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Author : Michael Keiser
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1936270099
With his characteristic straightforward and humorous style, Fr. Michael Keiser covers the history of Orthodox evangelism, the rationale and the methods for continuing this tradition in our contemporary Western post-Christian society.
Author : Allen T. Stanton
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781538135259
As rural America continues to undergo massive economic and demographic shifts, rural churches are uniquely positioned to provide community leadership. Leading a rural congregation requires a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing these communities, as well as a strong theological and community-focused identity. Allen T. Stanton describes how in establishing this identity, rural leaders build a meaningful and vital ministry. Reclaiming Rural explores the myths and realities of rural places, and how those common narratives impact the leadership of rural churches. Ultimately, rural congregations must practice a contextual understanding of vitality, which understands both the strengths and challenges of leading in a rural setting. Arguing for a practice of evangelism imbued with this mission of vitality, Reclaiming Rural promotes the church as a leader in economic and community development, modeled upon a Wesleyan theology of grace. Acknowledging the many challenges facing rural churches, this book is an energetic and encouraging guide to overcoming social and economic obstacles to build a thriving congregation.
Author : Gregory Alan Thornbury
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433530654
Once upon a time, evangelicalism was a countercultural upstart movement. Positioned in between mainline denominational liberalism and reactionary fundamentalism, evangelicals saw themselves as evangelists to all of culture. Billy Graham was reaching the masses with his Crusades, Francis Schaeffer was reaching artists and university students at L’Abri, Larry Norman was recording Jesus music on secular record labels and touring with Janis Joplin and the Doors, and Carl F. H. Henry was reaching the intellectuals through Christianity Today. It was the dawn of “classic evangelicalism.” Surveying the current evangelical landscape, however, one gets the feeling that we’re backpedaling quickly. We are more theologically diffuse, culturally gun-shy, and fragmented than ever before. What has happened? And how do we find our way back? Using the life and work of Carl F. H. Henry as a key to evangelicalism’s past and a cipher for its future, this book provides crucial insights for a renewed vision of the church’s place in modern society and charts a refreshing course toward unity under the banner of “classic evangelicalism.”
Author : Jan G Linn
Publisher : Chalice Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0827232160
Linn argues that evangelism is not a numbers game, but an unbridled spirituality that finds its expression in ministries that intentionally witness to Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. Included are detailed practical steps for reclaiming this essential ministry, plus a model for restructuring congregational life to implement these steps.
Author : Jan Linn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Evangelistic work
ISBN : 0827232780
Discusses how to reclaim the ministry of evangelism and create a renewal in mainstream churches around the world. Provides tips and advice on creating a balance between what is effective and what stays true to biblical faithfulness.
Author : Millard J. Erickson,Paul Kjoss Helseth,Justin Taylor
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2004-11-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433517259
Reclaiming the Center is a valuable contribution to the study of contemporary evangelicalism. It is a guide for how evangelicals can move forward with wisdom and discernment without succumbing to the spirit of this age.
Author : Richard H. Bliese,Craig Van Gelder
Publisher : Augsburg Books
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1451405448
The Evangelizing Church moves from theory to practice as it relates the theology of evangelism to the life of congregations that are seeking to proclaim the gospel in the emerging postmodern context. It provides congregations with perspectives on how to utilize this theology in shaping the practice of evangelism within their church life.
Author : Nathan Lorick
Publisher : ANEKO Press
Page : 55 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781622451616
Never before have we seen the church degenerate at such a rapid pace. This is largely due to the church pursuing congregational growth instead of kingdom growth. The church is dying because our growth isn’t based on strategies to reach the lost with the gospel. The time to change is now, we can’t wait any longer. People’s eternities are at stake. What is your church’s priority? Are you more concerned with filling your building or furthering the Kingdom? This book will challenge you to evaluate just how important gospel-based evangelism is to you and your church, and call on you to restore an intentional evangelism strategy within the body. Hell will tremble when churches once again make evangelism the central theme of their strategy.
Author : Nathan Lorick
Publisher : ANEKO Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781622451074
Never before have we seen the church degenerate at such a rapid pace. This is largely due to the church pursuing congregational growth instead of kingdom growth. The church is dying because our growth isn’t based on strategies to reach the lost with the gospel. The time to change is now, we can’t wait any longer. People’s eternities are at stake. What is your church’s priority? Are you more concerned with filling your building or furthering the Kingdom? This book will challenge you to evaluate just how important gospel-based evangelism is to you and your church, and call on you to restore an intentional evangelism strategy within the body. Hell will tremble when churches once again make evangelism the central theme of their strategy.
