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Author : Stephen B. Clark
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (129 download)
Download or read book Building Christian Communities written by Stephen B. Clark and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Loughlan Sofield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780877936480
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (364 download)
Download or read book Building Community written by Loughlan Sofield and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insights from psychology, group theory, and theology are knit together to create a primer for Christian communities. Especially helpful are insights into conflict, forgiveness, decision-making, intimacy, and confrontation.
Author : Douglas Wilson
Publisher : Canon Press
ISBN 13 : 9781952410871
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Gashmu Saith It written by Douglas Wilson and published by Canon Press. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Nehemiah rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem, Gashmu and the enemies of Israel mocked him: "It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel..." (Neh. 6:6). Too many Christians building communities today take the taunts of every modern-day Gashmu seriously. Community is a buzzword, and it turns out there's a lot of bad advice about how to build one. In Gashmu Saith It, Douglas Wilson includes forty years of experience for Christians wanting to build robust communities without retreat or compromise on the foundation of the Gospel. This book is full of wisdom: Get calluses. Be loyal. Fight sin. Build walls on the outside and a church in the middle.
Author : Wayne Gordon
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830895779
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)
Download or read book Making Neighborhoods Whole written by Wayne Gordon and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2013-08-26 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Civil rights leader John Perkins and CCDA president Wayne Gordon revisit the founding principles of the Christian Community Development Association, seeking to provide the terms for a new discussion around the emerging priorities of Christian community development today. Includes profiles of thriving urban ministries.
Author : Brad House
Publisher : Crossway
ISBN 13 : 1433523175
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (335 download)
Download or read book Community written by Brad House and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2011-09-07 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Community within the church today is hemorrhaging. Attention spans are dwindling, noise levels are increasing, and we can't seem to find time for real relationships. The answer to such social fragmentation can be found in small groups, and yet the majority of small groups—at least in the traditional sense—are often not the intentional, transformational community we really want and need. Somehow we need to get our groups off life support and into authentic community. Pastor Brad House helps us to re-imagine what gospel-centered community looks like and shares from his experience leading and reproducing healthy small groups. With wisdom and candor, House challenges us to think carefully about our own groups and to take steps toward cultivating communities that are able to glorify Jesus, bless one another, and participate in the mission of God.
Author : Stephen B. Clark
Publisher :
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (143 download)
Download or read book Building Christian Communities written by Stephen B. Clark and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Leah Libresco
Publisher : Ignatius Press
ISBN 13 : 1642290432
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (422 download)
Download or read book Building the Benedict Option written by Leah Libresco and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building the Benedict Option is a combination spiritual memoir and practical handbook for Christians who want to build communities of prayer, socialization, and evangelization in the places where they live and work. Beginning when the author was a new convert, she desired more communal prayer and fellowship than weekly Mass could provide. She surveyed her friends--busy, young, urban professionals like herself--and created unique enriching or supportive experiences that matched their desires and schedules. The result was a less lonely and more boisterous spiritual and social life. No Catholic Martha Stewart, Libresco is frank about how she plans events that allow her to feed thirty people on a Friday night without feeling exhausted. She is honest about the obstacles to prayer and the challenge to make it inviting and unobtrusive. Above all, she communicates the joy she has experienced since discovering ways to open her home (even when it was only a small studio apartment). The reader will close this book with four or five ideas for events to try over the next few weeks, along with the tools to make them fruitful. From film nights to picnics in the park to resume-writing evenings, there are plenty of ideas to choose from and loads of encouragement to make more room in one's life for others.
Author : Christine D. Pohl
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467431869
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (674 download)
Download or read book Living into Community written by Christine D. Pohl and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2011-12-20 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every church, every organization, has experienced them: betrayal, deception, grumbling, envy, exclusion. They make life together difficult and prevent congregations from developing the skills, virtues, and practices they need to nurture sturdy, life-giving communities. In Living into Community Christine Pohl explores four specific Christian practices -- gratitude, promise-keeping, truth-telling, and hospitality -- that can counteract those destructive forces and help churches and individuals build and sustain vibrant communities. Drawing on a wealth of personal and professional experience and interacting with the biblical, historical, and moral traditions, Pohl thoughtfully discusses each practice, including its possible complications and deformations, and points to how these essential practices can be better cultivated within communities and families.
Author : Jeanne C. DeFazio
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1621896218
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (218 download)
Download or read book Creative Ways to Build Christian Community written by Jeanne C. DeFazio and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2013-04-10 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creative Ways to Build Christian Community is exactly what its title says it is: a very personal, practical response to the present and future prospect of isolation, a treasure trove of examples and suggestions about how to accomplish the Great Commission from community builders telling how, over the years and the ministries, they have implemented creative ways to build up churches and organizations to develop more intensive Christian fellowship and, thereby, create community. --Dr. William David Spencer
Author : JR Woodward
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830866795
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)
Download or read book Creating a Missional Culture written by JR Woodward and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2013-09-20 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Missiologist and church planter JR Woodward offers a blueprint for the missional church--not small adjustments around the periphery of the infrastructure but a radical revisioning of how a church ought to look that entails changing how we think about leadership and what we expect out of discipleship.
