Integrative Ministry

Author : Timothy Keller
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310516958

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Integrative Ministry by Timothy Keller Pdf

Our goal as Christians and Christian ministers is never simply to build our own tribe. Instead, we seek the peace and prosperity of the city or community in which we are placed, through a gospel movement led by the Holy Spirit. Movements like these do not follow a “bounded-set” approach in which you only work with others who can sign off on nearly all your distinctive beliefs and practices. Rather it follows a “centered-set” orientation in which you work most closely with those who face with you toward the same center. That center is a classic, orthodox understanding of the gospel of Jesus Christ, a common mission to reach and serve your city, and a commitment to have a generous, Christ-focused posture toward people who disagree with you. It’s a type of movement that is missional, integrative, and dynamic. This eBook contains the seventh part of Center Church, “Integrative Ministry.” In it, Keller examines what is required to apply a Center Church theological vision to four “ministry fronts.” Churches must first seek to connect people to God through evangelism and worship. Second, an integrated church will work to connect people to one another through community and discipleship. The church should also seek ways of connecting people to the needs of the city through mercy and justice ministries. Finally, churches must help connect people to the culture through the integration of faith and work.

Author : Rt Revd Dr Stephen Pickard
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781409480457

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Theological Foundations for Collaborative Ministry by Rt Revd Dr Stephen Pickard Pdf

This book examines the theological foundations of a collaborative approach to Christian ministry. The discovery that Christians are members 'one of another' creates energy and joy in ministry and empowers the Church in an age of mission. Outlining the present challenges for ministry, Stephen Pickard offers an historical perspective on ministry over the last century; develops a theory of collaborative ministry based on a dialogue between theology and science; and explores some implications of collaborative ministry for lay and ordained people of the Church. This book breaks new ground in its theory of collaborative ministry through a dialogue with the sciences of emergence. It also offers fresh insights on important texts in ministry; relationships between Christology, pneumatology and ministry; a relational ontology of ministry; episcopacy, ecumenism, ordination vows and wisdom for team ministry.

Author : Fernando Arzola
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2008-02-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830828029

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Toward a Prophetic Youth Ministry by Fernando Arzola Pdf

Fernando Arzola Jr. addresses the gap in the literature of youth ministry resources conceived and realized in an urban setting. He brings together three dominant paradigms--traditional, liberal and activist--to create an approach that is informed by Scripture and the contemporary realities of adolescent development in an urban setting.

Author : Dean Borgman
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441241504

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Foundations for Youth Ministry by Dean Borgman Pdf

Dean Borgman, a nationally known youth ministry expert, offers a new edition of his influential classic. Reaching a broadly ecumenical audience, this book challenges readers to think about the theological nature of youth ministry. Questions for discussion and reflection are included. This thoroughly updated edition was previously published as When Kumbaya Is Not Enough. Praise for the first edition "Writing with the lens of a theologian, the heart of a pastor, and welcome doctrinal breadth, Borgman has provided a 'field book' of pastoral theologies that takes seriously the social systems shaping the lives of adolescents. This book is a significant step toward the long-awaited conversation about theology and youth ministry in postmodern culture."--Kenda Creasy Dean, Princeton Theological Seminary; author of Almost Christian "In this excellent work Borgman brings theological integrity, depth, and years of wisdom like nothing else I have seen in our field."--Jim Burns, author of Teenology: The Art of Raising Great Teenagers

Author : Gordon Russell Lewis,Bruce A. Demarest
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 1541 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Theology
ISBN : 9780310209157

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Integrative Theology by Gordon Russell Lewis,Bruce A. Demarest Pdf

A one-volume edition of the three-volume 'Integrative Theology', this text deals with the definition and application of this new and distinctive approach to religious study.

Author : Jan Grobbelaar,Gert Breed,Stephan de Beer,Nico Koopman,Elijah Mahlangu,Malan Nel,Dirkie Smit,Pieter Verster
Publisher : AOSIS
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781928396079

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Welcoming Africa’s children – Theological and ministry perspectives by Jan Grobbelaar,Gert Breed,Stephan de Beer,Nico Koopman,Elijah Mahlangu,Malan Nel,Dirkie Smit,Pieter Verster Pdf

