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Small Groups With Purpose (Reprinted)
$22.35This practical book walks church leadership through the questions they need to answer to develop their own intentional small group strategy. Built around the most commonly asked questions, it outlines the step-by-step process of creating a successful small group ministry. Because it is built upon principles and not methods, this plan can be implemented in any size church. Each chapter ends with a list of questions for leaders to answer to help them assess their current situation and their desires for the future.
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Leading Small Groups With Purpose (Reprinted)
$17.99For the new small group leader, the seasoned leader who feels their small group lacks purpose, or the leader who is working to move their small group to the next level, Leading Small Groups with Purpose is the road map to follow. Steve Gladen takes small group leaders step-by-step toward a healthy, dynamic group with focus and purpose. Every chapter includes ideas that small group leaders can implement immediately as well as ways to shape their small groups over time.
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Social Psychology In Christian Perspective
$60.00Human social interaction is varied, complex and always changing. How we perceive each other and ourselves, how individuals interact within groups, and how groups are structured–all these are the domain of social psychology. Many have doubted, however, that a full-fledged social psychology textbook can successfully be written from a Christian perspective. Inevitably, some say, when attempting to integrate theology and social psychology, one discipline must suffer at the expense of the other. Angela Sabates counters that thinking by demonstrating how these two disciplines can indeed be brought together in a fruitful way. She crisply covers key topics in social psychology, utilizing research that is well grounded in the empirical and theoretical literature, while demonstrating how a distinctively Christian approach can offer fresh ideas and understandings. Why doesnt our behavior always match what we say we believe?How and when are we most likely to be persuaded?What is the social psychology of violence?How reliable are eyewitness testimonies?Are racism and prejudice on the decline or are we just better at hiding them? Sabates draws out the implications of a Christian view of human persons on these and other central subjects within the well-established framework of social psychological study. This volume is for those looking for a core text that makes use of a Christian theological perspective to explore what the science of psychology suggests to us about the nature of human social interaction.
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Cycle Of Grace
$15.99This groundbreaking resource speaks to a familiar condition of our times: spiritual burnout. A 10-minute video featuring well-known pastor Trevor Hudson opens each chapter, while the text by Jerry Haas unpacks the video content and guides readers through journaling questions. This workbook-vido combo sheds light on how Christians often get stuck in a cycle of works – staying busy doing things for God – rather than living in God’s grace.
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Pauls Missionary Methods
$35.99Veteran scholar-missionaries Robert L. Plummer and John Mark Terry edit this collection of entry points into the missionary methods of the Apostle Paul. With contributions from Michael Bird, Eckhard Schnabel and Craig Keener, this volume examines Paul’s missionary methods from the perspective of Paul’s activities in the first century and the perspective of his ongoing impact on missions today. The first part of the book examines Paul’s environment, activity and teaching. The second portion investigates the application of Pauls methods and principles to modern missionary work. The occasion for this book is the centennial of Roland Allen’s Missionary Methods: Saint Paul’s or Ours?, a classic in the field which Paul’s Missionary Methods enthusiastically engages with.
