Churchless

Author : George Barna,David Kinnaman
Publisher : Tyndale House
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781414395982

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Churchless by George Barna,David Kinnaman Pdf

Churchless people are all around us: among our closest loved ones, at our workplaces, in our neighborhoods. And more and more, they are becoming the norm: The number of churchless adults in the US has grown by nearly one-third in the past decade. Yet the startling truth is that many of these people claim they are looking for a genuine, powerful encounter with God—but they just don’t find it in church. What are they (or we) missing? How can we better reach out to them? What can we say or do that would inspire them to want to join a community of faith? Containing groundbreaking new research from the Barna Group, and edited by bestselling authors George Barna (Revolution) and David Kinnaman (You Lost Me), Churchless reveals the results of a five-year study based on interviews with thousands of churchless men and women. Looking past the surface of church attendance to deeper spiritual realities, Churchless will help us understand those who choose not to be part of a church, build trust-based relationships with them, and be empowered to successfully invite them to engage.

Author : Herbert E. Hoefer
Publisher : William Carey Library
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0878084444

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Churchless Christianity by Herbert E. Hoefer Pdf

The purpose of this book is to describe a fact and reflect upon it theologically. The fact is, there are thousands of people who believe solely in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior but who have no plans to be baptized or to join the local church. Churchless Christianity is based on research from the early 1980s among non-baptized believers in Christ in Tamil Nadu, India. This revised edition includes all the original text plus five additional chapters and a new foreword.

Author : Steve Aisthorpe
Publisher : Saint Andrew Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780861539161

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The Invisible Church by Steve Aisthorpe Pdf

For anyone who is concerned about Church decline, the contents of this book offer an essential blueprint for building God’s whole community in the coming years. This unique set of resources offers practical help and insight for all who want to grow, enrich and develop their congregational life. The Church of Scotland has drawn on the findings of extensive new research that it has commissioned in order to put together this set of carefully crafted and informed resources aimed at helping every congregation to understand why people leave the Church, how to avoid unnecessary departures and, above all, to develop an enriching, vital Christian fellowship with the large numbers of Churchless Christians in every community across the country. This ground-breaking book, illustrated by Dave Walker, offers information, hope, insight, prayerful reflection and practical ideas for bringing together in fellowship all Christians, whether they are members of an institutional Church or not.

Author : Michael P. Fogarty
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351386722

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Routledge Revivals: Christian Democracy in Western Europe (1957) by Michael P. Fogarty Pdf

First published in 1957, this book is a detailed analysis on Christian Democracy, a movement backed by Protestants as well as Catholics, which has become one of the great social forces of Western Europe. It is strong in eight countries. The first half of Fogarty’s book sets out what the many Christian-Democratic movements stand for. The second part of the book shows how these movements began, how they have grown, changed, and consolidated, and how they developed into the mid-20th century. This is a broad and useful survey which delves the history, nature and significance of the Christian Democratic movements in Europe. In Fogarty’s analysis, Christian Democracy may indeed bring about a renewed unity of the Christian tradition in Western society.

Author : Steve Bevans
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004363083

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Essays in Contextual Theology by Steve Bevans Pdf

A collection of essays on the nature of contextual theology, criteria for orthodoxy, prophetic dialogue, conversion, culture and other relevant topics as Christian faith and particular contexts encounter one another.

Author : Alan Jamieson
Publisher : Society for Promoting Christian
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0281054657

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A Churchless Faith by Alan Jamieson Pdf

This text is based on research with those who have left churches but are nethertheless pursuing a journey of faith. Most of the church leavers interviewed for this text had been in their churches for over 15 years; most had held key leadership positions, and 40 per cent had been in full time theological study of church work. The text outlines how churches can help leavers and suggests a conversion between post-church groups and churches.

Author : Edward H Hammett
Publisher : Chalice Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780827233058

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Reaching People under 30 while Keeping People over 60 by Edward H Hammett Pdf

Seasoned church consultant Edward H. Hammett shares his latest insights and suggestions for churches seeking to serve all generations. This is an updated version of Hammett's 2007 book Reaching People Under 40 while Keeping People Over 60 that expands the reach another decade and emphasizes diversity with insight from new contributors Paul L. Anderson and Cornell Thomas. A TCP Books title.

Author : David James Duncan
Publisher : Triad Institute, Inc.
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0977717011

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God Laughs & Plays by David James Duncan Pdf

Duncan offers a collection of "churchless sermons," stories, memoir, and conversations with the affirmation that the way of life preached and embodied by Jesus is apolitical.

