Quit Church

Author : Chris Sonksen
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493407798

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Quit Church by Chris Sonksen Pdf

Let's face it. Church isn't working. We hear sermons about the abundant life Jesus promised, but how many of us are actually living it? How many of our churches are thriving? How many people in our congregations are experiencing God's blessings? Maybe it's time to call it quits. Quit church? Well, not exactly. Drawing from his experience coaching hundreds of churches toward true growth, Chris Sonksen calls on us to quit our casual, cultural commitment to church as we know it. No more half-hearted attempts to win the favor of God and other people by doing the right thing. No more doing things out of a sense of duty. Instead, Sonksen reveals the spiritual habits that release the blessings of God, both on each individual and on the church. He explains why we struggle to put these practices into action and gives practical solutions to move us forward into health, growth, and maturity.

Author : Bob Hostetler
Publisher : ACU Press/Leafwood Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0915547708

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Quit Going to Church by Bob Hostetler Pdf

How did Christ imagine church and faith? Did he imagine the Sunday-Christian or the wholly immersed believer? In this book, Bob Hostetler tells readers to QUIT GOING TO CHURCH, and renew their walk of faith. What drives people to enter the doors of churches every Sunday? It could be habit, living up to expectations, a sense of duty, or even guilt. People seem to be living "churchanity" rather than Christianity. This thought provoking and "pull-off-the-gloves" book is based on the premise that much of how we think and act, a great percentage of what we do these days as church-going people, bears only a slight resemblance to the way of Jesus and "the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints" (Jude 1:3). With titles like "Quit Going to Church" and "Quit Sharing Your Faith," each chapter issues an eyebrow-raising challenge, showing how many of us have misunderstood even distorted the Good News of Jesus and replaced Christianity with something else.

Author : Ken Ham,Britt Beemer
Publisher : New Leaf Publishing Group
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780890515297

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Already Gone by Ken Ham,Britt Beemer Pdf

NATIONWIDE POLLS AND DENOMINATIONAL REPORTS ARE SHOWING THAT THE NEXT GENERATION IS CALLING IT QUITS ON THE TRADITIONAL CHURCH.

Author : Martin Zender
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Christianity
ISBN : 0970984901

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How to Quit Church Without Quitting God by Martin Zender Pdf

Author : Jeffrey D. Brown
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725238961

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Don’t Quit Your Church by Jeffrey D. Brown Pdf

Don't Quit Your Church is a foundational philosophy of ministry that serves two distinct purposes. First, it serves as hope for struggling ministers who are suffering from "perceived failure" in the ministry and are strongly considering resigning their current position. Secondly, it offers insight to those who are at the beginning stages of discovering a biblical and unique approach to ministry. The clergy of the postmodern era are in crisis! The level of today's challenges have reached fever pitch and the church throughout most of the world is not able to hold her own ground. When the daily news informs those of faith that the good fight is turning into a rout, the church is forced to rethink her strategy. This begins with the minister. The stability of the minister's purpose and calling are of the utmost importance. Unfortunately, today's minister lives with many misconceptions about the work of the calling. This has resulted in frustrated pastors, consistent discouraging results, souring relationships, and, eventually, the minister chooses to walk away. Don't Quit Your Church is a plea for the struggling minister to move from emotional reaction to thoughtful consideration and from frustration to resolve. Serving as both a foundational philosophy of Christian ministry and a help in time of trouble, this work should be read and reread by those who desire a ministry and approach that will endure during the difficult days ahead.

Author : Steven L. Rogers,Steven Rogers
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2007-03
Category : Christian life
ISBN : 9781602661769

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Quit "Going" to Church... by Steven L. Rogers,Steven Rogers Pdf

Rogers adds another voice to the growing ranks of those who are rethinking what it means to be a follower of Jesus Christ in the 21st Century. Rogers calls for Christ-followers to abandon excluding traditions and attitudes, and to instead concentrate on being the Church in day to day life. (Christian)

Author : Julia Duin
Publisher : Rosetta Books
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781625391711

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Quitting Church by Julia Duin Pdf

“Every pastor should read this. . . . Every believer who has ever despaired of church, been tempted to quit, or struggled with guilt over leaving should, too” (Rod Dreher). Americans still believe in God, but they are leaving the church in record numbers. Why are the faithful fleeing? Julia Duin, a veteran journalist and a Christian, has collected the research and added insights from interviews with disillusioned followers, as well as from her own story. In this engrossing account of churches in decline, Duin visits numerous churches and explores a number of factors underlying the social shift away from church: irrelevant teaching, the neglect of singles, the marginalization of women, and a lack of authentic spiritual power. She also journeys into house churches and emergent congregations. Duin’s careful analysis is sure to help church leaders and churchgoers examine how they might better serve their communities and create inviting spiritual homes for people of all kinds. “Engaging . . . as religion editor for the Washington Times, [Duin] is in her element marshaling statistics, interviewing authors and clergy, and commenting on the trend of faithful evangelicals who increasingly vote with their feet by leaving their churches.” —Publishers Weekly

Author : Monica Dux
Publisher : HarperCollins Australia
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781460712238

