Author : T. Kenan Smith
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1973666510
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (736 download)
Download or read book Eyes to See the Revelation written by T. Kenan Smith and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2019-06-25 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To properly interpret the Book of Revelation, we must have a thorough understanding of the New Covenant Spiritual Life. We must learn to emphasize the spiritual over the material. We must have a Heavenly orientation, as opposed to an Earthly orientation, to life, history, and our future.
Author : Susan R. Holman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195139127
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)
Download or read book The Hungry Are Dying written by Susan R. Holman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2001-07-19 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines a collection of sermons about poverty, starvation, and disease written by three leading Christian bishops of late antiquity: Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nazianzus, and Gregory of Nyssa.
Author : Frank Viola
Publisher : David C Cook
ISBN 13 : 0781403529
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (814 download)
Download or read book Finding Organic Church written by Frank Viola and published by David C Cook. This book was released on 2009-09-15 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of Reimagining Church comes an essential guide that provides practical, effective tools for finding vibrant Christian communities. Driven by a passion for the body of Christ, Frank Viola has written some of today's most authoritative and celebrated works on the growing home, organic, and missional church movements. Now Viola shares practical keys to a healthy and successful church plant. Viola contends that many congregations today are struggling to survive, not because of bad planning, but poor planting. He presents an essential guide for starting and nourishing organic churches in any culture. Drawing from both Scripture and a wealth of experience, Viola offers real-world tools, insights, and practical suggestions so churches won't just grow, but thrive.
Author : James Thornton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Wealth and Poverty in the Teachings of the Church Fathers written by James Thornton and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Paul L. Williams
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 1615921427
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (159 download)
Download or read book The Vatican Exposed written by Paul L. Williams and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2009-09-25 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 50 billion dollars in securities. Gold reserves that exceed those of industrialized nations. Real estate holdings that equal the total area of many countries. Opulent palaces containing the world's greatest art treasures. These are some of the riches of the Roman Catholic Church. Yet in 1929 the Vatican was destitute. Pope Pius XI, living in a damaged, leaky, pigeon-infested Lateran Palace, could hear rats scurrying through the walls, and he worried about how he would pay for even basic repairs to unclog the overburdened sewer lines and update the antiquated heating system. How did the Church manage in less than seventy-five years such an incredible reversal of fortune? The story here told by Church historian Paul L. Williams is intriguing, shocking, and outrageous. The turnaround began on February 11, 1929, with the signing of the Lateran Treaty between the Vatican and fascist leader Benito Mussolini. Through this deal Mussolini gained the support of the staunchly Catholic Italian populace, who at the time followed the lead of the Church. In return, the Church received, among other benefits, a payment of $90 million, sovereign status for the Vatican, tax-free property rights, and guaranteed salaries for all priests throughout the country from the Italian government. With the stroke of a pen the pope had solved the Vatican's budgetary woes practically overnight, yet he also put a great religious institution in league with some of the darkest forces of the 20th century. Based on his years of experience as a consultant for the FBI, Williams produces explosive and never-before published evidence of the Church's morally questionable financial dealings with sinister organizations over seven decades through today. He examines the means by which the Vatican accrued enormous wealth during the Great Depression by investing in Mussolini's government, the connection between Nazi gold and the Vatican Bank, the vast range of Church holdings in the postwar boom period, Paul VI's appointment of Mafia chieftain Michele Sindona as the Vatican banker, a billion-dollar counterfeit stock fraud uncovered by Interpol and the FBI, the "Ambrosiano Affair" called "the greatest financial scandal of the 20th Century" by the New York Times, the mysterious death of John Paul I, profits from an international drug ring operating out of Gdansk, Poland, and revelations about current dealings. For both Catholics and non-Catholics this troubling expose of corruption in one of the most revered religious institutions in the world will serve as an urgent call for reform.
Author : Chris Arnade
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525534733
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)
Download or read book Dignity written by Chris Arnade and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER "A profound book.... It will break your heart but also leave you with hope." —J.D. Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy "[A] deeply empathetic book." —The Economist With stark photo essays and unforgettable true stories, Chris Arnade cuts through "expert" pontification on inequality, addiction, and poverty to allow those who have been left behind to define themselves on their own terms. After abandoning his Wall Street career, Chris Arnade decided to document poverty and addiction in the Bronx. He began interviewing, photographing, and becoming close friends with homeless addicts, and spent hours in drug dens and McDonald's. Then he started driving across America to see how the rest of the country compared. He found the same types of stories everywhere, across lines of race, ethnicity, religion, and geography. The people he got to know, from Alabama and California to Maine and Nevada, gave Arnade a new respect for the dignity and resilience of what he calls America's Back Row--those who lack the credentials and advantages of the so-called meritocratic upper class. The strivers in the Front Row, with their advanced degrees and upward mobility, see the Back Row's values as worthless. They scorn anyone who stays in a dying town or city as foolish, and mock anyone who clings to religion or tradition as naïve. As Takeesha, a woman in the Bronx, told Arnade, she wants to be seen she sees herself: "a prostitute, a mother of six, and a child of God." This book is his attempt to help the rest of us truly see, hear, and respect millions of people who've been left behind.