Author : Tom-Eric Krijger
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 678 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004410084

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The Eclipse of Liberal Protestantism in the Netherlands by Tom-Eric Krijger Pdf

In The Eclipse of Liberal Protestantism in the Netherlands, Tom-Eric Krijger offers a new interpretation of the development of the Protestant modernist movement in Dutch religious, social, cultural, and political life between 1870 and 1940.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 830 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015010805581

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The Monthly Christian Spectator. 1851-1859 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Will Brooks
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666707502

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Interpreting Scripture across Cultures by Will Brooks Pdf

The refugee that has come to your church, the pastor of the immigrant church in your town, and you yourself all come before the same Bible, even the same verse, and walk away with completely different understandings and applications. In an increasingly globalized and multicultural world, how can we learn to see beyond our own cultural influences, understand those of others, and learn from each other in order to better understand and apply the word of God? How do we stay faithful to the text when our contemporary cultural perspective is so different from the original author's? This book will enable you to understand the common pitfalls and dangers related to cross-cultural hermeneutics while also equipping you with principles and real-life examples for how to interpret Scripture in such situations. Additionally, given the fact that our world is increasingly digitized and people are less and less likely to read, we will consider the issue of oral hermeneutics and how those who can't read or choose not to read can interpret Scripture faithfully.

Author : Swami Dayanand Bharati
Publisher : William Carey Publishing
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2004-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780878086863

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Living Water and Indian Bowl (Revised Edition): by Swami Dayanand Bharati Pdf

This is an insightful analysis based on personal experience of Christian work among Hindus and the error and inadequacy of Western Christianity in the Hindu world. Numerous anecdotes are the greatest strength of this important book. “He presents the transcultural Good News in culturally understandable ways for the India of the 21st century.” –H. Stanley Wood, Center for New Church Development, Columbia Theological Seminary

Author : Holly Catterton Allen
Publisher : ACU Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781684269846

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InterGenerate by Holly Catterton Allen Pdf

Leaders in Christian communities are all asking the same question: How can we bring the generations back together? InterGenerate addresses important questions of why we should bring the generations back together, but even more significantly, how we can bring generations back together. In this edited collection, ministers, church leaders, and Christian educators will find valuable, new generational theory perspectives, fresh biblical and theological insights, and practical outcomes backed by current research. InterGenerate offers important guidance on topics including •intergenerational spiritual disciplines, •transitioning from multigenerational to intergenerational, •new research that focuses directly on intergenerational ministry and offers practical outcomes to implement, and •benefits of intergenerational ministry for the most marginalized generations. An exciting and distinctive aspect of InterGenerate is the vast diversity of voice —men and women ranging in age from millennials to baby boomers, representing multiple countries and over a dozen denominations—all seeking ways to become more intentionally intergenerational in their outlook and practice.

Author : P. Solomon Raj
Publisher : ISPCK
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Christianity
ISBN : 8172147309

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The New Wine-skins by P. Solomon Raj Pdf

Author : James H. Austin
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780262260367

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Selfless Insight by James H. Austin Pdf

Attention, self-consciousness, insight, wisdom, emotional maturity: how Zen teachings can illuminate the way our brains function and vice-versa. When neurology researcher James Austin began Zen training, he found that his medical education was inadequate. During the past three decades, he has been at the cutting edge of both Zen and neuroscience, constantly discovering new examples of how these two large fields each illuminate the other. Now, in Selfless Insight, Austin arrives at a fresh synthesis, one that invokes the latest brain research to explain the basis for meditative states and clarifies what Zen awakening implies for our understanding of consciousness. Austin, author of the widely read Zen and the Brain, reminds us why Zen meditation is not only mindfully attentive but evolves to become increasingly selfless and intuitive. Meditators are gradually learning how to replace over-emotionality with calm, clear objective comprehension. In this new book, Austin discusses how meditation trains our attention, reprogramming it toward subtle forms of awareness that are more openly mindful. He explains how our maladaptive notions of self are rooted in interactive brain functions. And he describes how, after the extraordinary, deep states of kensho-satori strike off the roots of the self, a flash of transforming insight-wisdom leads toward ways of living more harmoniously and selflessly. Selfless Insight is the capstone to Austin's journey both as a creative neuroscientist and as a Zen practitioner. His quest has spanned an era of unprecedented progress in brain research and has helped define the exciting new field of contemplative neuroscience.