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Joy Of Ministry
$22.00Clergy burnout still abounds. Now comes an antidote: a collection of reflections centering on a lost note today, “joy” in ministry. The Joy of Ministry contains eight theological reflections on ministry to help pastors recognize their identities and the joy in the midst of their ministry of sharing the gospel. Rooted in the writings of Karl Barth and Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Thomas Currie reminds readers of the basis for the church’s ministry in what God has done in Jesus Christ and ways the gospel joy is expressed in ministry in the church.
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Family : All Age Worship
$24.99This is a ready-to-use resource for all-age worship services on the theme of Family. Using a wide range of innovative teaching activities, users will be able to simply put on family services. It includes drama, poetry, prayers, activity ideas and lots of humour. It will make life easy – you can either use the ideas straight from the page or adapt them by adding your own ideas. Topics covered include: Mums and Dads, siblings, money, work, conflict and household jobs.
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Divorce And Remarriage
$15.99Product Description
Dr. Joseph A. Webb, Patricia Lane Webb, Joseph is an ordained minister, evangelist, author, counselor and pastor-teacher. He continues to preach and teach seminars across the USA and the World in person and through his extensive library of media teaching. His ministry experience and heartfelt interest in the church’s response to marriage and family crisis is the driving force behind the ministry. Joseph and Patricia know well the heartache in the loss of a loved one by death and separation. Both have been happily married and widowed. Married to each other late in life both families had been active in ministry and found themselves searching for Gods plan within the heartache. As a result life brought about all new situations, adjustments and yes– problems. These circumstances have required a new focus and time to reflect. Their ministry and literature is influenced by their own personal experiences. “I have been pleased to receive and review your manuscript on Divorce and Remarriage- The Trojan Horse Within the Church. The readers cannot help but be impressed with the scholarly research that you have done on this subject…for those who sincerely want the truth, your book will be a valuable resource.” -Bill GothardAdd to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Sin And Grace In Christian Counseling
$25.99Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Divided By Sin
2. The Weight Of Sin
3. The Healing Power Of Grace
4. Holding Sin And Grace Together–Three Perspectives
5. Sin And Grace In Integrative Psychotherapy
6. Sin And Grace In The Functional Domain
7. Sin And Grace In The Structural Domain
8. Sin And Grace In The Relational DomainReferences
Name Index
Subject Index
Scripture IndexRead More: Http://www.ivpress.com/cgi-ivpress/book.pl/toc/code=2851#ixzz2fB1Ds9Lt
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Sin. Grace. Christian Counseling. How do these fit together?In Christian theology sin and grace are intrinsically interconnected. Teacher and counselor Mark McMinn believes that Christian counseling, then, must also take account of both human sin and God’s grace. For both sin and grace are distorted whenever one is emphasized without the other.
McMinn, noting his own tendencies and the temptation to stereotype different Christian approaches to counseling along this theological divide, aims to help all those preparing for or currently serving in the helping professions. Expounding the proper relationship of sin and grace, McMinn shows how the full truth of the Christian gospel works itself out in the functional, structural and relational domains of an integrative model of psychotherapy.
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Cry From The Cross
$8.95Christianity is a faith centered around an instrument of suffering and death — a cross. The hope of every believer is rooted in it. Over the centuries, the cross has become a universal symbol of both suffering and redemption.
On Good Friday, the cross takes center stage in our worship. Passages from the gospels retelling the agonizing tale of Jesus’ betrayal, trial, crucifixion, and death are recited to the point where the words may become commonplace for some Christians. We may know the words, but have we explored their meaning?
A Cry from the Cross, a series of seven sermons, explores each of the last seven statements given by Jesus as recorded in the gospels of Mark, Luke, and John. As each statement is explored — statements like “Father, Forgive Them” or “Woman, Here Is Your Son” — Robert Cornwall offers deeper insights into the meaning and significance of the cross as it relates to the Christian faith.
This is a useful resource for pastors and lay ministers, one that can be used as an inspiration for Good Friday sermons, a Lenten study series, or simply a window to greater personal insight into that day on a hill outside Jerusalem so many years ago — a day that shaped the future of the entire world.
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BIBLE Be Involved Bible Learners Everyone
$12.95The Holy Bible is a precious resource, one that can speak to us in any circumstance of life. However, we do not always have a Bible in front of us. That is where Bible memorization can help us. But where do we begin?
