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Unbinding Your Church

Author : Martha Grace Reese
Publisher : Chalice Press
ISBN 13 : 9780827238060
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Unbinding Your Church written by Martha Grace Reese and published by Chalice Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pastors are busy. This collection of fully integrated resources will help your church work and pray through the Unbinding the Gospel Series. Included are step-by-step planning tools as well as worship resources to allow you--the pastor--to spend time on prayer, teaching, and working directly with others in your church. The planning tools include calendars, checklists for church staff, weekly scripture tie-ins, sample church newsletter campaigns, diagrams, simple to elaborate E-vent planning suggestions, web site ideas, specific lesson plans, and much much more. Worship resources include sermons, prayers, and forms that have been placed on the Web for FREE with easy access and downloads. Change Habits, Not Just Minds. From the Unbinding the Gospel Series.

Unbinding Your Soul

Author : Martha Grace Reese
Publisher : Chalice Press
ISBN 13 : 0827238096
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Unbinding Your Soul written by Martha Grace Reese and published by Chalice Press. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEXT in the Unbinding the Gospel Series. With 40 day personal prayer journal. For small groups ready to invite... Unbinding Your Soul is the "unbinding" model for actual, invitational evangelism. Typical mainline churches get ready for the Unbinding Your Soul small group study with Unbinding the Gospel/Unbinding Your Heart "pre-evangelism." SOUL helps them invite unchurched friends or recent visitors to try an "experiment" (some churches call it a "test drive") of Christian faith and community. Many people who aren't connected with a church would love to try a no-obligation "experiment" of substantial spiritual discussion, prayer, and community. Unbinding Your Soul prepares church members to invite their friends into a four-week small group experience with short study chapters, an individual prayer journal, prayer partner activities, and group exercises. Unbinding Your Soul works for: Growing, healthy churches, Churches that have done an all-church saturation study with the Unbinding the Gospel Series, New church starts, New members' classes, and "On fire" groups in typical churches. Note: Two copies will be needed per small group participant. Participants pray for the person to receive the extra book. Groups double. The Unbinding the Gospel Series is in over 12,000 congregations across the theological spectrum. The Christian Century, Alban Institute Congregations, Evangelism Connections, 8 heads of denominations, Brian McLaren, George Hunter & Richard Peace have endorsed it enthusiastically. The Series arises out of the only major national study of evangelism in mainline churches, funded by the Lilly Endowment. From the Unbinding the Gospel Series.

Unbinding the Gospel- Second Edition

Author : Martha Grace Reese
Publisher : Chalice Press
ISBN 13 : 9780827238084
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Unbinding the Gospel- Second Edition written by Martha Grace Reese and published by Chalice Press. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a major, four-year study of superb evangelism, funded by the Lilly Endowment, Unbinding the Gospel sparkles with life, practicality and spiritual depth. Unbinding the Gospel: Real Life Evangelism is a book for pastors who want to know the truth about the state of evangelism. Recently selected by The Christian Century as a featured "Take and Read" book (2007 book issue), Unbinding the Gospel is a book for Christians who want a hopeful, powerful, joy-filled way to learn to share their faith. (It's also a book for people who cringe when they hear the "E" word!) This book for congregational use has been enthusiastically endorsed by 8 heads of denominations, Brian McLaren, Richard Peace, as well as by countless pastors and church leaders. Unbinding the Gospel, 2nd ed. is the foundation of the Unbinding the Gospel Series, which can lead to a six-week, all-congregation saturation study with individual prayer, small group study and all-church worship and prayer dimensions. See Unbinding Your Heart (the 6 week version of GOSPEL, with a different 40 day prayer journal) and Unbinding Your Church (the Pastor's Guide). Follow up your all-church saturation study (the "E-vent") with a small group based Experiment in Christian Prayer & Community using Unbinding Your Soul. Small groups will double when members invite their unchurched friends into the Experiment. Unbinding the GOSPEL is in more than 12,000 congregations, in 49 denominations, all 50 states and 8 countries. The new second edition contains a personal 40 day prayer journal. Order one copy for each small group participant. From the Unbinding the Gospel Series.

Unbinding Your Heart

Author : Martha Grace Reese
Publisher : Chalice Press
ISBN 13 : 9780827238053
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Unbinding Your Heart written by Martha Grace Reese and published by Chalice Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unbinding Your Heart: 40 Days of Prayer & Faith Sharing is a brilliant book -- witty, engaging, and grounded in a four-year Lilly Endowment study. Unbinding Your Heart is a six-week individual and small-group study for your entire congregation. Part of the Unbinding the Gospel Series, by author, researcher, pastor and attorney Martha Grace Reese. Church leaders should first study Unbinding the Gospel (the church leaders' study) that was selected by The Christian Century as a featured Take and Read" book in its 2007 Book Issue. Then use Unbinding Your Heart as a study and devotional for the whole congregation. The third book in the series, Unbinding Your Church (the pastor's guide), will help you plan, teach, pray and organize your all-church study. The Unbinding Series has been enthusiastically endorsed by eight heads of denominations, Brian McLaren, George Hunter, Becky Garrison, Richard Peace, and countless pastors and church leaders. Important Note: Order a copy of Unbinding Your Heart for each person participating in the study. From the Unbinding the Gospel Series.