The purpose of this book is to combine perspectives of scholars from Africa on Child Theology from a variety of theological sub-disciplines to provide some theological and ministerial perspectives on this topic. The book disseminates original research and new developments in this study field, especially as relevant to the African context. In the process it addresses also the global need to hear voices from Africa in this academic field. It aims to convey the importance of considering Africa’s children in theologising. The different chapters represent diverse methodologies, but the central and common focus is to approach the subject from the viewpoint of Africa’s children. The individual authors’ varied theological sub-disciplinary dispositions contribute to the unique and distinct character of the book. Almost all chapters are theoretical orientated with less empirical but more qualitative research, although some of the chapters refer to empirical research that the authors have performed in the past. Most of the academic literature in the field of Child Theologies is from American or British-European origin. The African context is fairly absent in this discourse, although it is the youngest continent and presents unique and relevant challenges. This book was written by theological scholars from Africa, focussing on Africa’s children. It addresses not only theoretical challenges in this field but also provides theological perspectives for ministry with children and for important social change. Written from a variety of theological sub-disciplines, the book is aimed at scholars across theological sub-disciplines, especially those theological scholars interested in the intersections between theology, childhood studies and African cultural or social themes. It addresses themes and provides insights that are also relevant for specialist leaders and professionals in this field. No part of the book was plagiarised from another publication or published elsewhere.

Author : Timothy Paul Jones
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781535932806

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Perspectives on Family Ministry by Timothy Paul Jones Pdf

Every church is called to some form of family ministry, but this calling requires far more than adding another program to an already-packed schedule. The most effective family ministries refocus every church process to engage parents in discipling their children and to draw family members together instead of pulling them apart. In this second edition, Jones expands the definition of family ministry, and broadens the book's focus to address urban perspectives and family ministry in diverse settings.

Author : Chong Chor Lau,Xiao Geng
Publisher : Chinese University Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9622018963

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China Review 1999 by Chong Chor Lau,Xiao Geng Pdf

China has made great success in improving its foreign relations with other countries in 1998. Jiang Zemin's visit to the United States and Japan clearly showed that China would continually uphold its open-door policy and economic reform. It is significant to most economic analysts that China has still recorded 7.8% economic growth under the Asian financial crisis. China Review 1999, the ninth volume of this series, is an expert survey of China's major sectors of interest, which critically summarizes the development of the previous year in core chapters covering politics, the economy, and social change. This volume has several in-depth presentations on political and social-economic issues, such as the Sino-U.S. relations, Mainland-Taiwan relations, the economic performance of 1998 -- all major concerns to those interested in the development of the People's Republic. Additional studies describe rarely featured areas of Chinese society.

Author : Michael Anthony,Michelle Anthony
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433673672

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A Theology for Family Ministry by Michael Anthony,Michelle Anthony Pdf

The times are definitely changing. What was once simply referred to as a Nuclear Family in North America has morphed into labels such as Non-Traditional Families, Fragmented Families, Single-Parent Families, Gay-Partner Families, Blended Families, and beyond. "It may not always be pretty, but it is reality, and that's the intersection between biblical ideal and ministry practice," writes editor Michael J. Anthony in A Theology for Family Ministry. With thoroughly researched input from a broad team of family experts, the book advises church and ministry leaders on how to make biblically and philosophically informed choices when reaching out to adults and children within these shifting paradigms. Emphasis is placed on what the Scriptures teach about the composition of the home, followed by discerning and hopefilled strategies for helping all families live out their God-given mandates. "While the family may continue to change into models that bring discomfort and angst to some of us, we rest in the assurance that God has a plan for those who live in any of these new configurations of what we now call family," explains Anthony. Other contributors include Ken Canfield, Michelle D. Anthony, Karen E. Jones, Freddy Cardoza, Michael S. Lawson, Richard Melick Jr., Curt Hamner, Leon Blanchette, Gordon R. Coulter, James W. Thompson, Timothy Paul Jones, Randy Stinson, Kit Rae, and David Keehn.

Author : Jeroen Warner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317093152

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Multi-Stakeholder Platforms for Integrated Water Management by Jeroen Warner Pdf

As they provide a negotiating space for a diversity of interests, Multi-Stakeholder Platforms (MSPs) are an increasingly popular mode of involving civil society in resource management decisions. This book focuses on water management to take a positive, if critical, look at this phenomenon. Illustrated by a wide geographical range of case studies from both developed and developing worlds, it recognizes that MSPs will neither automatically break down divides nor bring actors to the table on an equal footing, and argues that MSPs may in some cases do more harm than good. The volume then examines how MSPs can make a difference and how they might successfully co-opt the public, private and civil-society sectors. The book highlights the particular difficulties of MSPs when dealing with integrated water management programmes, explaining how MSPs are most successful at a less complex and more local level. It finally questions whether MSPs are - or can be - sustainable, and puts forward suggestions for improving their durability.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Institute of Public Administration of Canada
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1550610554

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Reinventing a Ministry by Anonim Pdf

Author : Chester D. Kylstra,Betsy Kylstra
Publisher : Sovereign World
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2004-05-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 185240356X

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An Integrated Approach to Healing Ministry by Chester D. Kylstra,Betsy Kylstra Pdf

Helps you learn: the basics for effective ministry into these four problem areas; why these problem areas must be ministered to in an integrated manner; why ignoring any one can undermine your total healing; how and why the integrated approach to healing ministry sets you free.