B.I.B.L.E. — Be Involved Bible Learners Everyone is a Bible study program, including children’s sermons, that encourages children to memorize one specific scripture a week over the course of fourteen weeks. Using various media, including props and songs, this resource allows the scriptures to come to life in the minds of children. Checklists, letter samples, and bulletin inserts are also provided. This study is not solely for children, however. The children’s sermons in this study allow the entire congregation to join with the children in committing these scriptures to memory. There, these verses can be stored, ready at a moment’s notice to bring solace and direction in times of need.
B.I.B.L.E. — Be Involved Bible Learners Everyone is an excellent resource for clergy, Sunday school teachers, or anyone involved in children and youth ministry, instilling in your children wisdom from the Bible that will last a lifetime! Copying privileges are included.
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Loving Home : Spirituality Sexuality And Healing Black Life
$16.00“When one journeys to Ghana, one is confronted with the origins of the European-driven slave industry, symbolized by the dungeons of Elmina and Cape Coast…. Each time I have made the pilgrimage to these dungeons … what came to me as tears ran down my face was the realization that this is probably where the difficulties in our collective relational history between African American women and men began. What stands between us? Lee Butler sends out a clarion call for us to come home. He sees our African understandings of God and humanity as foundational to our fully embracing who we are as an African (American) people – as the whole people of God.”
– The Rev. Dr. Marsha Foster Boyd, President of Ecumenical Theological Seminary, Detroit, Michigan“Dr. Lee Butler has written an important work that every minister engaged in Pastoral Care needs to read. He provides culturally specific tools, hints, suggestions, and resources for working with families using love as the guiding principle and the foundation upon which meaningful Pastoral Care is built. His book is a must read for any and everyone in ministry who is serious about working with families from a position of cultural strengths and not from the usual ‘deficit’ model that has crippled so many African American families. I highly endorse his work, his scholarship, his insights, his sensitivity, his experience, and his expertise as a minister of the Gospel whose integrity is awesome.”
– The Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., Senior Pastor, Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago, Illinois.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Ezekiel NIV Preacher Edition
$39.99Now you can preach these inspiring series from Ezekiel!
The Vision Necessary for Serving God
The End Result of Terrible Sin
The Coming Judgment on the Nations of the World
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Youth Workers Guide To Helping Teenagers In Crisis
$24.99If you work with students, you will encounter crisis. Leading crisis-management expert Rich Van Pelt and respected author and youth worker Jim Hancock unfold step-by-step plans for managing the fallout from all sorts of worst-case scenarios, from substance abuse to natural disasters. This comprehensive manual also includes action items geared to help prevent small crises from escalating to huge ones.
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Creative Bible Lessons In Job
$24.99How do we live for a fair God in an unfair world? Giving answers to students and families seems challenging at best and impossible at worst. Biblical pat answers serve only to set people up for more disappointment or unrealistic expectations. Get ready to explore the book of Job for real answers that will matter and make sense to your students.
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Boundaries Participants Guide (Revised)
$12.99Designed for use with the nine-session Boundaries small group DVD, this participant’s guide provides insights, exercises, and all the practical resources for maximizing both group participation and personal growth. Learn the secrets and cultivate the habit of setting and maintaining healthy boundaries that provide the framework for rich, productive relationships.
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1 Day At A Time
$14.99Addiction, personal weakness, and feelings of inadequacy are issues many face daily. In One Day at a Time, South African Pastor, Trevor Hudson recalls his own battle with a gambling addiction and how he overcame it through God’s grace and vision for his life. Using a step-by-step plan for a lifetime commitment to change, One Day at a Time offers principles that will help readers learn to reclaim a sense of self worth and renewal in their lives.
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Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry
$24.99Andrew Root explores the origins of a dominant ministry model for evangelicals, showing how American culture has influenced our understanding of the incarnation. Drawing from Dietrich Bonhoeffer, whose work with German youth in troubled times shaped his own understanding of how Jesus intersects our relationships, Root recasts relational ministry as an opportunity not to influence the influencers but to stand with and for those in need. True relational youth ministry shaped by the incarnation is a commitment to enter into the suffering of all, to offer all those in high school or junior high the solidarity of the church.
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Celebrating The Eucharist
$32.95In this first new Eucharistic customary in nearly 20 years, Patrick Malloy, an Episcopal priest and liturgical scholar, presents a clear, illustrated guide for the presider and other leaders of liturgy, contemporary in approach but based on ancient and classic principles of celebration.
