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Author : Witness Lee
Publisher : Living Stream Ministry
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : California
ISBN : 9780870835780
Author : James B. North,Don Umphrey
Publisher : College Press
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0899003710
Church history books must choose either brevity or thoroughness. A History of the Church does an excellent job combining both. Although it has been used as a college textbook, it also has been used successfully in local churches and personal study of church history as well.
Author : George Miley
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830859177
Rediscovering the role God designed for the church in mission is a critical issue facing the missions movement today. That role is to glorify God by planting churches among every tongue, tribe, and nation. Planting churches amid unreached peoples is a complex process. It calls forth every ministry gift and the contribution of every believer. Imagine a businessman, a construction worker, a schoolteacher, and an engineer all working together to support the development of a local church amongst an unreached people group in another part of the world. Most Christians will not leave home and go elsewhere to minister. If they are to participate in God's global mission, they must be affirmed, developed and released right where they live, in the context of their local church. This book shows how churches can become centers of mission vision and implementation and so accomplish God's design for the local church.
Author : Frederick E. Maser
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Church history
ISBN : OCLC:42662897
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9780857861016
The final book of the Bible, Revelation prophesies the ultimate judgement of mankind in a series of allegorical visions, grisly images and numerological predictions. According to these, empires will fall, the "Beast" will be destroyed and Christ will rule a new Jerusalem. With an introduction by Will Self.
Author : Watchman Nee
Publisher : Living Stream Ministry
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1991-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780870836008
Author : Bengt Sundkler,Christopher Steed
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1268 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2000-05-04
Category : History
ISBN : 052158342X
Bengt Sundkler's long-awaited book on African Christian churches will become the standard reference for the subject.
Author : Witness Lee
Publisher : Living Stream Ministry
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780870837753
Author : Watchman Nee
Publisher : Living Stream Ministry
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1997-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781575939575
Author : Gregg R. Allison
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433536038
What is a church? This can be a difficult question to answer and Christians have offered a variety of perspectives. Gregg Allison thus explores and synthesizes all that Scripture affirms about the new covenant people of God, capturing a full picture of the biblical church. He covers the topics of the church's identity and characteristics; its growth through purity, unity, and discipline; its offices and leadership structures; its ordinances of baptism and the Lord's Supper; and its ministries. Here is a rich approach to ecclesiology consisting of sustained doctrinal reflection and wise, practical application. Part of the Foundations of Evangelical Theology series.
Author : Stephen Isitt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1503213072
This writing is a transparent rendering of the history of "the local churches" under the leadership of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee and their ministry(s), which now is in the hands of a group of "blending brothers" who were mentored by Lee and are fully engaged in promoting his ministry in and through the "local churches" associated with them and with Living Stream Ministry. "Living Stream Ministry publishes the works of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee providing the authoritative and definitive collections of treasures from these two servants of the Lord Jesus Christ. The writings of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee focus on the enjoyment of the divine life, which all the believers possess, and on the building up of the church, the goal of God's work with man in this age." (from LSM Home page)The term "local church" is to be applied to Christians in a locality who meet on a ground of understanding that they are one in Christ with every true believer and desire practically to be built up with believers in their own locality according to Christ alone and God's own receiving of them. This is the view seen in the New Testament. It is also the vision we see at the beginning of the Lord's recovery in the Watchman Nee era, but toward the end his view had changed dramatically as the threat of Communist interference rolled across China. The era of Witness Lee parallels that of his mentor: They both began with 1) Christ as life for building up local churches, with "administration local each answering to the Lord"; but ended up inspiring a movement in the churches to 2) "hand over" the reins of leadership to one man and his ministry. This book is to inspire them to come back to the vision at the beginning of the Lord's recovery.
Author : Ian Breward
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2001-12-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191520389
This pioneering study of Australian, New Zealand, and Pacific Christianity opens up new perspectives on Christianization and modernization in this richly complex region. The reception of Christianity into Pacific cultures has produced strongly Christian societies. Based on research in widely scattered archives, this book not only deals with regional interactions but pays careful attention to developments in microstates, and to the variety of indigenous religious movements, which were earlier regarded as deviations from Christian orthodoxy but are now seen as significant adaptations of Christian teaching. In Australia and New Zealand too, European Christian beginnings have been given local emphases, producing Churches with distinctive identities. Lay leadership is emphasized - not only in the Churches but as part of the Christian presence in the realms of politics, business, and culture. The broad liturgical, theological, constitutional, and pastoral developments of the 19th and 20th centuries are mapped, as a context for the striking changes which have taken place since the 1960s. The dynamics of religious change and conflict, the ambiguities of religious authority, and the destructive effects of Christian colonialism on indigenous communities, especially Australian aborigines, are all frankly dealt with. The decline of the institutional impact of the Churches in Australia and New Zealand is explored, as is the growth of partnership between government and Churches in education, social welfare, and overseas aid and development. Interchange in personnel and ideas is strikingly illustrated in the missionary activities of the regional Churches and their cultural impact. The author's involvement in Church and community leadership, ecumenism, and theological education makes this volume in The Oxford History of the Christian Church a valuable addition to the series, describing both continuities with world Christianity and little-known local developments.
Author : Kendell H. Easley,Christopher W. Morgan
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433680793
Intended for upper division college students, seminarians, and pastors, The Community of Jesus delivers a biblical, historic, systematic, and missional theology of the church. Today the word church provokes wide-ranging reactions and generates discussion on a variety of issues among Christians and non-Christians alike. In order to sort through this maze of responses and topics, a biblical and theological foundation must be laid that provides a clear vision of the church of the Lord Jesus Christ and its significance in God’s eternal purpose. With extensive pastoral, teaching, missions, and administrative experience, this team of contributors carefully sets forth the biblical teachings concerning the church and then builds on this core material, relating the theology of the church to salvation history, church history, God’s glory, and God’s mission: • Paul R. House, “God Walks with His People: Old Testament Foundations”• Andreas J. Köstenberger, “The Church According to the Gospels”• Kendell H. Easley, “The Church in Acts and Revelation: New Testament Bookends”• David S. Dockery, “The Church in the Pauline Epistles”• Ray Van Neste, “The Church in the General Epistles”• James A. Patterson, “The Church in History: Ecclesiastical Ideals and Institutional Realities”• Stephen J.Wellum, “Beyond Mere Ecclesiology: The Church as God’s New Covenant Community”• Christopher W. Morgan, “The Church and the Glory of God”• Bruce Riley Ashford, “The Church in the Mission of God”
Author : Maggie Durran
Publisher : Canterbury Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2006-04-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781853116957
A practical handbook for churches experiencing sharp decline in attendances, falling numbers of clergy and having financial resources stretched to the limit. It offers solutions in relation to shortages of people, skills, finance and facilities, illustrated with real life examples and case studies.
Author : Gerald Bray
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493402557
Renowned evangelical theologian Gerald Bray provides a clear and coherent account of the church in biblical, historical, and theological perspective. He tells the story of the church in its many manifestations through time, starting with its appearance in the New Testament, moving through centuries of persecution and triumph, and discussing how and why the ancient church broke up at the Reformation. Along the way, Bray looks at the four classic marks of the church--its oneness, holiness, catholicity, and apostolicity--and illustrates how each of these marks has been understood by different Christian traditions. The book concludes with a look at the ecumenical climate of today and suggests ways that the four characteristics of the church can and should be manifested in our present global context. This accessible introduction to the church from an evangelical perspective explores ecclesiology through the lenses of church history and doctrine to reveal what it means for us today. Bray discusses the church as a living reality, offering practical ways churches and individuals can cooperate and live together.