Being Church

Author : Albert L. Winseman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2007-03-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781595620439

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Growing an Engaged Church by Albert L. Winseman Pdf

Growing an Engaged Church offers unique, research-based, often counterintuitive solutions to the challenges facing churches today, including declining congregant participation, decreasing contributions, and slumping membership. Ministers, priests, and church boards will find the evidence and answers in this book provocative, eye-opening, and, most importantly, actionable. What if members of your congregation . . . • were 13 times more likely to have invited someone to participate in your church in the past month? • were three times as satisfied with their lives? • spent more than two hours per week serving and helping others in their community? • tripled their giving to your church? What would your church — your parish — look like? And how would you go about creating this kind of change? One thing is certain: Church leaders are never going to inspire more people to be actively and passionately involved in their congregations by doing the same things over and over again. Pastors and lay leaders need something fresh. Something new. The last thing they need is “just another program” or to set up a laundry list of new activities for members. Based on solid research by The Gallup Organization, Growing an Engaged Church will appeal to both Protestant and Catholic clergy and lay leaders who are looking for a way to be the Church instead of just “doing church.”

Author : Carey Nieuwhof
Publisher : WaterBrook
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780735291362

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At Your Best by Carey Nieuwhof Pdf

“A perceptive and practical book about why our calendars so rarely reflect our priorities and what we can do to regain control.”—ADAM GRANT “Carey’s book will help you reorganize your life. And then you can share a copy with someone you care about.”—SETH GODIN You deserve to stop living at an unsustainable pace. An influential podcaster and thought leader shows you how. Overwhelmed. Overcommitted. Overworked. That’s the false script an inordinate number of people adopt to be successful. Does this sound familiar: ● Slammed is normal. ● Distractions are everywhere. ● Life gets reduced to going through the motions. Tired of living that way? At Your Best gives you the strategies you need to win at work and at home by living in a way today that will help you thrive tomorrow. Influential podcast host and thought leader Carey Nieuwhof understands the challenges of constant pressure. After a season of burnout almost took him out, he discovered how to get time, energy, and priorities working in his favor. This approach freed up more than one thousand productive hours a year for him and can do the same for you. At Your Best will help you ● replace chronic exhaustion with deep productivity ● break the pattern of overpromising and never accomplishing enough ● clarify what matters most by restructuring your day ● master the art of saying no, without losing friends or influence ● discover why vacations and sabbaticals don’t really solve your problems ● develop a personalized plan to recapture each day so you can break free from the trap of endless to-dos Start thriving at work and at home as you discover how to be at your best.

Author : Gary McIntosh,Alan McMahan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Church
ISBN : 0898274907

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Being the Church in a Multi-ethnic Community by Gary McIntosh,Alan McMahan Pdf

The face of America is growing rapidly more diverse, and many churches are wondering what it means to carry out the Great Commission in a community where different ethnicities are represented. Being the Church in a Multi-Ethnic Community is an introductory guide, a basic primer for pastors and congregation leaders who are wrestling with how to reach the ethnic groups next door and welcome them into the multi-ethnic body of Christ. Gary L. McIntosh and Alan McMahan offer a research-based overview of the issues, challenges, and essential principles for developing multi-ethnic churches in the United States. Rather than being a one-size-fits-all, this book describes a variety of approaches for bringing multiple ethnicities together into a single congregation. Learn how your church can be effective in welcoming disciples of all ethnicities.

Author : Pablo R. Andinach
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781620321355

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Being Church by Pablo R. Andinach Pdf

This little book resulted from the conviction that we need to contemplate what it is to be the church in the contemporary world. We are aware that we are living in a time of crisis, with rapid social and cultural changes that challenge the way we have been a church: challenges that come not only from outside the institution--from the society where it acts--but from the inside as well. In this book we face old and new questions: What is the foundation of the church? Who are we as Christians? Who is this Jesus Christ in whom we believe? What is the mission of the church today? Proclaiming the Word: Is it another Sacrament? From what does Christ save us? What is sin?

Author : Edward Rommen
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498293167

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Being the Church by Edward Rommen Pdf

If the divine liturgy really is as beautiful as we claim, wouldn't more people attend? Wouldn't the church grow? Driven by our desire for growth, we count, we analyze, we make charts, and we strategize, but often with few discernible results. That is probably the result of focusing on secondary aspects of church life. As we know, the very existence of a church is a gift of God's presence and not the result of any particular actions taken by human beings. For that reason, church is primarily about being something rather than doing or achieving something. So the growth of the church is not reflected in ever-increasing numbers, dollars, and activities, but rather in steadily growing conformity to the divine ideal. So in order to evaluate ecclesial growth, we will first have to ask what the church is supposed to be. One answer to that question is captured in the four marks of the church given in the creed: Oneness, Holiness, Catholicity, and Apostolicity. These four characteristics serve as a matrix or framework within which we can focus on the primary aspects of ecclesial being and help it grow and become what it was intended to be.