Like it predecessors, the 1979 Book of Common Prayer is long on telling the Church what to say, and short on telling it what to do. This leaves those with “choreograph” prayer book liturgies with a complex task and a powerful influence over the faith of the Church. The author begins with a concise theology of the liturgy that underpins all of his specific directives in the book.
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Overcoming The Dark Side Of Leadership (Revised)
$16.99Timely resource offers valuable guidance in confronting the inherent risks of leadership.
Using biblical and current examples, the authors describe the characteristics of five types of leaders and the problems that are most likely to develop if their particular dysfunctions develop unrestrained. This edition includes a new introduction, updated information throughout, a self-assessment tool, and other additional material.
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Leadership From The Inside Out
$18.99The appalling number of church leaders who have fallen in recent years shows the critical need to maintain integrity in all areas of your own life as a leader. Kevin Harney shows you the power living an examined life: why and how to do it, how to fix what’s ailing, and how to ensure the ongoing rewards of inner health.
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Message In The Music
$22.99Few things influence Christians’ understanding of the faith more than the songs they sing in worship. Woods and Walrath help worship leaders plan authentic, scripturally sound, and relevant by exploring the content of dozens of praise songs.
Helps pastors, worship leaders, and worship teams more carefully assess the quality of the music they choose for worship.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Steeped In The Holy
$19.95Steeped in the Holy seeks to reclaim the spiritual foundations for preaching, inviting clergy and students to see preparation and preaching not as an intrusion, but as an opportunity to engage with God, and to develop practices that deepen our relation with God and feed our preaching.
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Missional Church In Context
$31.99There is an increasing realization in American churches that they are now their own mission field. In light of this awakening, many conversations have begun and work been contributed toward a solution. The Missional Church in Context addresses the realization and offers new insights. Based on the first annual Missional Church Consultation hosted by Luther Seminary, this book is organized into two sections. The first section consists of four essays explore the engagement of the missional church in relation to contextualization. Contributors explore biblical, theological, and historical dimensions regarding how the church is to engage in ministry within and to a specific cultural context. The second section examines four case studies in order to provide readers with concrete examples of how missional understanding of the church can be brought to bear on particular denominations and particular contexts. The Missional Church in Context will extend the conversation by taking it in new directions, while maintaining the foundations of what it means to be the church of Jesus Christ in the world.
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Building A Childrens Chapel
$36.95Based on his work with young children at the Episcopal School of New York, teacher and storyteller Gordh offers a collection of stories from the Bible, arranged and told to create a meaningful childhood chapel for children ages 3-7 and their families. Originally conceived as a resource for use in day schools, it is also ideal for use in Sunday church schools in Episcopal and other mainline congregations.
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Crucifixion Of Ministry
$20.99Today, there is a crisis in pastoral ministry. Andrew Purves explores the true and essential nature of Christian ministry, rooting it in Christ’s own example. He provides vision and direction for students and practicing ministers to reclaim the connection between Christ, themselves, and their ministries.
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Human Face Of The Church
$35.00Until now, Fresh Expressions has been about starting and sustaining mission initiatives among people with little or no church contact. As these projects mature, pastoral problem easily arise – how do you integrate the old with the new? How do you get an established congregation to change it views and practices? How do you cope with conflict? What if newcomers challenge set patterns of church behaviour rather than conform with them? This highly practical text and workbook draws on the behavioural theory and organisational studies to train and equip local church leaders and congregations not only to manage change but to grow through of it.
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Stewardship Companion : Lectionary Resources For Preaching
$35.00With deep pastoral sensitivity and solid biblical knowledge, Mosser draws one passage from each week in the three-year lectionary cycle to provide a brief reflection on how that passage can be used to teach and preach about stewardship.
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Effectiveness By The Numbers
$24.99Chapter One: The Fear Of Numbers
Chapter Two: If You Could Count Only One Thing
Chapter Three: How Many And How Often
Chapter Four: How Many Stick?
Chapter Five: How Many Serve?
Chapter Six: Who’s New?
Chapter Seven: Growing By Staying Small
Chapter Eight: What’s More Important Than Dollars?