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Lapsed by Monica Dux Pdf

Losing your religion is harder than it looks ... From devout ten-year-old performing the part of Jesus in a primary school play to blaspheming, undergraduate atheist, Monica Dux and her attitude to the Catholic Church changed profoundly over a decade. Eventually, she calmed down and was just 'lapsed'. Then, on a family trip to Rome, her young daughter expressed a desire to be baptised. Monica found herself re-examining her own childhood and how Catholicism had shaped her. Was it really out of her system or was it in her blood for life? In Lapsed, Monica sets out to find the answer. Her investigations lead her to test a miracle cure in Lourdes and visit the grave of a headless Saint who claimed to be married to Christ (and wore a wedding ring made of his foreskin to prove it). She speaks to canon lawyers, abuse survivors and even a nun who insists that the Virgin Mary starts her car every morning. With wry humour and razor-sharp observations, Lapsed is the story of one woman's attempt to exorcise her religious upbringing, and to answer the question, is Catholicism like a blood group and, if so, is it possible to get a total transfusion? 'Enlightening, forensic and laugh-out-loud funny' -- JANE CARO 'A frank, funny and heartfelt exorcism of our need to believe in a man in the sky' -- SHAUN MICALLEF

Author : Sylvia Brown-Roberts
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781663207067

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Church Doors Book 4: Won’t Quit! by Sylvia Brown-Roberts Pdf

Church Doors Book 4: Won’t Quit! is the fourth novel in Author Sylvia Brown-Roberts’s Church Doors series. It continues the story of Nikolis McQuaige- called NikkiMac- a teacher in Trenton, NJ. She’s a faithful member of a local congregation when she marries Adam Greene, the assistant minister. The couple’s wedding is warm and glorious, and everyone in attendance celebrates their union. All is well, until the day a woman from Adam’s past appears at the church building with a young teen and claims Adam is the girl’s father. At first, NikkiMac and Adam don’t agree about how to handle this, and their blissful new marriage is attacked by the strain. But when they turn to God through faith in Christ, they find the truth and a sound resolution. NikkiMac and friends Jacee and Anna Maria continue to be active in the congregation. Along with other church members, they witness and experience joy, church drama, faithfulness, hypocrisy, patience, immorality, kindness, and love. In Church Doors Book 4: Won’t Quit! NikkiMac’s gritty urban community and the local congregation press on. In spite of obstacles and her occasional missteps, NikkiMac trusts God’s grace and grows in faith. NikkiMac won’t quit.

Author : Aaron D Gerrard
Publisher : New Leaf Network Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0995305420

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Quit Pastoring Your Church by Aaron D Gerrard Pdf

Jesus is real. He is with you. He is for you. He is your pastor. And he wants to be the pastor of your church. Part memoir, part leadership model handbook, join Gerrard for the journey he went on in an attempt to quit pastoring his church.

Author : Barbara Brown Taylor
Publisher : Canterbury Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781848253575

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Leaving Church by Barbara Brown Taylor Pdf

Tells how a renowned preacher left her ministry to rediscover the authentic heart of her faith. A moving reflection on keeping faith amidst the relentless demands of modern life.

Author : Terry Austin
Publisher : Austin Brothers Publishers
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0999632892

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Why I Quit Going to Church by Terry Austin Pdf

This book is for anyone who has dropped out of church or is seriously concerned about some of the things happening with the church. It will provide serious reflections to help you better understand the concerns of many more like you.

Author : Rupert Hughes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1925
Category : Atheism
ISBN : WISC:89059487751

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Why I Quit Going to Church by Rupert Hughes Pdf

Author : Roger L. Dudley
Publisher : Review and Herald Pub Assoc
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Church work with teenagers
ISBN : 0828014582

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Why Our Teenagers Leave the Church by Roger L. Dudley Pdf

Between 40 and 50 per cent of Adventist youth leave the church in their 20s. Why? How can we keep them? How can we win them back? This book is the culmination of a magnificent obsession. For more than ten years Roger Dudley traced the lives of 1500 teenagers as they grew up and, often, grew disillusioned. Refusing to let them leave in peace, Dudley bombarded them with questionnaires. Many of them answered. This is their story. Dudley puts faces on the statistics by focusing in on individual case studies. He cites the heart-wrenching testimony of desperately lonely people surrounded by uncaring members. They want to belong, to be needed, to be heard, to be loved. They made some mistakes. We share their pain and their dreams, and feel the dissonant cadences of their troubled hearts. Some who never left explain what kept them in the church. Many who left want to return. "Without God, life is hell," wrote one. If you want to know what the youth of your church are not telling you, read this book. It includes the responses of a group of kids who were asked to design the ideal church, and an appendix explaining the causes of "adolescent heresy," the conflict spawned by the teenage struggle for autonomy.

Author : Wayne Jacobsen,Dave Coleman
Publisher : Windblown Media
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781935170013

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So You Don't Want to Go to Church Anymore by Wayne Jacobsen,Dave Coleman Pdf

Jake Colsen, an overworked and disillusioned pastor, happens into a stranger who bears an uncanny resemblance (in manner) to the apostle John. A number of encounters with John as well as a family crisis lead Jake to a new understanding of what his life should be like: one filled with faith bolstered by a steady, close relationship with the God of the universe. Facing his own disappointment with Christianity, Jake must forsake the habits that have made his faith rote and rediscover the love that captured his heart when he first believed. Compelling and intensely personal, So You Don't Want to Go to Church Anything relates a man's rebirth from performance-based Christianity to a loving friendship with Christ that affects all he does, thinks, and says. As John tells Jake, "There is nothing the Father desires for you more than that you fall squarely in the lap of his love and never move from that place for the rest of your life."