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Art Of Pastoring (Revised)
$22.99Acknowledgments
An Ebenezer Story: Introduction
1. Beginning
2. Call
3. The Holy Spirit
4. Temptation
5. Eschatology
6. Preaching
7. Prayer
8. Friendship
9. Sacrament
10. Leadership
11. Leaving
12. Reward
Postlude
NotesAdditional Info
Named one of the Top Ten Books of 1994 by the Academy of Parish Clergy! Hundreds of books, tapes, workshops and seminars promise to answer these impossible questions. Some offer a set of practical guidelines; others suggest a system or pattern to follow. Some stress various ministry functions; others feature case studies as models of success or failure. Some are helpful. Others are not. But in The Art of Pastoring, David Hansen turns pastoral self-help programs on their heads. He tackles the perennial questions from within his own experience. From the Inside Out Hansen’s fresh, bold narrative grows from nearly a decade of ministry. He draws you into his life and into the lives of Florence-Victor Parish in the mountains of Montana, including unforgettable encounters with unforgettable people–a stubborn pioneer woman who still chops her own firewood though she’s blind and 90 years old, a championship rodeo cowboy who was baptized in his boots, and many more. Hansen’s goal is to help you discover “that pastoral ministry is a life, not a technology . . . [that] life as a pastor is far more than the sum of the tasks I carry out. It is a call from God that involves my whole life.” From Calling to Living Parable Every pastor has encountered those who struggle to hear God’s voice in a hospital room, who reach for Jesus in the sacraments. No systematic answers can meet their deep, eternal needs. What can touch them, Hansen contends, is a life itself, a life lived as a parable of Jesus. “As a parable of Jesus Christ,” Hansen writes, “I deliver something to the parishioner that I am not, and in the process I deliver the parishioner into the hands of God.” It is this knack for getting to the heart of things that makes The Art of Pastoring valuable for pastors in any setting–rural, suburban or urban. Parachurch workers, missionaries, church leaders and ministry volunteers will also find inspiration here. In this significantly revised new edition, Hansen includes new insights into his view of pastorate as parable and adds a new postlude in which he comes clean on his “constant attempts to leave the ministry.”Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Lectionary Stories For Preaching And Teaching Cycle C
$16.18Everyone loves a good story. Storytellers who excel at their craft have the ability to draw readers or listeners into the worlds they create, using characters and situations to entertain and enlighten us. Jesus, the Master Storyteller, often spoke using parables — short stories that conveyed a spiritual truth. By drawing his listeners into his story, he unlocked their minds and hearts to hear the truth he was trying to relate to them.
This compilation of stories for the season of Pentecost taken from StoryShare follows in that same tradition. StoryShare, a part of SermonSuite.com, is written by various authors brought together to meditate on scriptures in the Revised Common Lectionary for Cycle C and create stories that flesh out these passages, allowing readers to see these words in a new way. These stories can be whimsical and light-hearted or poignant and reflective, even tragic. But they all strive to bring us to a deeper understanding of the scriptures and the God who inspired them. Some of the stories are even based on actual events experienced by the authors, events that influenced their perspective on Christianity.
Useful as sermon illustrations, stand alone sermons, teaching aides, personal devotions, or even just for entertaining reading, “Stories for Teaching and Preaching “will draw you into new worlds with vibrant and engaging images, deepening your relationship with God in the process.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Message Was Good Why Werent They Moved
$18.11Dear Follower of the Great Commission: I am all too well aware that those who prepare God’s Word for delivery often do so with great anticipation and hope. These well-meaning men and women hear God’s call in the Great Commission. They get motivated and prayerfully act on that call. Sadly, their messages have little or no impact. They are left confused and in doubt of their calling, and their paramount question is, “Why, Lord?” They want to know what happened. They truthfully studied and diligently prepared their message. In other words, they faithfully did their part, but people who heard the delivered word seemed unmoved. This, too, puzzled me. I pondered and studied this for years, and I am fully convinced that God gave me the complete answer; thus, I wrote this book. What are my credentials for doing this? I taught in high school for almost forty years. I have a Master of Education degree and more than thirty graduate hours beyond that. I started debate clubs and have been a coach and advisor, studying the process of delivering speeches. This became my cherished professional hobby. In 1972, at the age of thirty, I invited Jesus into my life and I began a personal relationship with Him. All that training in education and debate, I dedicated to His service. I began to read and study the Bible on a daily basis. Over the years, I became active in church as a deacon, Sunday school superintendent, and Sunday school teacher. Here is where I developed a special love for God’s Word. In the last several years, I turned to the study of how best to deliver God’s great, impacting message. There is little doubt that God Himself prepared me for this study, and God’s messengers who would impact the world need to apply the findings of this study. The world today groans under the weight of many crushing problems, but it is not presidents or politicians who have the solutions. The rescue agents are those who fall under the Great Commission, and that’s you! You can effectively lay out God’s solutions if you follow the strategy found in the Scriptures, and you can do this with powerful influence that can change the world. A dear evangelical preacher of more than thirty years, who pastors a church on the New York – Pennsylvania border, read this book and made the following comment: “I would highly recommend this book as required reading for every minister and ministerial student. It is one of the most practical cries for and description of ‘anointed preaching’ that I have r
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Way Leader Guide
$12.99Adam Hamilton’s third study in the trilogy exploring Jesus’ birth in The Journey: Walking the Road to Bethlehem and his death and resurrection in 24 Hours That Changed the World. Now, join him as he follows in the footsteps of Jesus from his baptism, the temptations and moving through his ministry to the people he loved, the healing he brought, the parables he taught and the enemies he made. This is the same leader’s guide found in the DVD product.
