Ministry And Community

Author : G. Travis Norvell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Church work
ISBN : 0817018328

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Church on the Move by G. Travis Norvell Pdf

G. Travis Norvell challenges church leaders and members-persistently asking them and their respective churches what they are doing to make a real difference in others lives. The author proposes that the people of the "living church" start moving in, around, and with their communities to truly move toward renewal and social justice, drawing on his own experiences as a church pastor who walked, rode his bike, and took the bus as he went about his work. The book provides concrete, practical ways for the church body and individuals to begin implementing this movement, including study questions, suggested resources, and "experiments" between chapters that can help them find the ways that work best in their respective contexts

Author : Carl S. Dudley
Publisher : Alban Books
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1566990483

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Basic Steps Toward Community Ministry by Carl S. Dudley Pdf

Author : John Dr. Fuder,Noel Castellanos
Publisher : Moody Publishers
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802489494

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A Heart for the Community by John Dr. Fuder,Noel Castellanos Pdf

Our nation used to look at violence, poverty, and gentrification and assign those problems to urban centers. Today, these issues concern the suburbs, too. The Christian community is responding to this reality. Churches and parachurch ministries are actively working to transform lives and restore communities throughout the city and suburbs. In A Heart for the Community: New Models for Urban and Suburban Ministry, you will be challenged by a collection of voices seeking community renewal. These individuals are involved in creative church planting initiatives, and they are serving the growing Hispanic and Muslim populations. Additional endeavors include serving racially changing communities, economic development strategies, and more. As anyone who has been in ministry for any length of time can attest, tackling some of the most challenging issues of our times is no mere academic exercise. The voices within these pages write from experience and offer workable, vibrant models of ministry that make a difference.

Author : Joy Skjegstad
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0817017305

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7 Creative Models for Community Ministry by Joy Skjegstad Pdf

A practical guide for church leaders seeking to engage their congregations with the community, offering step-by-step instructions on 7 ways to structure transformational community ministry

Author : Wayne Gordon,John M. Perkins
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830895779

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Making Neighborhoods Whole by Wayne Gordon,John M. Perkins Pdf

Already with decades of experience speaking prophetically into the charged racial climate of the American south, John Perkins began to see a need for organized thinking and collaborative imagination about how the church engages urban ministry. And so the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) was born, with Wayne Gordon an immediate and enthusiastic participant. Nearly thirty years later CCDA?s eight key components of community development still set the bar for how churches, parachurches and nonprofits engage cities with the whole gospel. Relocation Reconciliation Redistribution Leadership Development Listening to the Community Church-Based Development A Wholistic Approach to Ministry Empowerment In Making Neighborhoods Whole Perkins and Gordon revisit these eight commitments and how they've played out in real communities, even as they scan the horizon of urban ministry to set a new tone. With profiles of longstanding and emerging community development ministries, they guide a new conversation and empower disciples of Jesus to seek the welfare of their cities to the glory of God.

Author : Stephen Viars
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493421428

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Loving Your Community by Stephen Viars Pdf

Are you and your church making a difference in your community? Are you meeting needs in a positive, proactive, and loving way? Too often when churches are presented with a need outside their walls, they operate on the principle of "Say no unless you have to say yes." Don't want that to be your church's legacy in your community? Drawing on more than 30 years of service to the community surrounding Faith Church in Indiana, pastor Stephen Viars shows you how to develop a dynamic, giving relationship with your community, one in which your natural response to needs is "Yes! How can we help?" No matter the size, location, demographics, or issues in your community, the approach found in this practical book will help you improve people's lives, draw them into productive conversation about the hope you have in Christ, and glorify God.

Author : Len Sperry
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0814627234

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Ministry and Community by Len Sperry Pdf

Offers a measure of hopefulness about the prospects for professional ministry in the Church.

Author : Heather Zempel
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830866977

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Community Is Messy by Heather Zempel Pdf

Heather Zempel oversees the community life at a multisite church in Washington, D.C., a challenging population with one of the highest relocation rates in the United States. And yet under her leadership, National Community Church has become a model for creative, dynamic, deep small group ministry. Drawing from her background as an environmental engineer (including such bizarre experiences as monitoring a pig lagoon and the unintended slaughter of a hundred innocent fish), Heather Zempel assesses the perils and possibilities inherent in small groups and other environments for Christian community. The book helps leaders begin to see the inherent "mess" of such gatherings as raw material for arriving at something beautiful. Read this book and discover fresh insights into how we can support one another's unique paths to maturity in Christ while maintaining cohesion as a community and blessing the world around us.

Author : Gilbert Bilezikian
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2009-08-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310861454

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Community 101 by Gilbert Bilezikian Pdf

Authentic community is essential if the church is to remain true to its God-assigned mission. As the title indicates, the interrelated concepts of community and oneness are presented in this book. Gilbert Bilezikian lays a biblical foundation for this call to community by showing the centrality of community in the sweep of salvation history -- its loss in the Fall, its reclamation through Christ, and its ultimate realization in the New Jerusalem. Bilezikian proceeds to describe how community can be expressed in the daily life of the church, from small groups to various forms of ministry to church leadership. Focusing on oneness, this book presents a paradigm that can renew the vision of the church in this postmodern society and confirm the authenticity of its message. Authentic community is essential if the church is to remain true to its God-assigned mission. As the title indicates, the two interrelated concepts of community and oneness are presented in this book. Gilbert Bilezikian lays a biblical foundation for this call to community by showing the centrality of community in the sweep of salvation history - its loss in the Fall, its reclamation through Christ, and its ultimate realization in the New Jerusalem.