Unbinding Christianity

Author : Jan G. Linn
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1627342923
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (273 download)

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Download or read book Unbinding Christianity written by Jan G. Linn and published by Universal-Publishers. This book was released on 2020 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unbinding Christianity is a book that will be good news for some readers while stretching others in uncomfortable ways. It begins with the premise that traditional Christian teaching is focused on right beliefs while the life and teachings of Jesus was all about right living. The book represents a fresh voice for Christians who struggle to accept traditional beliefs by assuring them that Jesus himself said much more about right values than he did right beliefs. The goal of this book is to unbind Christianity from the wrappings of creeds, doctrines, dogma, and beliefs in order to make room for an understanding of what it means to be Christian defined by values that invites unity among Christians without the need for conformity of beliefs. One of the important by-products of a values-based Christianity is that it paves the way for Christians with different beliefs to find common ground with one another while also freeing them to build bridges of understanding with non-Christian. WORDS OF PRAISE If you have found it impossible to continue believing in some of the doctrines the church has taught to be essential and don't know if you can continue being a Christian, Jan Linn offers some much needed guidance. --Craig Watts Unbinding Christianity is a thought-provoking argument for expansion of Christianity's often employed litmus tests of inclusion and rejection. --Joshua Santana This book is a wake-up call to all of us who choose to follow Jesus, a challenge for us to rethink what it truly means to be Christian. --Heather Cargill

Evangelism for Normal People

Author : John Bowen
Publisher : Augsburg Fortress
ISBN 13 : 9781451411133
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (111 download)

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Download or read book Evangelism for Normal People written by John Bowen and published by Augsburg Fortress. This book was released on 2002-07-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noted author and teacher John Bowen takes a unique look at what it means to witness to one's faith. Evangelism is something that all Christians can do as a "normal" part of being a follower of Jesus. Witty, wise, and biblically grounded, the book challenges in a gentle way. Includes study questions for congregational use.

The Father We Never Knew

Author : Phelim Doherty
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1512773816
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (127 download)

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Download or read book The Father We Never Knew written by Phelim Doherty and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gospel of Gods grace announces nothing less than the abolition of religion. But we have taken a supernatural message and turned it into a mere natural one, and the result is a spiritually immature church that sees strength primarily in natural terms, and church growth as being about congregation sizes and resources rather than revelation. When the glitter of religious performancewhat we can achieve for Godis peddled in the church as real gold for long enough, then we raise a generation of believers who know how to do things for God, but not how to be the children of a joyful Father! We raise a nation of holy orphans who, not knowing their Fathers righteousness as their spiritual DNA, live constantly trying to prove their parentage through their performance. The result is a church so sin-conscious and self-conscious that she is like a bride so insecure in her identity that she has buried the likeness of her Father beneath layers of makeup. In this book the author begins to peel back that makeup to reveal the simple beauty of the gospel: Christ in us.

The Five Star Church

Author : Stan Toler
Publisher : Gospel Light Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780830723508
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (235 download)

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Download or read book The Five Star Church written by Stan Toler and published by Gospel Light Publications. This book was released on 1999-04-22 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever wonder how a restaurant or hotel earns a five-star rating? Is it the people? The location? The service? In most cases, it is all of this and more. Why should your church be any different? The Five Star Church reveals how you can pursue Christian excellence and uphold the Lord's command to "honor one another above yourselves" (Romans 12:10). It contains tips, tools and the inspiration you need to build a top-quality church that people will flock to and participate in. Now matter how small your ministry or budget, God can use your church effectively to make everyone there feel welcome and cared for - the marks of a five-star church!

Binding the Strong Man

Author : Myers, Ched
Publisher : Orbis Books
ISBN 13 : 1608331393
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Binding the Strong Man written by Myers, Ched and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2019-02-20 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is the first commentary on the Gospel of Mark to systematically apply a multidisciplinary approach, called 'socio-literary method.' Myers integrates literary criticism, socio-historical exegesis, and political hermeneutics in his investigation of Mark—the oldest story of Jesus—as 'manifesto of radical discipleship'." --

Transforming Evangelism

Author : Henry H. Knight III
Publisher : Upper Room Books
ISBN 13 : 0881779245
Total Pages : 109 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (817 download)

