Dysfunctional Church

Author : Barry W. Barnett
Publisher : Tate Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781607993339

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The Cure for the Dysfunctional Church by Barry W. Barnett Pdf

On the path to find truth, it can be hard to find God's direction when the church appears so dysfunctional. InThe Cure for the Dysfunctional Church, pastor and author Barry W Barnett Jr. guides readers by offering wisdom that he has gathered from years of serving God. With his no-nonsense approach,The Cure for the Dysfunctional Churchcuts through the haze and delivers straightforward, clear answers. Look past the fog as Barry points you back toward the Bible to become all that you were created to be. bull; Understand the root causes of dysfunction within the church bull; See clearly why churches and Christians cease to be what they were meant to be bull; Find the solutions you, your family, and your church need to return to a meaningful, fulfilling walk with God Author Barry W. Barnett Jr. and his wife, Michelle, reside in Poynette, Wisconsin. They have raised four biological children and have recently adopted five more children. They have worked with over forty treatment level foster children. Barry holds a B.S. in Religion and is currently working on a Master of Ministry in Biblical Counseling. He has served God in a variety of ministries over the years. After seven years in youth ministry, he is now the founder and president of Lighthouse Family Ministries and Guardian Christian Academy.

Author : Michael H. Crosby
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725229563

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The Dysfunctional Church by Michael H. Crosby Pdf

Reduced to its simplest form, The Dysfunctional Church maintains that: -The Catholic church is an addict, an institutional addict. - It's addicted to preserving the male, celibate, clerical model of the church. - Many Catholics exhibit patterns of classic codependency which reinforce this addiction. - The result is a dysfunctional church unable to confront a problem many members know is there. Michael Crosby breaks the silence to talk openly about the abuse of authority in the Catholic church. He does this in a way that offers comfort, hope, and challenge to the frustrated but caring members of its family. He traces the historical gathering of powers by the hierarchy into its own hands and its ramification for today. Applying the approach that Matthew's Jesus took to the church leaders of his day, Crosby brings the discerning light of scripture into the dark corners of growing addiction. The Dysfunctional Church is a clear, loving, and unequivocal intervention. The author calls on church leaders and all other codependents in the church to face their addiction and seek recovery through spiritual conversion. Acknowledging that he himself is a recovering codependent, he invites us all to turn to God to fill the "hole" in our wholeness. This involves coming under the authority of a higher power as well as finding support in prophetic communities modeled on the Twelve Steps. For those who left the church in anger, Crosby's analysis invites compassion; for those who remain in frustration, it offers hope; and for the many who feel condemned to the church's use of authority, if offers a way of recovery.

Author : David Mains
Publisher : Mainstay Ministries
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Healing the Dysfunctional Church Family: When Destructive Family Patterns Infiltrate the Body of Christ by David Mains Pdf

Christians don’t check their dysfunctional habits at the church door. Coiffed and buttoned-down on the outside, inside we still bring our compulsions and addictions, our urges to criticize, compare, and deny. Try as we might to cover up, we often behave in church just like we do at home. It’s time to stop pretending. No church is perfect, just as no family is perfect. This book calls us to accept the church’s humanness – the fact that we tend to make messes of our lives – as it explores eight common dysfunctions. But it also calls us to reaffirm that each local congregation in the body of Christ ought to be a place where we can come and feel loved, helped, forgiven – and given hope to go out and do better next time. After all, God created the church to be the best family in the whole world. Small group discussion questions and helpful excerpts from other books are included with each chapter.

Author : Dale A. Robbins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Church
ISBN : 0964802201

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What People Ask about the Church by Dale A. Robbins Pdf

Author : David R. Mains
Publisher : Victor
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0896930505

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Healing the Dysfunctional Church Family by David R. Mains Pdf

No church is perfect, just as no family is perfect. This profound and honest book calls us to accept the church's humanness as it explores common dysfunctions. But it also calls upon us to view each local congregation as a place where we can feel loved, helped, and forgiven.