Author : Holly Catterton Allen,Christine Lawton,Cory L. Seibel
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781514001431

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Intergenerational Christian Formation by Holly Catterton Allen,Christine Lawton,Cory L. Seibel Pdf

"One generation commends your works to another; they tell of your mighty acts." —Psalm 145:4 Most churches and faith communities segment their ministries by age and generation. In some congregations, people may never interact with those of other ages. But it was not always so. Throughout biblical tradition and the majority of history, communities of faith included people of all ages together in corporate worship, education, and ministry. The church was not just multigenerational; it was intergenerational, with the whole church together as one family and people of all ages learning from one another in common life. The process of becoming Christlike does not happen alone, and intergenerational faith communities are designed for Christian formation. All generations are gifted parts of the body, and churches need all the parts. In this comprehensive text, Holly Allen, Christine Lawton, and Cory Seibel offer a complete framework for intentional intergenerational Christian formation. They provide the theoretical foundations for intergenerationality, showing how learning and spiritual formation are better accomplished through intergenerational contexts. Then the authors give concrete guidance for intergenerational praxis on how worship, learning, community, and service can all be achieved intergenerationally. Case studies of intergenerational congregations provide models for how a culture of intergenerationality can be created in local churches. This second edition has been revised and updated throughout with new empirical research, intergenerational spiritual practices, and Gen Z realities, with fresh stories of intergenerational formation both in the US and around the world. Discover the riches of intergenerational ministry, and let all generations commend the works of God to one another.

Author : Carl S. Dudley
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2002-12-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781566994903

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Community Ministry by Carl S. Dudley Pdf

In this era of "faith-based initiatives," congregations increasingly find themselves in the business of establishing and supporting community ministries-daycare for infants and toddlers, respite care for elders, and programs for housing rehab and home repair, tutoring, and social justice advocacy. In this volume, Carl S. Dudley revises and updates his earlier book, Basic Steps toward Community Ministry, which Loren Mead called "the most valuable book on parish ministry I've seen in a decade."

Author : Craig Van Gelder
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2007-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1441200592

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The Ministry of the Missional Church by Craig Van Gelder Pdf

In a time when churches are focusing on finding strategies and techniques to guarantee success, a movement toward the missional church is emerging. Missional churches are communities created by the Spirit with a unique nature and identity. Purpose and strategies of the church are derivative dimensions, the activities that flow naturally from the church that is focused on Spirit-led ministry. The Ministry of the Missional Church leads pastors, ministry leaders, and laypersons through three simple arguments--the church is; the church does what it is; the church organizes what it does--in order to make sense of how missional churches work. And by focusing the work of the church as the work of the Triune God, this unique book will change the way readers think about the church and the world.

Author : Michael Plekon
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725287532

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Community as Church, Church as Community by Michael Plekon Pdf

Parishes of all denominations are in decline, shrinking, closing, dying. We know that there are increasing numbers, young and older, who are religious “nones” and “dones.” This book explores why the decline is taking place, why the distancing is going on. But it goes on to examine parishes from all over the country and from various church bodies that are resurrecting. The central theme of death and resurrection shapes the analysis of parishes covered. Parishes are resurrecting by reinventing their ministries, by repurposing their building to better serve their neighborhoods, thus replanting and reconnecting with them. All of this is the Spirit’s doing but through the community of sisters and brothers who make up each congregation of faith. Community as the core of church is the other reality shaping the book’s reflection. And community, a parish being with those around, living for more than its own survival are visions for going forward. Other aspects of congregational life are also examined, most importantly the pastors—how they serve when budgets shrink, how they are trained, how pastors act with the community not above it. No recipes are suggested for parish resurrection, but the stories of the parishes that have revived bear within numerous lessons for us in the future.

Author : Ballard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Church work
ISBN : 0281058008

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Community and ministry by Ballard Pdf

All clergy, ministers, church-related community workers and lay leaders need to understand how they and their churches may relate to the community in which they are set, and this is an essential part of their training.

Author : Canada. Health Canada
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Child health services
ISBN : UIUC:30112046208374

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Guide to Federal Programs and Services for Children and Youth by Canada. Health Canada Pdf

This guide provides parents, families, organizations, and those who work with children with information on existing programs and services administered by the federal government that are relevant to children and youth under 19 years of age. The guide is organized thematically, with programs listed in alphabetical order under such themes as Aboriginal peoples, adoption, children's rights, education, justice, health, families, financial assistance, multiculturalism, safety, food and fitness, travel, substance abuse, and youth employment (programs under Canada's Youth Employment Strategy only). Program descriptions contain information on objectives, target groups, and particulars for obtaining further information. Indexed by subject and by department or agency name.