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Preaching Christ From Daniel
$42.99In Preaching Christ from Daniel Sidney Greidanus shows preachers and teachers how to prepare expository messages from the six narratives and four visions in the book of Daniel. Using the most up-to-date biblical scholarship, Greidanus addresses foundational issues such as the date of composition, the author(s) and original audience of the book, its overall message and goal, and various ways of preaching Christ from Daniel. Throughout his book Greidanus puts front and center God’s sovereignty, providence, and coming kingdom.
Each chapter contains building blocks for constructing expository sermons and lessons, including useful information on
*the context, themes, and goals of each literary unit
*links between Daniel and the New Testament
*how to formulate the sermon theme and goal
*contemporary application
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Way For Children
$16.99A churchwide experience where children, youth, and adults explore the profound, life-changing impact of Jesus’ life and ministry
The most amazing figure in history comes alive for children, youth, and their families.
Stories include:
Baptism in the Jordan River
Mount of Temptations
Nazareth – First preaching in the temple
Sea of Galilee
Sermon on the Mount/Beatitudes
Healing
Samaria – Jacob’s Well
Mount of Olives- cleansing the temple in JerusalemThe Children’s Study contains everything a leader needs to conduct a seven-week study, complete with reproducible handouts. For ages 3-12
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Way For Youth
$14.99A churchwide experience where children, youth, and adults explore the profound, life-changing impact of Jesus’ life and ministry
The most amazing figure in history comes alive for children, youth, and their families.
Stories include:
Baptism in the Jordan River
Mount of Temptations
Nazareth – First preaching in the temple
Sea of Galilee
Sermon on the Mount/Beatitudes
Healing
Samaria – Jacob’s Well
Mount of Olives- cleansing the temple in JerusalemThe Youth Study provides everything needed for a seven-week study for ages 13-18. Designed to be used by both leaders and students along with the adult-level DVD.
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Nelsons Annual Preachers Sourcebook Volume 2
$24.99Preach great sermons and plan innovative worship services with the newest edition of Nelson’s Annual Preacher’s Sourcebook. This volume is the same sermon planner you have come to depend on for more than ten years. Outstanding pastors provide an entire year’s worth of preaching and worship resources for every week. Look for a new volume every fall.
Features include:
Sermons, creative outlines, illustrations, and quotes for every week of the year
Worship helps, including hymns, prayers, and Scripture texts
Inspirational thoughts and preaching techniques
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Marriage Friendly Church
$18.73You no longer have to assume how well your congregation is supporting healthy marriages. Dr. Camp presents a clear path for evaluating the church’s marriage friendliness and offers a proactive path for building stronger marriages for the future.
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Biblical Foundations For The Cell Based Church
$18.68Why cell church? Is it because David Cho’s church, the largest church in the history of Christianity, is a cell church? Is it because someone said the number twelve will bring blessings and growth? Is it because cell church is the strategy that many “great” churches are using?
Ralph Neighbour repeatedly says, “Theology must breed methodology.” I’ve arrived at the same conclusion. This book sets forth the biblical theology for cell based ministry. Without biblical truth, we don’t have a firm under-pinning upon which we can hang our ministry and philosophy. On the other hand, we can plod through most anything when we know that God is stirring us to behave biblically.
Cell church is not the latest, greatest church growth strategy. If it were, it would simply be a passing fad until the next hotter, more relevant strategy comes along. In fact, in many places around the world, cell church transforms the church through a purification process. Church growth is slow but cell church helps Christ’s church go deeper.
I’ve been studying the cell church movement since 1991, and the more I travel on this cell church journey, the more I see that the cell church strategy doesn’t produce rapid growth in itself. God reserves growth for himself. He wants to receive the glory for all church growth.