Author : Bryan Stone
Publisher : Brazos Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2007-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441201546
Most people think of evangelism as something an individual does--one person talking to one or more other people about the gospel. Bryan Stone, however, argues that evangelism is the duty and call of the entire church as a body of witness. Evangelism after Christendom explores what it means to understand and put to work evangelism as a rich practice of the church, grounding evangelism in the stories of Israel, Jesus, and the Apostles. This thorough treatment is marked by an astute sensitivity to the ways in which Christian evangelism has in the past been practiced violently, intentionally or unintentionally. Pointing to exemplars both Protestant and Catholic, Stone shows pastors, professors, and students how evangelism can work nonviolently.
Author : Paul W. Chilcote,Laceye C. Warner
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2008-02-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781467419420
Christians and communities of faith today are rediscovering evangelism as an essential aspect of the church's mission. Many of the resulting books in the marketplace, however, have a hands-on orientation, often lacking serious theological engagement and reflection. Bucking that how-to trend,The Study of Evangelism offers thirty groundbreaking essays that plumb the depths of the biblical and theological heritage of the church with reference to evangelistic practice. Helpfully organized into six categories, these broad, diverse writings lay a solid scholarly foundation for meaningful dialogue about the church's practice of evangelism.
Author : Mark R. Teasdale
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830882243
Evangelism. The very word makes palms sweat and images spin: buttonholing in a city park, knocking on neighborhood doors, being conscripted into evangelistic campaigns, to say nothing of that annoying religious neighbor or coworker. We have met the evangelists—and they are not us. If evangelism is the welcome door to faith, why does it grate open on rusting hinges? Mark Teasdale has met these challenges and more. They come in the shape of students in his evangelism class. In Evangelism for Non-Evangelists he sympathizes with the perceptions and discomfort we bring to evangelism. But he also opens up a nonthreatening space for us to weigh what we believe the evangel of evangelism—the good news!—to be. And he helps us navigate our way toward expressing the gospel in a manner true to what we believe, authentic to who we are, and attractive and even compelling to others. For pastors, seminarians, church leaders, and lay people, here is a refreshing, practical, and companionable look at evangelism. It might even chart a course toward your own authentic evangelism.
Author : Darryl W. Stephens
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2024-03-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666775631
Reckoning Methodism addresses the brokenness of The United Methodist Church (UMC) in the United States. Homosexuality is but one of several fault lines with decades-long histories in this predominantly White denomination. Demographic shifts, racism, and imperialism are heavily implicated in the current state of division. What, then, is the true nature and mission of this church? The UMC is the public church divided. Distinct missional theologies arise from competing commitments and priorities. When Methodist programmatic initiatives—such as vital congregations, environmental witness, and volunteers in mission—fail to account for these differences, denominational unity is weakened. Constructively, this book seeks historical clarity, collective repentance, charismatic learning, and institutional courage as United Methodists reckon with inherited animosities and divisions. This book provides no answers or programmatic fixes. Rather, it provides possibilities for repairing past harms as United Methodists seek ways to continue living out their Wesleyan faith. Reckoning with the public church divided, we glimpse the nature and mission of the church—not only as it has been but also as it could be. Podcast interview with GCAH
Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004408371
Pentecostal Theology and Ecumenical Theology: Interpretations, Intersections, and Inspirations is a collection of essays from both globally recognized and newer scholars on the complex relationship between Pentecostalism and the Ecumenical Movement.
Author : Ian S. Markham,Oran E. Warder
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780470673300
An Introduction to Ministry is a comprehensive and ecumenical introduction to the craft of ministry for ministers, pastors, and priests that make up the mainline denominations in the United States. Ecumenically-focused, It offers a grounded account of ministry, covering areas such as vocation, congregational leadership, and cultivation of skills for an effective ministry. Covers the key components of the M.Div. curriculum, offering a map and guide to the central skills and issues in training Explores the areas of vocation, skills for ministry, and issues around congregational leadership Each topic ends with an annotated bibliography providing an indispensable gateway to further study Helps students understand both the distinctive approach of their denomination and the relationship of that approach to other mainline denominations Advocates and defends a generous understanding of the Christian tradition in its openness and commitment to broad conversation