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Author : Naomi R. Walters
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (15 download)
Download or read book Discerning Congregational Identity at the Stamford Church of Christ written by Naomi R. Walters and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ethan E. Brown
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 696 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (824 download)
Download or read book The Significance of Congregational Identity and Structure to Spiritual Formation Within Churches of Christ written by Ethan E. Brown and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developing a clear understanding of identity within the congregation, and putting community-friendly structures in place, are human expressions of faithfulness to which God may respond. Congregational identity consists of a clealyr defiined mission, set of core beliefs , core values, and vision. Congregational structures are programs or activities of the church that are put in place to channel, guide, and focused members toward interaction with God. A survey focuses on the West Springfield (Mass.) Church of Christ.
Author : Sally Weaver Glick
Publisher : Herald Press (VA)
ISBN 13 : 9780836192841
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (928 download)
Download or read book In Tune with God written by Sally Weaver Glick and published by Herald Press (VA). This book was released on 2004 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book helps congregations learn how to make decisions in healthy ways--focused on God's purposes, and growing in love and truth. Sally Weaver Glick approaches congregational discernment as a process of hearing and entering God's song. Discernment is what we do to distinguish between God's music and our own static and noise. Good discernment, says Weaver Glick, lets God's song sing through us and shape us, so that we can join in harmoniously, responding to God's love and mercy.
Author : Danny E. Morris
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 156699506X
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (669 download)
Download or read book Discerning God's Will Together written by Danny E. Morris and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bible study, research, and fieldwork merge in this book of practical principles for decision making by spiritual discernment. The step-by-step approach can be used to help any size group learn a new way to make decisions--a way that is interactive, spiritual, and rooted in faith practices and community. Small groups, committees, church boards, church leaders at all levels, and seminary professors will find this book valuable. This is a revised and updated version of the book, originally published in 1997. This new version inclused revised and updated material, as well as a new introduction by Charles Olsen.
Author : Annette Marie Woodman Howe
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (54 download)
Download or read book Discerning Congregational Identity and Ministry written by Annette Marie Woodman Howe and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Paul Nixon
Publisher : The Pilgrim Press
ISBN 13 : 0829820361
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (298 download)
Download or read book Weird Church written by Paul Nixon and published by The Pilgrim Press. This book was released on 2016-02-05 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wake-up call to anyone who still thinks church revitalization is simply a matter of doing better the things that used to come so easily. However, for the innovators whose ministries cannot fully be measured or understood by the old paradigms of members and money, Weird Church offers compelling vindication and encouragement that may cause them to stand and cheer
Author : Michael Welker
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725233398
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)
Download or read book God the Spirit written by Michael Welker and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2013-08-23 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard J Boles
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479801674
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)
Download or read book Dividing the Faith written by Richard J Boles and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2020-12-29 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncovers the often overlooked participation of African Americans and Native Americans in early Protestant churches Phillis Wheatley was stolen from her family in Senegambia, and, in 1761, slave traders transported her to Boston, Massachusetts, to be sold. She was purchased by the Wheatley family who treated Phillis far better than most eighteenth-century slaves could hope, and she received a thorough education while still, of course, longing for her freedom. After four years, Wheatley began writing religious poetry. She was baptized and became a member of a predominantly white Congregational church in Boston. More than ten years after her enslavement began, some of her poetry was published in London, England, as a book titled Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. This book is evidence that her experience of enslavement was exceptional. Wheatley remains the most famous black Christian of the colonial era. Though her experiences and accomplishments were unique, her religious affiliation with a predominantly white church was quite ordinary. Dividing the Faith argues that, contrary to the traditional scholarly consensus, a significant portion of northern Protestants worshipped in interracial contexts during the eighteenth century. Yet in another fifty years, such an affiliation would become increasingly rare as churches were by-and-large segregated. Richard Boles draws from the records of over four hundred congregations to scrutinize the factors that made different Christian traditions either accessible or inaccessible to African American and American Indian peoples. By including Indians, Afro-Indians, and black people in the study of race and religion in the North, this research breaks new ground and uses patterns of church participation to illuminate broader social histories. Overall, it explains the dynamic history of racial integration and segregation in northern colonies and states.
Author : D. Newell Williams
Publisher : Chalice Press
ISBN 13 : 0827235275
Total Pages : 678 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (272 download)
Download or read book The Stone-Campbell Movement written by D. Newell Williams and published by Chalice Press. This book was released on 2013-03-30 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Stone-Campbell Movement: A Global History tells the story of Christians from around the globe and across time who have sought to witness faithfully to the gospel of reconciliation. Transcending theological differences by drawing from all the major streams of the movement, this foundational book documents the movement's humble beginnings on the American frontier and growth into international churches of the twenty-first century.
Author : R. S. Sugirtharajah
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521005241
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (52 download)
Download or read book The Bible and the Third World written by R. S. Sugirtharajah and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-06-11 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive history of the Bible in the Third World.