Author : Ronald J. Sider,Philip N. Olson,Heidi Rolland Unruh
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2002-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1585582190

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Churches That Make a Difference by Ronald J. Sider,Philip N. Olson,Heidi Rolland Unruh Pdf

Churches over the past generations have been weakened by a failure to meet both the physical and spiritual needs of their communities. Many have adopted a narrow vision, focusing on only one aspect of ministry. But in today's environment of faith-based opportunities many Christians are eager to start reaching out to their world with both Good News and good works, and therefore they are searching for appropriate ways to integrate both into their ministry. In Churches That Make a Difference, best-selling author Ron Sider and his coauthors give those involved in community outreach a comprehensive resource for developing holistic ministry--a balance of evangelism and social outreach. Illustrations and helpful organizational tips detail the how-to's of an effective holistic ministry. Case studies that show how different churches across the United States reach out to their communities provide a variety of ideas and practical applications. User-friendly tools are included as well for congregational studies, surveys, evaluations, and community assessments. The authors draw on extensive experience with church ministries and faith-based organizations as they share the life-changing vision and biblical mandate for living the whole gospel. Church leaders will be encouraged in their process of developing and maintaining a holistic ministry, and local churches will rediscover a passion for loving the whole person the way Jesus did.

Author : Heidi Rolland Unruh,Ronald J. Sider
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2005-10-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0198036574

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Saving Souls, Serving Society by Heidi Rolland Unruh,Ronald J. Sider Pdf

Recent years have seen unprecedented attention to faith-based institutions as agents of social change, spurred in part by cuts in public funding for social services and accompanied by controversy about the separation of church and state. The debate over faith-based initiatives has highlighted a small but growing segment of churches committed to both saving souls and serving society. What distinguishes faith-based from secular activism? How do religious organizations express their religious identity in the context of social services? How do faith-based service providers interpret the connection between spiritual methodologies and socioeconomic outcomes? How does faith motivate and give meaning to social ministry? Drawing on case studies of fifteen Philadelphia-area Protestant churches with active outreach, Saving Souls, Serving Society seeks to answer these and other pressing questions surrounding the religious dynamics of social ministry. While church-based programs often look similar to secular ones in terms of goods or services rendered, they may show significant differences in terms of motivations, desired outcomes, and interpretations of meaning. Church-based programs also differ from one another in terms of how they relate evangelism to their social outreach agenda. Heidi Rolland Unruh and Ronald J. Sider explore how churches navigate the tension between their spiritual mission and the constraints on evangelism in the context of social services. The authors examine the potential contribution of religious dynamics to social outcomes as well as the relationship between mission orientations and social capital. Unruh and Sider introduce a new vocabulary for describing the religious components and spiritual meanings embedded in social action, and provide a typology of faith-based organizations and programs. Their analysis yields a framework for Protestant mission orientations that makes room for the diverse ways that churches interrelate spiritual witness and social compassion. Based on their observations, the authors offer a constructive approach to church-state partnerships and provide a far more objective understanding of faith-based social services than previously available.

Author : Ron Belsterling
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532651571

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A Defense of Youth Ministry by Ron Belsterling Pdf

Youth ministry succeeds because it directly reflects Jesus Christ's approach. It's not overvalued today; it's undervalued. The hard work required for its success has been misunderstood and misrepresented. The first part of the book establishes that case and analyzes the pros and cons of current, varying philosophies and approaches, merging their best aspects into the holistic approach demonstrated by Christ. Part 2 introduces Attachment Relationship Ministry (ARM), a lens distinguishing four primary adolescent relational styles depending on how secure or insecure teens are with God and parents. Part 3 encourages strategic relational ministry sensitive to those styles, explaining why youth leader efforts succeed or fail. Chapters offer realistic discipleship and evangelism suggestions depending on attachment styles and practically empowering youth workers (volunteers, newbies, experts, and interns) to focus energy and time more wisely. These recommendations relate to spiritual formation, leadership selection, parental approach, and trending issues, such as ministry to LGBTQIA teens. For too many teens today, feeling insecure in crisis is a way of life. Learn how to take what you've done well and make it better. All church leaders should read this book, logging the critical importance of providing ministry specifically targeting teenagers today.