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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...
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There has to be more to leading worship than what I've been doing. That nagging thought drove William Kirkwood to develop this primer on worship for all lead pastors and worship planners who have wondered the same thing. Most pastors come out of seminary with little training in worship yet are ultimately responsible for the worship life of their church. Most worship planners/leaders have musical and leadership skills but little theological background...
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Augustine's Confessions is probably the most commented-upon text of early Christianity. Yet, there is a consensus that this justly famous work is neither well composed nor structurally unified. "You Made Us for Yourself" aims to challenge this common notion by approaching the Confessions in light of what Augustine himself would have considered most fundamental: creation, understood in a broad sense. Creation, for Augustine, is an epiphany, a light...
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Many of us sense a lack of confidence when it comes to leading a group of people to a different level of thinking that involves change. How will we get there? How can we entice followers to come along as we lead? For without followers, we cannot be leaders. Intellectual fatigue, a lack of physical vitality, and drained emotions make it nearly impossible to foster healthy change. Leading biblically, confidently, and with integrity will require the...
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Improve your service. While many claim to offer models of leadership suitable for contemporary society, this book goes a notch higher by doing so through the prism of Jesus's servant leadership. As the servant-leader par excellence, Jesus not only taught but demonstrated service by stooping down and washing his disciples' feet. This book distills the experience and wisdom of men and women who have practically benefited from Jesus's leadership. Reflective...
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For Others to Follow is a call for Spirit-led leadership guided by a grounded theory derived from a multi-layered analysis of rich, firsthand narratives given by respondents to a research questionnaire and reflected through four decades of experience. Taken together, the recommendations in this book underpin an ethos, a character of leadership that will invite others to follow and to emulate, while the leader herself grows and blooms.
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Leaders in congregations and Christian organizations wrestle with an unraveling of the world in which they have little experience and training. While they are offered unending resources by experts on leadership, some with claims to biblical blueprints, the challenges seem mismatched to those methods. Branson and Roxburgh frame the situation as one in which "modernity's wager"-the conviction that God is not necessary for life and wisdom and meaning-has...
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La divisoria sagrado-secular sigue amenazando la salud de la iglesia global, desempoderando a cristianos laicos y socavando el llamado a integrar todas las áreas de la vida bajo el señorío de Cristo.
Los educadores teológicos en busca de un camino para salir de esta dicotomía se verán retados y estimulados por esta colección de ensayos extraídos de la conferencia de ICETE de 2018 llevada a cabo en la ciudad de Panamá. Dentro de sus cuatro...
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In the pages of this book, Alan Hirsch takes us on a really, deep dive into the fivefold (APEST) typology of ministry as articulated in Ephesians 4:1-16, but he takes us to a depth and scope that few (if any) have ventured before. By laying out the most comprehensive model of APEST to date-one that incorporates deep theology, as well as innovative practice-Hirsch once again demonstrates an almost uncanny capacity to change not only the nature of the...
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All religions follow the same principles and you will know them in this book. These are principles that transpose time and have been in existence for thousands of years. And, once you see how simple they are to apply, you will finally be able to form your own group and expand your awareness with others, while creating valuable connections that will expand your influence as a spiritual leader.
The information presented here is based on the direct experience...
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Who decides what your church (local or denominational) will look like twenty-five or thirty years from now?
How can you ensure that your church will continue to fulfill its God-given purpose in the next generation?
What can be done now to reverse negative trends in ministry such as pastoral burnout?
Much of the answer to these questions about pastors and other local church leaders is tied to the training they receive. Training Spirit-Filled Local...
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Many people today, including Christians of deep conviction, are deciding, for one reason or another, to stop attending church. They have been swept up by the avalanche in America known simply as the "nones," thereby joining the ranks of the religiously unaffiliated dubbed the "church alumni association"-or perhaps more accurately "believers in exile"-by Anglican Bishop John Shelby Spong.
Research shows that during the first two decades of the twenty-first...
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The sacred-secular divide continues to threaten the health of the global church, disempowering lay Christians and undermining the call to integrate all aspects of life under the lordship of Christ. Theological educators seeking a path out of this dichotomy will find themselves both challenged and encouraged by this collection of essays drawn from the 2018 ICETE conference in Panama City. Within its four sections, contributors explore biblical frameworks...
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Le clivage entre le sacré et le profane continue de menacer la santé de l'Église mondiale, en participant à la déresponsabilisation des chrétiens laïcs et en sapant l'appel à intégrer tous les aspects de la vie sous la seigneurie du Christ.
Les enseignants théologiques qui cherchent une voie pour sortir de cette dichotomie seront à la fois stimulés et encouragés par ce recueil d'articles tirés de la conférence de l'ICETE 2018 à Panama...
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"Dieu ne peut pas faire au travers d'un homme, ce qu'il n'a pas en lui, ou bien ce qu' un homme n'a pas permis à Dieu de faire en lui."
Ces propos de l'auteur, Z.T. Fomum, démontrent que quiconque veut marcher et servir Dieu doit traiter avec son cœur. Dieu recherche le temple intérieur, le cœur du croyant, pour y faire sa demeure. De ce fait, le premier appel de Dieu à une personne n'est pas d'abord l'appel au service, c'est l'appel à le...
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Pope Francis has made no secret of the fact that he seeks to reform the Catholic Church, especially the institutional components by which it is guided and governed. Standing in his way are institutional inertia, simplistic ideologies, scandals, and the resistance of some who will not readily relinquish power. Can he pull it off? In this smart and thoughtful book, priest-sociologist Rocco D'Ambrosio carefully considers the personality, convictions,...
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Out on the barren margins of Babylonian exile, the great Psalmist suggests their captors are actually asking for a song of joy. Imagine that. Is it possible to sing the Lord's song in a foreign land? Christians today find themselves caught up in the massive sweep of secularizing culture. Do we have a joyful song to sing anymore? Do we know what our song has been throughout history? Could we possibly sing as a mighty choir, just perhaps igniting spiritual...
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Protestantism carries on with the practice of making the "pastor" the focal point in the church. In The Pastor Has No Clothes, Jon Zens demonstrates that putting all the ecclesiastical eggs in the pastor's basket has no precedent in the New Testament.
Using 1 Corinthians 12:14, Zens shows the usual way of doing church contradicts Paul's self-evident remark that "the body indeed is not one part" and then goes on to unfold from that Epistle how the...
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What if we learned to be the Church instead of just going to church?
What if we gathered to learn from God, rather than to learn about God?
In Presence-Based Community, Pastor Jon Quesenberry digs deep into biblical truths to propose a reordering of focus and priority for the church. This thought-provoking book calls the reader to live in biblical community defined by mutual love and partnership with God in order to reveal His glory and extend His...
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The challenge to all forms of authority has become particularly acute since the middle of the twentieth century and has had a profound impact on all aspects of society. It has affected relationships in the home, in local communities and in the world at large. It has tested parents as they seek to nurture their children. It has undermined the ability of teachers to manage their classes. It has forced the police to change their tactics. It has required...
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