Author : Henry Cloud,John Sims Townsend
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780310585909

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Boundaries by Henry Cloud,John Sims Townsend Pdf

When to say yes, when to say no to take control of your life.

Author : Kelly Bean
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441246530

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How to Be a Christian without Going to Church by Kelly Bean Pdf

As many--young people especially--leave the traditional church in droves, they often still long for a genuine Christian community in which to practice their faith and share their spiritual journeys with others. They want to be faithful but struggle to find a place where they flourish. Whether they've already left the church behind or are merely considering it, readers will find here both heartfelt encouragement and practical steps for finding or creating a community of faith that honors God and offers rest, love, and communion with other believers. Author Kelly Bean broadens our definition of church to include many alternative forms of Christian community. With true stories of those who have given up on church and what they're doing now, this book is also helpful for pastors and churchgoers to help them understand why people leave the church--and what might be done to help them stay.

Author : Joe R. Jones
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2005-08-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781597522762

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On Being the Church of Jesus Christ in Tumultuous Times by Joe R. Jones Pdf

This collection of essays, sermons, and prayers urges the church today to be the sort of community that sustains a vigorous and continuing conversation within itself as to who has called it into being, to whom it is responsible, and what it is called to be and to do. Jones reminds the church that it is an alternative political community called into being by the Gospel. This collection explores what it means to be such an alternative community in tumultuous times, in times when it is tempting to look to the world for answers, and to confuse loyalty to the nation-state with loyalty to God. A theme throughout all the writings is that the church is the necessary context for becoming and being a Christian.

Author : Philip Wilson
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2005-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780819229731

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Being Single in the Church Today by Philip Wilson Pdf

The model of the nuclear family unit, once the norm, is now only one of many different forms of family. Fifty percent of the population in the US right now is single. In this original and readable book, Philip Watson examines the phenomenon of singleness in contemporary society and its implications for ministry. Wilson traces the history of the church's attitudes towards marriage and sexuality, from the early Church Fathers through the Reformation. In a series of direct interviews he probes how single people today feel within their church communities. His findings reveal that the vast majority of those questioned feel they are something of an embarrassing anomaly in communities that continue to prize marriage. Finally, Wilson begins to develop a framework for a more nuanced approach to the subject of sexuality and relationships, and suggests ways in which the church, as primarily a community of love, can become the best forum in which single life can be discussed, articulated, assisted, and faithfully lived out.

Author : Anthony B. Robinson,Robert W. Wall
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2006-02-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802860656

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Called to Be Church by Anthony B. Robinson,Robert W. Wall Pdf

Biblical scholar Robert Wall and pastoral leader Anthony Robinson here join forces to bring the Acts of the Apostles forward to our time as a resource for congregational renewal and transformation.Featuring both careful exegetical study and exciting contemporary exposition, the fifteen chapters of Called to Be Church each first interpret the text of Acts as Scripture and then engage Acts for today's church. The book dives into many of the most vexing issues faced by the church then and now -- such issues as conflict resolution, pluralism and multiculturalism, sexuality, money, church and state, the role of the Holy Spirit, and more.Enhanced by study questions at the end of each chapter, Called to Be Church will lend itself especially well to small-group study within congregations. Pastors, lay readers, students, and ordinary believers alike will find the book helpful and inspiring.

Author : Dr. Terry Cutrer
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781664270688

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Secrets of Being a Happy Church Member by Dr. Terry Cutrer Pdf

Many church members lack enthusiasm, joy, or happiness. This book is designed to restore all three to those who desire a truly enriching church life.

Author : Isaac NEW
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1858
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0019555177

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A Christian Church: being an address, etc by Isaac NEW Pdf

Author : Michael Ferrebee Sadler
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2024-03-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783385386655

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The Church Teacher's Manual of Christian Instruction. Being the Church Catechism Expanded and in Question and Answer by Michael Ferrebee Sadler Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

Author : Esq. John MACFARLAN (of Ballancleroch.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1838
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0022836849

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Who are the friends of Religion and the Church? Being an answer to Sir A. Edmonstone's Six Letters to the Electors of Stirlingshire by Esq. John MACFARLAN (of Ballancleroch.) Pdf

Author : William Ewart Gladstone
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0019513087

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The Doom of the Irish Church, Being a Vindication of ... Mr. Gladstone's Resolutions. By a Clergyman of the Church of Scotland by William Ewart Gladstone Pdf