Author : Leah Adams
Publisher : Warner Press
ISBN 13 : 9781593178802
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (788 download)
Download or read book Tasting Grace: A Mentoring-In-The-Kitchen Bible Study written by Leah Adams and published by Warner Press. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last two generations, home-cooked meals and
Author : Robert D. Lupton
Publisher : HarperOne
ISBN 13 : 9780062076205
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (762 download)
Download or read book Toxic Charity written by Robert D. Lupton and published by HarperOne. This book was released on 2011-10-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public service is a way of life for Americans; giving is a part of our national character. But compassionate instincts and generous spirits aren’t enough, says veteran urban activist Robert D. Lupton. In this groundbreaking guide, he reveals the disturbing truth about charity: all too much of it has become toxic, devastating to the very people it’s meant to help. In his four decades of urban ministry, Lupton has experienced firsthand how our good intentions can have unintended, dire consequences. Our free food and clothing distribution encourages ever-growing handout lines, diminishing the dignity of the poor while increasing their dependency. We converge on inner-city neighborhoods to plant flowers and pick up trash, battering the pride of residents who have the capacity (and responsibility) to beautify their own environment. We fly off on mission trips to poverty-stricken villages, hearts full of pity and suitcases bulging with giveaways—trips that one Nicaraguan leader describes as effective only in “turning my people into beggars.” In Toxic Charity, Lupton urges individuals, churches, and organizations to step away from these spontaneous, often destructive acts of compassion toward thoughtful paths to community development. He delivers proven strategies for moving from toxic charity to transformative charity. Proposing a powerful “Oath for Compassionate Service” and spotlighting real-life examples of people serving not just with their hearts but with proven strategies and tested tactics, Lupton offers all the tools and inspiration we need to develop healthy, community-driven programs that produce deep, measurable, and lasting change. Everyone who volunteers or donates to charity needs to wrestle with this book.
Author : Darren Shearer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781940024493
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (244 download)
Download or read book The Marketplace Christian written by Darren Shearer and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-21 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Approximately 85% of working Christians spend the majority of their waking hours working in a for-profit company. We are marketplace Christians called to transform the marketplace for the glory of God.In The Marketplace Christian, Darren Shearer provides practical and personalized strategies to help you fulfill your specific transformational ministry to the world of business. In this book, you will learn...- The specific spiritual gifts God has entrusted to you for ministry in the marketplace- Strategies for using your spiritual gifts in a business setting- Examples of 23 marketplace Christians who have (and are) using their spiritual gifts in businessYou will also learn...- How the author, Darren Shearer, went from Bible school to running his own business for the glory of God- How to identify your God-given marketplace ministry assignment- 9 reasons why the marketplace is a great place for Christians to serve God- How business can be your "full-time ministry"How to transform your industry for the glory of GodThe Marketplace Christian includes the "Spiritual Gifts in the Marketplace Assessment" that will help you to discover the unique abilities God has entrusted to you for fulfilling His purposes in your sphere of influence in business. You will also learn about other marketplace Christians who have used each of the 23 spiritual gifts discussed in this book as well as specific suggestions for how you can use your own gifts for marketplace ministry.
Author : Frank A Viola
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780940232778
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (327 download)
Download or read book Who is Your Covering? written by Frank A Viola and published by . This book was released on 2002-08-01 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dr. J. Clif Christopher
Publisher : Abingdon Press
ISBN 13 : 1426796587
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (267 download)
Download or read book The Church Money Manual written by Dr. J. Clif Christopher and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Church Money Manual is the most up-to-date and easy-to-use handbook for churches seeking better ways to manage finances. Brief and straightforward chapters each focus on a specific problem or issue. The book covers topics of day-to-day operation and the perennially critical themes related to church money management and stewardship. Some examples include: · Planned giving and endowment funds. · Strategies to increase end-of-year giving. · First steps for the newly-appointed pastor. · Pastors’ knowledge of donors and giving in their church. · Timing of building projects and capital campaigns. · Special offerings. · Selecting members for the finance committee. · What to do when giving is down. · Preaching about tithing.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 736 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The American Quarterly Church Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
