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Author : Leonard Doohan
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725237346
Author : Paul Bernier
Publisher : Twenty-Third Publications
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0896225364
This comprehensive, engaging perspective on the development of Christian ministry shows how this development was often in response to specific social or cultural needs. Focuses on the role of the ordained minister, past, present, and future, and looks closely at what future developments in the Church might bring.
Author : Gerald Foley
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1556127677
Today's families often find themselves frustrated with the lack of support they receive from church ministry. Challenging his readers to speak out for change, Gerald Foley encourages parishes and parishioners to focus upon the broader needs of their families rather than on the specific needs of the institution.
Author : Leonard Doohan
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725237452
Author : Pete Hammond,R. Paul Stevens,Todd Svanoe
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781458732101
Every workday millions of Christians enter the marketplace. Whether as sales associates or engineers, auto mechanics or executives, Christians are called to serve God in the workplace. But most need help integrating faith and work. How can you be salt and light on the job? Where can you turn for help in developing a biblical and satisfying view ...
Author : Mark D. Baker
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781514000953
Christians can be adept at drawing lines, determining what it means to be "a good Christian" and judging those who stray out of bounds. Other times they erase all the lines in favor of a vague and inoffensive faith. Both impulses can come from positive intentions, but either can lead to stunted spiritual life and harmful relationships. Is there another option? The late missionary anthropologist Paul Hiebert famously drew on mathematical theory to deploy the concepts of "bounded," "fuzzy," and "centered" sets to shed light on the nature of Christian community. Now, with Centered-Set Church, Mark D. Baker provides a unique manual for understanding and applying Hiebert's vision. Drawing on his extensive experience in church, mission, parachurch, and higher education settings, along with interviews and stories gleaned from scores of firsthand interviews, Baker delivers practical guidance for any group that seeks to be truly centered on Jesus. Baker shows how Scripture presents an alternative to either obsessing over boundaries or simply erasing them. Centered churches are able to affirm their beliefs and live out their values without such bitter fruit as gracelessness, shame, and self-righteousness on the one hand, or aimless "whateverism" on the other. While addressing possible concerns and barriers to the centered approach, Baker invites leaders to imagine centered alternatives in such practical areas of ministry as discipleship, church membership, leadership requirements, and evangelism. Centered-Set Church charts new paths to grow in authentic freedom and dynamic movement toward the true center: Jesus himself.
Author : Henry T. Blackaby,Melvin D. Blackaby
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Religion
ISBN : 080544551X
This book shows Christians how to transition from knowing and doing the will of God as individuals to knowing and doing the will of God within a corporate body of believers.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:30000010453458
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Twenty-Third Publications
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 158595585X
What did Pope John Paul II think of work? He was all for it! Here William Droel hopes to help readers see their work as more than a job or a salary. He looks to the writings of Pope John Paul II for guidance and inspirationand finds it abundantly. John Paul II was a worker even from his young adult years and throughout his life he gave considerable thought to the meaning of work from a Christian perspective. His philosophy of work builds on the innate longings, aspirations, and virtues of the clerk at the counter, the typist at the computer, the producer in the control room, the nurse on the floor, and the executive in the meeting room. This is a book for everyone!
Author : Anne Rowthorn
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2000-12-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781579105877
A passionate call for a new liberation movement, this time within the church in North America.... The genius of 'The Liberation of the Laity' is not so much that it provides new information or even an entirely original thesis, but that it lays piece after piece together until the pattern emerges for us, and we have the eyes to see the repetition and extension of that pattern in our own experiences of church life. Books and Religion The author, in this deeply felt and powerfully argued book, tackles the issues of the nature of ministry, priesthood, ordination, lay theology, a spirituality of life in the world. The argument is clearly expressed, draws upon a wide range of scholarship, the example of the early church as well as the experience of the author.... I cannot be dispassionate in recommending this book. It provides a model of what a theology of the people should be like in the way it argues the case for such a theology. Zadok Perspectives - a quarterly journal of the Zadok Institute for Christianity and Society (Australia). If I could have one wish fulfilled - I'd wish that Anne Rowthorn's 'The Liberation of the Laity' would be required reading for Christians everywhere! She is a voice for the church's voiceless. Irene V. Jackson-Brown 'The Liberation of the Laity' will irritate, inform, and inspire. And it should be read by all - lay and ordained - who are willing to have their eyes, and most especially their hearts, opened a little wider. Virginia Seminary Journal 'The Liberation of the Laity' is a provocative book that challenges the clericalist culture of the church, and provides practical advice and sound counsel toward a more inclusive future. Further, the book affirms the history and theology of the ministry of all baptized persons in a deep and thought-provoking way. 'The Liberation of the Laity' will spark conversation and reflection among those most concerned about the future of ministry, and the need for the church to support the vocations of all the baptized. Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook Director of Congregational Studies Associate Professor Episcopal Divinity School
Author : Barbara A. O’Reilly
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781449729370
The core of this book focuses on how Jesus treated women, giving insights galore about womens contributions to the Church and in the world. Grace Under Pressure answers your questions regarding how society didnt follow His lead.