Author : Thomas L. Ehrich,Tom Ehrich
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN : 089869597X

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Church Wellness by Thomas L. Ehrich,Tom Ehrich Pdf

A nut and bolts guide to the "seven key factors" that determine a church's health. All churches, no matter the denomination, are faced with similar challenges: membership development, leadership development, communications strategy, spiritual development, young adult ministry, listening to parishioner needs, and measuring progress. Here, author Tom Ehrich provides a guide for clergy and lay leaders in a way that's clear and useable. Readers are directed to the church wellness website for more in-depth guidance.

Author : Steve Atkerson
Publisher : NT Reformation Fellowship
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-17
Category : House churches
ISBN : 9780972908221

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House Church - Simple, Strategic, Scriptural by Steve Atkerson Pdf

Lead a small church? New Testament Church Dynamics is perfect for you!Unlike many church growth books, we present proven, Biblical strategies to grow your church both spiritually and numerically.These are not theories cooked up in an ivory tower. Our network of churches lives these principles out in multiple cultures and countries around the globe.By following Scriptural strategies, our unity, participation, purity, community, size, love, and evangelistic fervor have grown dramatically.Our joy is helping leaders of small churches follow Christ's model for church practice and planting.

Author : N. Graham Standish
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781566997935

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Becoming a Blessed Church by N. Graham Standish Pdf

Pastor and author N. Graham Standish describes how a church that is open to God’s purpose, presence, and power can claim God’s blessing. Standish shares the story of Calvin Presbyterian Church in Zelienople, Pennsylvania, and its journey to become a spiritually deep congregation, one that is inwardly and outwardly healthy: spiritually, psychologically, physically, and relationally. Becoming a Blessed Church will help you discern God’s purpose and the path God is calling your congregation to walk. This book will help you find Christ in your midst and become aware of the many ways the blessings of God’s Spirit flow through your congregation. This second edition includes three new practical chapters that answer the questions the author is most frequently asked: how to effectively run a group discernment practice, how to create an effective small group program, and how to set a church vision in a new direction that actually works.

Author : Michael D. LeMay
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781449749644

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The Suicide of American Christianity by Michael D. LeMay Pdf

American Christianity is dying a slow death at its own hands. Instead of positively affecting the secular culture, we are being infected by it under the guise of being seeker-friendly and loving. Soon, the church may be an exact mirror of the culture that seeks to destroy us. With a lack of strong, principled leaders, and with followers who want their ears tickled instead of being challenged to pursue righteousness, American Christianity is writing its own epitaph as it slowly dies. Unless we reverse course by embracing the complete, absolute truth of Gods Word and stop trying to redefine God in our selfish human image, only a remnant will remain from a once-powerful church. Do we have the courage to challenge our leaders and ourselves to reject secular culture and its influences? Or will we continue to die a slow death at our own hands as we continue to inhale the cancer of secular humanism? Time is running out.

Author : Thomas G. Bandy,Page M. Brooks
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781566997966

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Church Mergers by Thomas G. Bandy,Page M. Brooks Pdf

The need to merge churches is growing ever more crucial as congregations assess how to thrive in cultural diversity and ever-changing times. Every denomination faces the urgency to shift from maintenance to mission, and from survival to renewal. Church Mergers offers churches of all sizes and traditions practical advice on how to merge successfully. Authors Thomas G. Bandy and Page M. Brooks draw on decades of experience to illustrate why and how missional mergers are possible. Church Mergers guides congregational leaders and regional planners through the process of successful mergers. It shares the stories of four churches in the merger process, explaining the steps to assess their situations, build trust, and discern vision. The book offers guidance to assess the potential for merger, explore contextual relevancy and lifestyle compatibility, overcome internal and external obstacles, define strategic priorities, create new boards, build leadership teams, combine assets, and more. Church Mergers shows that a faithful, healthy, missional merger is possible, and it illustrates that the whole can indeed be greater than the sum of its parts.