Author : Rob Suggs
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 9780830830718
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (37 download)
Download or read book Christian Community written by Rob Suggs and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2002-01-18 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this ten-session LifeGuide® Bible Study, Rob Suggs leads us to grow in community--in loving and nurturing one another, and in reflecting Christ's love to the world around us.
Author : Ken Howard
Publisher : Paraclete Press (MA)
ISBN 13 : 9781557257758
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (577 download)
Download or read book Paradoxy written by Ken Howard and published by Paraclete Press (MA). This book was released on 2010 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Western Christianity moves toward a religious realignment of epic proportions that debates definitions of conservative and liberal, Howard shares his thoughts on identifying where a congregation stands and how changes will be navigated.
Author : John M. Perkins
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1585582115
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (855 download)
Download or read book Beyond Charity written by John M. Perkins and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 1993-07-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful call to action to bring reconciliation and restoration to broken communities.
Author : Kristen Ferguson
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 1087731801
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (877 download)
Download or read book Excellence in Online Education written by Kristen Ferguson and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Online education offers incredible potential to reach students and their context for Christ, but doing so requires intentional implementation of a philosophy and practice of online education. As online professors and administrators seek to create a Christian community on mission, students can be transformed, and the gospel will be spread throughout the world. Excellence in Online Education provides an overview of the debates surrounding online Christian education, a framework for building community online, and practical advice about course design, delivery and program management.
Author : Jim Wilder
Publisher : Moody Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0802498558
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (24 download)
Download or read book The Other Half of Church written by Jim Wilder and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Could brain science be the key to spiritual formation? Why does true Christian transformation seem fleeting? And why does church often feel lonely, Christian community shallow, and leaders untrustworthy? For many Christians, the delight of encountering Christ eventually dwindles—and disappointment sets in. Is lasting joy possible? These are some of the questions Michel Hendricks has considered both in his experience as a spiritual formation pastor and in his lifetime as a Christian. He began to find answers when he met Jim Wilder—a neurotheologian. Using brain science, Wilder identified that there are two halves of the church: the rational half and the relational half. And when Christians only embrace the rational half, churches become unhealthy places where transformation doesn’t last and narcissistic leaders flourish. In The Other Half of Church, join Michel and Jim's journey as they couple brain science with the Bible to identify how to overcome spiritual stagnation by living a full-brained faith. You'll also learn the four ingredients necessary to develop and maintain a vibrant transformational community where spiritual formation occurs, relationships flourish, and the toxic spread of narcissism is eradicated.
Author : Michael Plekon
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725287536
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)
Download or read book Community as Church, Church as Community written by Michael Plekon and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-07-22 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parishes of all denominations are in decline, shrinking, closing, dying. We know that there are increasing numbers, young and older, who are religious “nones” and “dones.” This book explores why the decline is taking place, why the distancing is going on. But it goes on to examine parishes from all over the country and from various church bodies that are resurrecting. The central theme of death and resurrection shapes the analysis of parishes covered. Parishes are resurrecting by reinventing their ministries, by repurposing their building to better serve their neighborhoods, thus replanting and reconnecting with them. All of this is the Spirit’s doing but through the community of sisters and brothers who make up each congregation of faith. Community as the core of church is the other reality shaping the book’s reflection. And community, a parish being with those around, living for more than its own survival are visions for going forward. Other aspects of congregational life are also examined, most importantly the pastors—how they serve when budgets shrink, how they are trained, how pastors act with the community not above it. No recipes are suggested for parish resurrection, but the stories of the parishes that have revived bear within numerous lessons for us in the future.
Author : Ian M. Fraser
Publisher : World Council of Churches
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Many Cells, One Body written by Ian M. Fraser and published by World Council of Churches. This book was released on 2003 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Small Christian Communities (SCCs) are known by different terms in different regions. In earlier years, they were described as "grassroots communities" or "basic Christian communities". Today, they are called "house churches" in China, "home churches" in Australia, and "basic ecclesial communities" in Latin America. These close-knit groups of Christians function as bearers of good news and agents of hope in a troubled world. This book reflects a lifetime of interaction and correspondence with SCCs. In these extended families of fellowship and service, the author discerns the work of one Spirit in a multiplicity of circumstances. He demonstrates that each cell embodies the classic marks of a church that is one, holy, catholic and apostolic, yet he also shows that their form is remarkably flexible and radically non-hierarchical. He argues that this movement's departure from convention should be regarded not as a threat to traditional leadership but as a gift to the whole people of God.