Chapter Nine: What Product Are You Producing Anyway?Additional Info
Accurately counting the right things can profoundly impact ministry effectiveness. Knowing “the story in the stats” can inform decisions and lead to the things that produce the results most pleasing to God. Gathering and studying the right numbers can help a church wisely invest its resources of time, effort, people, money, and facilities. Effectiveness by the Numbers will help ensure that your church is measuring the right things for the right reasons. Counting what counts enables a church to fulfill its mission–making mature followers of Jesus Christ.Jesus and his disciples counted. They knew how many he fed with the five loaves and fishes. When a crowd gathered they often knew and recorded the number of men, women and children present for the event. The early church counted. They knew that on the day of Pentecost about 3,000 were added to their number. The book of Acts reports that “many believed,” “people were added,” and “many of the Corinthians who heard him believed and were baptized.” If Jesus counted and the early church kept track of numbers, it is not unreasonable to expect churches today to use metrics to increase their effectiveness in doing God’s work on earth.
This title contains a CD-ROM containing Excel templates for calculating some of the measures discussed in the book.
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Administration In The Small Membership Church
$18.99For many pastors, church administration may be their least favorite area of ministry. This book helps pastors create and maintian effective structures that will enable them to spend more time on what they truly value.
Outlines key steps to organize and manage time, staff, and resources of the small-membership church including multi-point chargesGives practical methods for creating and maintaining viable structures for effective church management
Helps pastors get organized so they can focus on what gives them the most satisfaction in ministry
Helps church leaders recruit and retain the right people for the right jobs, especially where resources are limited.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Sing Gods Glory (Expanded)
$24.00Revised Expanded Edition
Over 12,500 copies sold
This tabulated guide enables clergy and worship leaders to choose hymns that relate to the day’s Bible readings for each Sunday, major holy days and festivals throughout the Christian year. Three cycles are offered for years A, B and C of the lectionary. Listings are included from all the main hymn books in popular use. New in this volume are: “”CH4″”, “”The Irish Presbyterian Hymn Book””, and “”New English Praise””. Other books featured are “”Common Praise””, “”Hymns Old & New””, “”Complete Mission Praise”” and other leading denominational hymnbooks.A range of choices is offered for opening, gradual, offertory and closing hymns. All selections are labelled to show whether they relate to the Old Testament, Psalm, Epistle or Gospel reading. For every occasion between twenty and thirty hymns are suggested, making for more integrated and enhanced acts of worship.
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Deafening Sounds Of Silent Tears
$15.99Caring For Life is a charity that began in a Baptist church in Leeds and for twenty years has provided vulnerable young adults with the stability they need to rebuild their broken lives. It has nationally unrivalled success rates in preventing re-offending (85 per cent) and in obtaining long-term settled accommodation (98 per cent). Its focus, as its name suggests, is not on quick fixes, but lifelong support that makes the love of Jesus tangible for some of the most damaged young people. Some of the stories of abuse and deprivation in this book are a shocking indictment of today’s affluent society, but dedicated pastoral care has produced many miracles of transformation. This is an inspiring account of faith in action, answered prayer, and the gospel being practiced, rather than preached. It is essential reading for all churches and agencies who work with the marginalized.
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Pillars Of Flame
$38.95Is the priesthood a power to be exercised, or a call to share in the broken Christ? Ross sets modern questions about ordained ministry in the Church within a much wider context, encouraging us to reflect anew on the relationship between administrative power and spiritual authority within the Church, and to redefine the priesthood.
She minces no words in her critique of the contemporary Church, and goes on to propose changes so sweeping and fundamental that we sense what a truly Christian Church would be.
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Preachers Sourcebook For Creative Sermon Illustrations
$29.99The Ultimate Contemporary Resource for Preachers Features thousands of real-life stories, illustrations, and quotes edited by popular author and pastor Rob Morgan Cross-referenced by subject and Scripture Alphabetized for easy access The ultimate gold-mine for speakers – humorous, serious, thought-provoking, and heart-warming material The book includes space for noting when/where each illustration is used Stories for today’s sermons and today’s lives
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Discover : Use Your Gifts And Help Others Find Theirs
$9.95Everyone has at least one spiritual gift, according to the Bible. But many don’t know what that gift is or how to use it. Discover provides clear steps and guidelines to find and activate your spiritual gift. This book is an invaluable resource for any individual to discover his or her spiritual giftedness. It will especially help those leading a small group to know how to discern the different gifts among group members-and then to help each person activate that gift. The eight lessons offer biblical insight on the different spiritual gifts as well as practical suggestions on how to use them. Discover is a great resource to use individually, in a small group, or in a classroom teaching setting.