Author : Michael Barnes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521009089
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Theology and the Dialogue of Religions written by Michael Barnes and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-03-14 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description
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Total Pages : 918 pages
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Download or read book The Churchman written by and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 918 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gregory A. Boyd
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1441244549
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (412 download)
Download or read book Benefit of the Doubt written by Gregory A. Boyd and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2013-09-15 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Benefit of the Doubt, influential theologian, pastor, and bestselling author Gregory Boyd invites readers to embrace a faith that doesn't strive for certainty, but rather for commitment in the midst of uncertainty. Boyd rejects the idea that a person's faith is as strong as it is certain. In fact, he makes the case that doubt can enhance faith and that seeking certainty is harming many in today's church. Readers who wrestle with their faith will welcome Boyd's message that experiencing a life-transforming relationship with Christ is possible, even with unresolved questions about the Bible, theology, and ethics. Boyd shares stories of his own painful journey, and stories of those to whom he has ministered, with a poignant honesty that will resonate with readers of all ages.
Author : Church Publishing,
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0898696372
Total Pages : 798 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (986 download)
Download or read book Holy Women, Holy Men written by Church Publishing, and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2010 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully revised and expanded, this new work is the first major revision of the liturgical calendar of the Episcopal Church in more than 40 years! It is the official revision of Lesser Feasts and Fasts and authorized by the 2009 General Convention. All commemorations in Lesser Feasts and Fasts have been retained, and many new ones added. Three scripture readings (instead of current two) are provided for all minor holy days. Additional new material includes a votive mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary, many more ecumenical commemorations, plus a proper for space exploration. For years the oft revised volume, Lesser Feasts and Fasts (LFF), has served parishes and individuals mark part of the holiness of each day by providing Scripture readings, a collect, a Eucharistic preface, and a narrative about those remembered on the church's calendar that day whose lives have witnessed to the grace of God. Holy Women, Holy Men (HWHM) is a major effort to revise, but also to expand and enrich LFF. Where LFF provided two readings (gospel and other New Testament) plus a psalm, HWHM adds an Old Testament citation. Where LFF was limited to few non-Anglicans in the post-reformation period (and few non-Episcopalians after 1789), HWHM dramatically broadens appreciation for other Christians and their traditions. Over-emphasis on clergy is redressed by additional laity, males by females, and "in-church" activities by contributions well beyond the workings of institutional agendas. These almost daily commemorations occupy over 600 of the book's 785 pages, by far the lion's share of its content. Remaining sections address: principles of revision and guides for future revision; liturgical propers for seasons (Advent/Christmas, Lent, and Easter); and new propers for a miscellany of propers usable with individuals (or events) not officially listed in the formal calendar. Two cycles of propers for daily Eucharist are also included, one covering a six week period, the other a two year cycle.
Author : Church Publishing
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0898699630
Total Pages : 800 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (986 download)
Download or read book A Great Cloud of Witnesses written by Church Publishing and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new and expanded volume of optional commemorations of significant figures in the history of the Episcopal Church. This volume replaces the popular Holy Women, Holy Men. By action of the 2015 General Convention, Great Cloud of Witnesses is being made available for devotional or catechetical use and for use in public worship throughout the Church. It reflects the lively experience of holiness, especially on the level of the local community. It is accordingly a useful tool for learning about the history of the church and identifying those who have inspired and challenged us from the time of the New Testament to the present. Each entry includes a biographical narrative of the person or people, highlighting the significance of their lives and witness. A devotional collect is provided in both Rite I and Rite II language and a set of indexing “tags” suggests how the entry fits into the broader scope of Christian history and delineates the Christian gifts and virtues that may have inspired the person’s ministries. This edition is printed on a special synthetic paper coated with a unique clay coating which combines the advantages of paper with the durability of plastic. This paper looks and feels like paper but stands up to water, weather, grease, chemicals and resists tearing in both directions.
Author : Margaret Aston
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316060470
Total Pages : 1994 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Broken Idols of the English Reformation written by Margaret Aston and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-11-26 with total page 1994 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why were so many religious images and objects broken and damaged in the course of the Reformation? Margaret Aston's magisterial new book charts the conflicting imperatives of destruction and rebuilding throughout the English Reformation from the desecration of images, rails and screens to bells, organs and stained glass windows. She explores the motivations of those who smashed images of the crucifixion in stained glass windows and who pulled down crosses and defaced symbols of the Trinity. She shows that destruction was part of a methodology of religious revolution designed to change people as well as places and to forge in the long term new generations of new believers. Beyond blanked walls and whited windows were beliefs and minds impregnated by new modes of religious learning. Idol-breaking with its emphasis on the treacheries of images fundamentally transformed not only Anglican ways of worship but also of seeing, hearing and remembering.
Author : Heidi B. Neumark
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666736449
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (667 download)
Download or read book Hidden Inheritance written by Heidi B. Neumark and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heidi Neumark’s life changed when a few computer keystrokes exposed generations of family secrets, raising questions she could not answer: How did she never know of her grandfather’s murder? Or that her grandmother was a death-camp survivor? Why had the family history and faith been hidden? What did this mean for her work as a pastor, community organizer, and advocate with marginalized and oppressed communities? Seeking answers to these questions, Heidi traveled across the ocean and into the depths of her soul to encounter a family and spiritual heritage she never knew she had. For any who have had secrets, closeted identities, and silence shape their lives, Heidi’s journey is more than a spellbinding memoir. It’s also a courageous call to discover what can happen when all that has been hidden is finally brought to life.
