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Author : Gary E. Gilley
Publisher : Allegiance Press, Incorporated
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Church
ISBN : 1591600499
With many evangelical churches being subscribed to pragmatic rather than scriptural patterns for worship this book calls for the Church to return to its scriptural roots.
Author : Gary Gilley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 178397074X
Gary Gilley's three books in the 'This Little Church' series have been widely commended and appreciated in the troubled world of the evangelical church of the 21st century. Here is sound teaching and careful guidance, presented in a clear and accessible style. This new edition brings all three volumes, 'This Little Church Went to Market', 'This Little Church Stayed Home' and 'This Little Church had None together into one book.
Author : Gary Gilley
Publisher : EP BOOKS
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009-05-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0852348002
Health, finance, family, the future - life is full of questions. There are deeper questions, too.Who am I?Why am I here?Where am I going?Does life have any purpose?But the ultimate questions are about God.Does he exist?What is he like?Can I know him and experience his power in my life?And if so, how?This booklet tackles these vital questions head-on - and answers them simply, clearly and directly. Read it carefully. It could change your life - for ever.
Author : Ryan J. Doeller
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010-11-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781456822521
As companies such as Coca-Cola and Toyota respectively become increasingly prominent through self-promotion and fierce competition for the attention and allegiance of the teenage demographic, by contrast, church attendance amongst young people in the West is in decline. These companies invest considerable resources in finding ways to market their products in ways that appeal to young people, distinguishing their products from those of their competitors and ensuring long-term brand loyalty through providing customer satisfaction. The potential impact of the continuation of these trends compels us to address the controversial question of whether, and to what extent, the church could learn from the marketing strategies of secular organizations, and apply their techniques in order to address the diminishing interest of young people in Christianity.
Author : John C. Hardin
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2022-12-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9783031130441
This book examines the complex relationship between religion and business in twentieth-century America. It is the story of how Christianity’s most basic institution, the local church, wrestled with the challenges and compromises of competing in the modern marketplace through adopting the advertising, public relations, and marketing methods of business. It follows these sacred promoters, and their critics, as they navigated between divinely inspired and consumer demanded. Amid an animated and contentious battleground for principles, practices and parishioners, John C. Hardin explores the landscape of selling religion in America and its evolution over the twentieth century.
Author : Kevin Straub
Publisher : Aspect Books
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781479607426
Four forty-year generations have entirely passed since 1844. Each one has failed to take hold of the high calling of being in possession of the third angel's message—the “last message of mercy” for a dying world. The delay in the return of Christ must not be charged to God's account, as though He is waiting for some celestial time clock to reach a pre-determined mark. Although God knows the day and the hour, He has been waiting for us. As we look around us at the rapid deterioration of our planet and witness the increasing fulfilment of the signs of His appearing, we get a deep sense that we are getting very close to the end, perhaps even now entering into the time Jesus spoke of as “the beginning of sorrows.” Are we—the first generation of a new cycle of four—that generation that will see the close of probation, the time of trouble, and the return of Christ? Are there any Bible and Spirit of Prophecy evidences that point to it? Read the first section of this book! In the second section, we take a panoramic view of the history of the movement, giving an understanding of the causes of the long detour into the wilderness travelled by the professed people of God. The prophet Joel points to a story that must be told—a story of the wasting of four generations (Joel 1:2-4). It is important that we hear this story. If we do not know our history as it is, we will continue to perpetuate its mistakes. The message of this book is an alarm clock set to arouse God's people in the final moments of earth's history.It is sure to shake the reader. Accept it or reject it—you won’t be able to ignore it!
Author : Lucas V. Woodford
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781610978774
There is a great debate going on in the church today. It centers on one question: "What is the mission of the church?" From culturally relevant, emerging congregations to strategic methods of organization and outreach, many claim they have the answer. They say the mission must become "missional." Yet the churches of North America continue to struggle. Uncertainty is growing. "What does it really mean to be 'missional'"? Competing claims abound. "Get the message out!" "Get the message right!" Great confusion has set in, particularly in the postmodern North American church. The Gospel is getting lost. Yet, throughout the ages, the creedal confession of the Holy Christian Church has carried her through uncertainty and struggle. The Apostles' Creed has steadied and stayed the mission of the church for centuries. It centers on the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the work of the Holy Spirit--the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. This book celebrates the historic mission of the Holy Christian Church, and it invites the North American church to do the same.
Author : Ed Vainio
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780557353682
Reflections on Early Church Worship trends, the Quiet Reformation in Finland, and the seeker sensitive movement in today's church.
Author : Andrew Hemingway
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666744316
When Zoom worship emerged in Britain during the COVID lockdown of 2020, Christians quickly turned to an art form, a form of theater, to deliver their worship. It was a quest for immanence, the very thing the Reformation dealt with by the elevation of transcendence. What an intriguing thought: Could John Calvin with his dictum regarding piety have practiced Zoom worship? Served as he was with the principle that the finite cannot contain the infinite, we must admit it looks very unlikely! At least in this Calvin saw eye-to-eye with Erasmus, but what of Luther? He may have been a comfortable Zoom worshiper, with his views that "Religious artworks are neither here nor there" and "We may have them or not as we please." Little did the church realize that it would be a step back into the past, because "what you permit you promote." The desire to use images was much more sinister than in Medieval times, as these were now images of ourselves! Regardless of the age, the image reigns supreme. What had caused the demise? Was it bereavement? It could not be bereavement of God; rather, it was the loss of the social, the bereavement of "one another." The need for "one-anothering" had forced the hand of Christians to turn to a practice completely untested. Zoom worship was born--the genie is out, and will never go back in. But in the face of the now-acceptable force of contemporary narcissism, who cares?