Author : Billy Hornsby
Publisher : FaithWords
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780446574679

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The Attractional Church by Billy Hornsby Pdf

Every church leader and church member want their church to grow. The promise of The Attration Church is that if a church experience is positive, the lost, absent, and unfilled will come and complacent people in the pew will have their faith renewed. Author Billy Hornsby says that what keeps most churches from growing are the "methods" they choose for their outreach efforts. The local church must ensure visitors and members alike a good and lasting impression of their experience in church, especially the worship service. "You must get the first impression right!" Hornsby insists. From the website, Facebook page, Twitter accounts, leadership blogs, and parking lot to the worship facility and worship service: the total church experience must speak to people's emotions and be relational and relevant. The Attration Church is both motivational and practical with guidance on how to accomplish this transformation, and also presents case studies of some of the fastest-growing and most innovative churches in America. Here is a fresh vision for what the church can be.

Author : Laurene Beth Bowers
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608992294

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Becoming a Multicultural Church by Laurene Beth Bowers Pdf

In [ital] Becoming a Multicultural Church[ital], Bowers reflects upon and shows how churches can benefit from the experience of First Congregational Church of Randolph, Massachusetts [em dash] the church she pastors [em dash] once a historically "traditional" one social grouping church, but now a "multicultural" church and one of the numerically largest churches in Randolph. She offers practical strategies and explores the processes involved, in a conversational style that will make it an easy read for pastors.

Author : David T. Olson
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310277132

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The American Church in Crisis by David T. Olson Pdf

Analytical research from a database of more than 200,000 North American churches reveals the population is growing faster than church attendance. This guide shows the problems as well as the potential for American churches.

Author : David M. Allen
Publisher : New Harbinger Publications
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781684030941

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Coping with Critical, Demanding, and Dysfunctional Parents by David M. Allen Pdf

Do you have a parent who is invalidating, critical, demanding, or hateful? In this important and much-needed guide, you’ll learn how to set boundaries; uncover the hidden motives behind your parent’s behavior; put a stop to repetitive, hurtful interactions; and foster healthier relationships. There’s no sugarcoating it—if you grew up with a parent who made you feel invalidated or unloved as a child, your pain is very real. In some cases, you may decide that you want to remove this parent from your life, and that is a valid choice. But for many people, dealing with a problem parent becomes a necessary part of life, for whatever reason. If you’re one of these people, this book can help. Written by a psychotherapist and expert in relationships, Coping with Critical, Demanding, and Dysfunctional Parents will help you develop unique assertiveness strategies based on the characteristics of your own family dynamics. You’ll learn powerful communication skills to help you build boundaries and put a stop to your parent’s hurtful behavior. And, most importantly, you’ll learn to advocate for your own needs. If you’ve “had it up to here” with a parent who makes you feel as though you’re just not good enough, this invaluable guide can help you put an end to toxic interactions while maintaining peace in your family.

Author : Scott Cowdell
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2024-09-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781640657373

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Why Church? by Scott Cowdell Pdf

An argument for the centrality of the Eucharistic church in an increasingly tribal world. As Western culture has secularized, the church has increasingly become marginalized and is seen as providing support and optional resources, rather than indispensable to the Christian life. In this volume, theologian Scott Cowdell argues for a recovery of the church as the proper context for Christian faith, life, and mission. In Why Church? Cowdell considers how we have arrived at this moment, examining how perceptions of the church have changed in response to increasing individualism and institutional failings. Suggesting that the Eucharistic Church embodies Christ’s desire to draw humankind to him, Cowdell shows how the Christian life depends on Christian community. Written with adult formation in mind and from a perspective of generous orthodoxy, Why Church? makes a provocative case for the centrality of the church to Christian life. Discussion questions at the conclusion of each chapter offer provocative conversation starters for any adult education group.