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Coach : Empower Others To Effectively Lead A Small Group
$9.95Coaching is the key to helping small group leaders succeed over the long haul. Yet those who are willing to coach often lack information on how to do it. This book provides step-by-step information on how to coach a small group leader. Someone who is already coaching a small group leader will find the eight lessons in the book invaluable to empower others to lead fruitful cell groups. And even those who have never coached before will receive clear information on how to take the small group leader to the next level. Coach is a great resource to use individually, in a small group, or in a classroom teaching setting.
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God In Everyday Life
$14.99A Pastor’s manual on the Book of Ruth including an Expositional Commentary and Outline an Expository Sermon application questions counseling scenarios and an annotated bibliography.
God in Everyday Life: The Book of Ruth for Expositors and Biblical Counselors “The book of Ruth follows upon the dark chapters of Judges like the rising sun. And the Moabitess’ radiant example shines ever bright today. How grateful I am that Rick Kress’ searching expositions have been coupled with the trenchant analysis and wisdom of Brad Brandt. God in Everyday Life will grace the church both in the pulpit and personal use.” -R. KENT HUGHES, Senior Pastor Emeritus, College Church in Wheaton “Unique! That’s what it is. A book on counseling from Ruth. Moreover, it’s really two books in one, by two authors. Those who look for several commentaries rather than one can begin here with two. There are many helpful ideas in this double-barreled volume. You’ll want to get it to find out how to counsel from Ruth-won’t you?” -JAY ADAMS, Founder of NANC, The Institute for Nouthetic Studies, author, and pastor
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Reclaiming The Wesleyan Tradition
$15.00Concerned that even Methodists don’t really appreciate the basic tenets of John Wesley’s theology, a group of Methodist pastors and professors crafted this well-written introduction to his work. Readers will find this study challenging and rewarding as they explore everything from humankind’s creation in the image of God all the way through sin, grace, justification, and the riches of spiritual rebirth and sanctification. While it sounds like a difficult undertaking, this program is so well-conceived that it draws the readers in. An excellent structure provides daily assignments in reading and writing about the sermon. The authors supplement each sermon with clarifying analyses of the theme, and provide a wealth of helpful notes, hymns, and prayers. Best approached in a group, this study will generate hours of theological discussion and open portals for deep spiritual growth.
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Easter Services Sermons And Prayers
$14.99Provides help in planning for Easter, which includes inviting the public, understanding those who will attend, including children in the services, and suggestions for using visuals.
Creative liturgies, sermon helps, and prayers for Easter Vigil, Easter Sunday, and the 50 days of EasterAdd to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Prayer Participants Guide
$14.99In this six-session ZondervanGroupware video curriculum, award-winning author Philip Yancey probes the very heartbeat-the most fundamental, challenging, perplexing, and deeply rewarding aspect-of our relationship with God: prayer. What is prayer? How does
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Not Ashamed Of The Gospel
$26.99Cutting-edge interpretations of Romans that highlight the living, articulate voice of Paul for today’s church
Rutledge leads readers to refocus their eyes and ears on Paul’s valuable teachings. The author unpacks major ideas and motifs in the epistle, including the cross and resurrection of Christ as the first event of the age to come, faith as the human response ignited by the fire of the Word and the Holy Spirit, and God’s work of salvation as all-encompassing and incomparable.
A help to preachers and an encouragement to listeners.
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Practice Of Preaching (Revised)
$31.99The best-selling preaching textbook – now revised!
Paul Wilson’s The Practice of Preaching has introduced a generation of students not only to the “how” of preaching, but also to the”why.” In this thoroughly revised edition, Wilson has strengthened this essential textbook even more, principally in two ways. First, he has further emphasized the role of practices in preaching, leading the reader through the preacher’s week as she or he constructs and prepares to deliver the sermon. Second, he has surveyed the current debate in homiletics over what preaching the text means, and constructed a far-reaching theological argument that the sermon’s most central task should be about preaching the gospel.
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Experiential Youth Ministry Handbook Volume 2
$22.99More than just a handbook of games, Experiential Youth Ministry Handbook Volume 2 goes to the heart of learning. Giving you the tools and ideas to create experiences and events that will help shape and form your students, this book will equip you and your
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Cultivating Prayer And Intercession In The Local Church
$9.99Cultivating Prayer And Intercession In The Local Church is a dynamo in a small package. From his years of experience, personal and corporate observation, and mentoring of prayer warriors, layers of revelation and clear understanding open before the discerning reader. Wave upon wave of anointed illustration, interspersed with plentiful Scripture proofs, combine to sweep one into the stream of intercession which is the writer’s passion. Far from dry, this brief but powerful treatise resonates with true devotion and an infectious spirit of the joy of prayer.