Author : Frank Viola,George Barna
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010-09-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781414341651
Have you ever wondered why we Christians do what we do for church every Sunday morning? Why do we “dress up” for church? Why does the pastor preach a sermon each week? Why do we have pews, steeples, and choirs? This ground-breaking book, now in affordable softcover, makes an unsettling proposal: most of what Christians do in present-day churches is rooted, not in the New Testament, but in pagan culture and rituals developed long after the death of the apostles. Coauthors Frank Viola and George Barna support their thesis with compelling historical evidence and extensive footnotes that document the origins of modern Christian church practices. In the process, the authors uncover the problems that emerge when the church functions more like a business organization than the living organism it was created to be. As you reconsider Christ's revolutionary plan for his church—to be the head of a fully functioning body in which all believers play an active role—you'll be challenged to decide whether you can ever do church the same way again.
Author : Steven H. Propp
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 511 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781532040375
Robert Schaeffer and Douglas West are best friends living in Oklahoma in 1963when they discover that they both sense a calling to become ministers in a mainline Christian denomination. But from seminary and their early years in ministry to their golden years looking back on what it takes to lead a congregation, a stimulating, sometimes puzzling, yet often inspirational world of theological controversies and congregational concerns would unfold for these two men of God. A Church Wide Enough for Everyone follows these two men on their journey to demonstrate the continuing relevance of the Christian faith in a postmodern world. After moving to Berkeley, California, to attend college and seminary, they have little time to ponder the vast social changes taking place before they immediately enter into intensive critical study of the Bible and Christian theology. And as Robert is then thrust into the ordained ministry with his wife, Faye, both men must in their own ways face the political, cultural, and ideological pressures of each passing decade, responding to challenges from both within the church and from outsiders. Are mainline churchesand Christian theologydead? Or might they be revitalized in the current century? A Church Wide Enough for Everyone and the inspired journeys of two ministers offers a window into how this revitalization and new understanding is possible.
Author : Michael R. Privett
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781449760236
After years of observation, I have concluded that so many local churches function without regard to their God-given, biblical mission and objectives because of their unclear mission, their unbiblical targets, or their unbalanced objectives. The Lord God has already given His church a clearly defined mission for the present age. Yet so many local churches seem to function without understanding their biblical mission their God-directed reason for existence while other local churches and their leaders have revised or even compromised their God-given mission, thinking that they know better than God. Some churches disband Sunday school, dismantle the choir, and disassemble pews only to replace them with other programs and ideas that will become traditional soon enough. Traditions, customs, and worship styles vary from culture to culture and from generation to generation. I've been in the gospel ministry long enough to have seen the pendulum swing back and forth a time or two. So many ministries, programs, concepts, and styles are not new, but just repackaged. Today's "new," "fresh," "blended" methods will become "traditional" to the next generation after a short period of time. Too often we are more involved in following the latest fad than we are in striving to "do all to the glory of God." What really matters is whether you have presented a true and accurate opinion and view of the nature and character of God so that others will praise and exalt Him to His worthy place of honor, esteem, and excellence.
Author : Rex Jefferies
Publisher : Shepherd Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781633422186
The inspiring and informative biography of Martin Holdt, a pastor whose life touched many people, and with remarkable outcomes. Martin Holdt exercised a ministry in Southern Africa and beyond from the 1960s through the early 2000s. A godly and influential man, his life was marked by prayer and faithfulness to the call to be a pastor as well as being a visionary for planting and establishing God-centered, Bible based churches, and with a vision for worldwide mission. Includes a postscript appendix by Erroll Hulse.
Author : Gary E. Gilley
Publisher : EP BOOKS
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Bible
ISBN : 0852346034
Many churches, riding the faddish waves of our times, have gone 'to market', but not all. Some churches are trying to 'stay home', that is, remain firmly grounded in the Scriptures. Still, the pressures mount, the temptations are repackaged, and the schemes of the world become more and more persuasive. In This Little Church Stayed Home, Dr. Gilley explores the manifold temptations of conservative churches to sell out to modern trends and innovations, including the present temptation towards mystical theology. Churches toying with 'new measures' will be challenged to remain true to the historic doctrines of the Christian faith and to remain faithful to God's chosen means of converting sinners to himself: the good news of Jesus Christ. Pastors, seminary students, church leaders, and Christians who want God's Word to be paramount in their lives will find This Little Church Stayed Home a timely message to a Christian subculture fixated on marketing the glorious gospel of Jesus Christ.
Author : Os Guinness
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1993-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781585586028
What shapes the message of the church? The Bible and Spirit? Or society and culture? Os Guinness points out perils of compromise in the church growth movement.