Author : John A. Coleman
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2005-01-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781597520294
This book represents a major new initiative in the contemporary dialogue between theology and sociology within the specifics of the North American context. Relying on a renewed confidence in the power of biblical and Christian prophetic symbolism, John Coleman proposes an American theology. Far from being an easy accommodation to the American style with its strong tendencies toward the privatization of religion, this is a forceful and comprehensive argument for the public possibilities of the Christian gospel in contemporary American culture.
Author : Timothy Keller
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310494195
Practical and Gospel-centered thoughts on how to have a fruitful ministry by one of America's leading and most beloved pastor. Many church leaders are struggling to adapt to a culture that values individuality above loyalty to a group or institution. There have been so many "church growth" and "effective ministry" books in the past few decades that it's hard to know where to start or which ones will provide useful and honest insight. Based on over twenty years of ministry in New York City, Timothy Keller takes a unique approach that measures a ministry's success neither by numbers nor purely by the faithfulness of its leaders, but on the biblical grounds of fruitfulness. Center Church outlines a balanced theological vision for ministry organized around three core commitments: Gospel-centered: The gospel of grace in Jesus Christ changes everything, from our hearts to our community to the world. It completely reshapes the content, tone, and strategy of all that we do. City-centered: With a positive approach toward our culture, we learn to affirm that cities are wonderful, strategic, and under-served places for gospel ministry. Movement-centered: Instead of building our own tribe, we seek the prosperity and peace of our community as we are led by the Holy Spirit. "Between a pastor's doctrinal beliefs and ministry practices should be a well-conceived vision for how to bring the gospel to bear on the particular cultural setting and historical moment. This is something more practical than just doctrine but much more theological than "how-to steps" for carrying out a ministry. Once this vision is in place, it leads church leaders to make good decisions on how to worship, disciple, evangelize, serve, and engage culture in their field of ministry—whether in a city, suburb, or small town." — Tim Keller, Core Church
Author : William Rademacher
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2002-07-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781592440016
The author has achieved his goal of providing spiritual and pastoral support for lay ministry by covering a wide spectrum of interests: historical information, spiritual growth, personal reflection, and career choices." - Lay Ministry Newsletter of the National Association for Lay MinistryLay Ministry unmasks the notion for the average Catholic that the consistancy of the tradition is also unquestionably clear. Rademacher routes us from Moses to Paul, from Ignatious to Gregory VII to John Paul II, tracing both the theology and practices that underlie contemporary ministry in the church. The trail is one that few Catholics have ever had the chance to walk, and the end point is far different from the one to which we have become accustomed. Rademacher makes points that must be understood and discussed at every level of the church if the church is to remain vibrant in our own times. The limiting definition of the seven sacraments, the restriction on lay participation in the church, the loss of the spiritual meaning of ministry, the clericalization of the church, the effects of sexism on sacrementality, and an inadequate understanding of the nature of the Christian call are all stones across the door of the tomb that block the resurrection of the church to the fullness of life. Rademacher faces them all, forthrightly and courageously. What's more he makes us face them too. Do I recommend it? I would assign it." - Joan Chittister, O.S.B.
Author : Humphrey C. Anameje
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781524598587
The church is made up of both the clergy and the laity. And for it to properly fulfill the mission for which it was instituted by Christ, all its members, each according to his or her God-given gift, must contribute both to the upbuilding of the church and to its mission. On the part of the laity, their active participation in the general mission of the church ad intra and ad extra has been a great challenge in the life and practice of the church throughout its history. The Second Vatican Council, in its spirit of aggiornamento, makes some positive difference. This work critically examines the conciliar documents, some relevant postconciliar documents, and theological reflection of some theologians. And finally, it proffers solutions that will enhance the active participation of the laity in the mission of the church in general and the church in Southeast Nigeria in particular.