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Tribal Church : Ministering To The Missing Generation
$31.00Many churches are seeking ways to reach out to the younger generations. Unfortunately this often manifests as either a “come be just like us!” attitude-suggesting an unwillingness to change in order to be inclusive of young people-or as a slick marketing campaign that targets young adults in much the same way secular advertising does. Both of these approaches often leave young adults feeling that their particular spiritual gifts and needs are unwanted by the church. “We only want you for your demographics” is the message given.
Carol Howard Merritt, a pastor in her mid-thirties, suggests a different way for churches to be able to approach young adults on their own terms. Outlining the financial, social, and familial situations that affect many young adults today, she describes how churches can provide a safe, supportive place for young adults to nurture relationships and foster spiritual growth. There are few places left in society that allow for real intergenerational connections to be made, yet these connections are vital for any church that seeks to reflect the fullness of the body of Christ.
Using the metaphor of a tribe to describe the close bonds that form when people of all ages decide to walk together on their spiritual journeys, Merritt casts a vision of the church that embraces the gifts of all members while reaching out to those who might otherwise feel unwelcome or unneeded. Mainline churches have much to offer young adults, as well as much to learn from them. By breaking down artificial age barriers and building up intentional relationships, congregations can provide a space for all people to connect with God, each other, and the world.
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Timothy Training Program Teacher Edition (Teacher’s Guide)
$19.99In today’s rapidly growing churches how does a pastor keep up with all the demands of a growing congregation? More than ever we need to rise up leaders in the local church. Taken straight from I & II Timothy, Timothy Training Program provides teaching materials for pastors and leadership trainers to use in equipping potential leaders. Ideal for small groups or medium size classes, this package incorporates teaching, discussion, and relational, hands-on discipling. Session Topics Include: The Life of Timothy Requirements and Expectations Teaching Sessions Outline The Invitation and Response Proving and Preparation Selection and Character Factor Equipping and Placement Promotion and Progress Perseverance and Perspective.
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Christianitys Family Tree Participants Book (Student/Study Guide)
$16.99In this book, Adam Hamilton presents a welcoming, inspiring vision of eight Christian denominations and faith traditions. Comparing the Christian family to our own extended families, he contends that each denomination has a unique, valuable perspective to offer on the Christian faith.
The traditions he examines are Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Lutheranism, Presbyterianism, Anglicanism, Baptists, Pentecostalism, and Methodism. For each group, Hamilton gives a brief history, outlines major beliefs, and describes some things we can learn from that tradition to strengthen our own Christian faith.
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2nd Resurrection : Leading Your Congregation To New Life
$19.991. When It’s Not A Matter Of Sickness
2. Are We Spiritually Dead?
3. How Churches Die Spiritually
4. Turnaround Is An Eternal Issue
5. Leaders: It’s Time To Die To Yourself
6. A Life Worth Watching
7. Resurrection Begins With You
8. Rolling Away The Stone
9. Life Beyond The Tomb
10. Pastor, Are YOU Ready For Resurrection?
Epilogue: The Meaning Of FaithfulnessAdditional Info
For many congregational and denominational leaders, the goal for churches experiencing declining worship attendance is to turn those congregations around. The “turnaround church” is one that has stagnated or is in decline. The old trends are reversed, new members are added, and everyone rejoices in this story of a congregation restored to health and vitality. But what if the metaphors of decline, stagnation, and loss of health just aren’t getting to the problem? What if the situation is much worse than what those ways of describing it imply? What if the congregation is spiritually dead? The only solution is resurrection. Churches that have lost their sense of mission, that exist only to provide fellowship for the “members of the club,” that expect their leaders to focus solely on ministering to the members’ personal spiritual needs; these churches have died to the purpose of the New Testament church, to make disciples of Jesus Christ. They cannot be turned around; they must come to life again. The key to that resurrection is leaders who are not afraid to diagnose the problem for what it really is, and who realize that resurrection is what being a Christian is about.The goal of this book is to guide the leaders of these churches through the painful, yet ultimately life-giving work of leading a church to new life in the Spirit. If you want to find new life for your church, read on . . .
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Vanguard Leader : A New Breed Of Leader To Encounter The Future
$15.99Author Frank Damazio defines the characteristics, function, and motivation of vanguard leadership and encourages leaders to break free from the stagnation, mediocracy, and complacency of the past.
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