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Download or read book Transforming Evangelism written by Henry H. Knight III and published by Upper Room Books. This book was released on 2019-02-15 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because of the more aggressive and confrontational tactics we hear about, evangelism has developed a bad connotation. Doors are shut hurriedly, phone calls end abruptly, and e-mails left unanswered. After all, isn't this a task better handled by the pastor? Perhaps it's time to reexamine John Wesley's model of evangelism as a full, natural circle—where it's a communal beginning point rather than a solitary end. The central motive of authentic evangelism is: Having received a message that's made all the difference in our lives, we desire to share that message with others in the hope that it will transform their lives as well. Wesley models an evangelism that reaches out and welcomes, invites, and nurtures, and speaks to both head and heart. "Evangelism is about relationship," the authors write. "How we are in relationship to God, who is able to transform us into new beings. How we are in relationship to our neighbor, whom we must love like ourselves." As one reviewer says, "Knight and Powe have given us a relational book. They describe the deep connection between John Wesley's thoughts, Charles Wesley's hymns, scholarly thinking about evangelism and biblical understandings of the gospel—all in relation to the needs, concerns, and hopes of everyday people." Learn on your own or as a congregational group from this practical study on living an evangelistic life that demonstrates the transforming power of loving God and neighbor.

Refugia Faith

Author : Debra Rienstra
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 1506473806
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Refugia Faith written by Debra Rienstra and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Refugia Faith, Debra Rienstra explores nature's refugia--places where life endures in a crisis--and applies this model to faith. Drawing from theology, nature writing, and science, she examines how Christian spirituality and practice must adapt for a climate-altered planet.

Sexual Shame

Author : Karen A. McClintock
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 9781451412147
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Sexual Shame written by Karen A. McClintock and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The trauma of sexual shame has widespread implications not just for individuals but also for institutions, communities, and even churches. This book provides pastors and congregational leaders with the tools to identify the assumptions, behaviors, and structures that promote, while masking, sexual shame and to begin healing sexual shame both individually and corporately. Questions for reflection are included at the end of each chapter, making this an ideal book for both private use and group discussion"-- BACK COVER.

Abraham's Silence

Author : J. Richard Middleton
Publisher : Baker Academic
ISBN 13 : 1493430882
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (934 download)

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Download or read book Abraham's Silence written by J. Richard Middleton and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is traditional to think we should praise Abraham for his willingness to sacrifice his son as proof of his love for God. But have we misread the point of the story? Is it possible that a careful reading of Genesis 22 could reveal that God was not pleased with Abraham's silent obedience? Widely respected biblical theologian, creative thinker, and public speaker J. Richard Middleton suggests we have misread and misapplied the story of the binding of Isaac and shows that God desires something other than silent obedience in difficult times. Middleton focuses on the ethical and theological problem of Abraham's silence and explores the rich biblical tradition of vigorous prayer, including the lament psalms, as a resource for faith. Middleton also examines the book of Job in terms of God validating Job's lament as "right speech," showing how the vocal Job provides an alternative to the silent Abraham. This book provides a fresh interpretation of Genesis 22 and reinforces the church's resurgent interest in lament as an appropriate response to God.

Preaching Better

Author : Kenneth Untener
Publisher : Paulist Press
ISBN 13 : 9781616434601
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Preaching Better written by Kenneth Untener and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compendium of wise and useful advice about preaching: what works and what doesn't.

Fighting For Your Freedom

Author : Bishop Isaac Ogbeta
Publisher : Outskirts Press
ISBN 13 : 1478786647
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (787 download)

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Download or read book Fighting For Your Freedom written by Bishop Isaac Ogbeta and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2017-02-26 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fighting for Your Freedom. Let My People Go. Free At Last. This book will teach you how to fight for your freedom; Freedom from financial bondage, Fear, Relationship, and Addiction. There used to be generational curses in my life; Generational curses of Poverty, Failure and Loss; As a result, I was in debt and the pressure was unbearable that I decided to take my life at which point The Holy Ghost told me to go into fasting and prayers and it was revealed to me in my dream to sow a seed (Giving Sacrificial Offering to the poor (those dying of hunger and to the orphans); In obedience, I sowed my seed and thereafter an idea was given to me to write books whereby millions of copies of my books had be sold all over the world and God took me out of debt by breaking generation curses from my life.

Growing the African American Church

Author : Carlyle Fielding Stewart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780687498390
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (983 download)

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Download or read book Growing the African American Church written by Carlyle Fielding Stewart and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wisdom from some of the most influential African American pastors of our day on how to grow and sustain a vibrant congregation. Carlyle Fielding Stewart III, author of African American Church Growth, has brought together senior pastors from some of the fastest-growing and most influential African American congregations to answer the question, What makes a church grow? The answers center around four areas of ministry and witness: Preaching and worship, Evangelism and Discipleship, Community Outreach, and Stewardship. Written by church leaders with long experience in leading effective congregations, this book will be required reading for anyone seeking to grow an African American (or other) congregation. To read the Foreward and Introduction click here