The first section of this book will bring out what the Bible says about small groups. I will start in the Old Testament with the Trinity, family, and how the nation Israel divided into groups of ten. Then I’ll explore how Jesus started house churches and gathered together his own small group of twelve. I will cover extensively how the early church met in homes and then gathered those house churches together. We’ll look at the images of the church and how New Testament leadership naturally developed through the house church process.
In the second section I’ll cover what I believe is the main reason for small groups: to make disciples who make disciples. God has ordained small groups to develop followers of Jesus. Cell groups are leader breeders. They prepare future disciples to be more like God, and He uses the small group atmosphere in the following areas:
Community: Our God is a social God. He’s in constant unity with the other members of the Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. He is not an individualist. Jesus demonstrated this same unity while on earth. He never did anything that wasn’t perfectly pleasing to the Father and Spirit (John 5:19-30). He then
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Preaching
$32.00This Study Guide provides an introduction to the practice of preaching. It is designed for people from various church traditions, in the early stages of ministerial formation.Preaching is a complex and challenging business requiring a demanding mixture of skills. People listening to a sermon have the right to expect that a person who stands up to preach, can interpret the Bible competently, has a grasp of core Christian beliefs, and believes what they preach. They also expect someone who has the necessary range of communication skills to put the message across in an accessible way. Such a range of expectations presents daunting challenges to the most experienced preacher.The book includes practical exercises which could be used by individuals or by groups. The book is suitable for introductory courses in preaching or for modules which consider preaching within an overall focus upon leading public worship.
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Gift Of Compassion
$12.99Unfortunately, grief and loss are inevitable parts of living. No one escapes. Even so, it’s difficult to know how to console those who have reached a broken place in their lives. What is the best way to show compassion when words cannot be enough?
In this book, the author offers practical help for pastors, Stephen ministers, congregational caregivers, and other laity serving the brokenhearted. With a central message on the importance of simply being present for people who are grieving, Stevens combines practical how-to’s with prayers, Scriptures, suggestions for ways to serve the sacraments, and inspiration about the peace of God that passes all understanding.
This small book outlines meaningful ways to show compassion through planning visits, writing notes, finding appropraite Scriptures and prayers to read, avoiding cliches, and offering the presence of God to people suffering through the dark and searching experience of grief.
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Apocrypha
$18.99For many across the world, the books of the Apocrypha are Christian Scripture. This volume helps university and seminary students learn not only more about the Apocrypha, but also more about how Jesus thought and lived.
Using a thematic approach, Dr. David deSilva gives a brief introduction and summary of these largely unknown and unappreciated books. In addition, the book provides an overview of the social and cultural context of the world of the Apocrypha and early Christianity. After surveying the Apocrypha’s relevance and impact on Christian practices and spiritual formation, deSilva highlights the Apocrypha’s imact on Jesus’ world, the New Testament, and the formation of the early church’s doctrines and theology.
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Open Place : The Ministry Of Group Spiritual Direction
$28.95Written from an ecumenical standpoint as a practical aid for moving those experienced in individual spiritual direction toward group practices
This book responds to the movement to expand spiritual direction beyond the classic one-with-one model. Group spiritual direction as the potential to offer the rich experience of individual spiritual direction to a much wider audience, yet very little has been written to provide guidance for starting such groups.
This book responds to that challenge. It outlines ways that a diverse and ecumenical group of spiritual directors worked to initiate groups in multiple contexts. It examines the many variables – among directors, directees, even meeting spaces – that affect and enliven this ministry. And it summarizes pitfalls, successes, and discoveries.
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Let It Go Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$14.99For many women, life can start to look like a chain of one responsibility after another. andnbsp; In Let It Go, popular author and speaker Karen Ehman has created a powerful tool to help them take a breath and avoid becoming ‘control freaks.’ With a combination of biblical insight, humor, and stories taken from her own experience, Ehman provides a better way—a way to navigate and more fully enjoy the relationships and responsibilities of your life—from total control to implicit trust in God. andnbsp; The accompanying Participant’s Guide complements the DVD sessions, focusing on specific issues and situations to help women take away the most important lessons Ehman has to teach. She offers additional support for the journey away from over-control and into a stronger, trusting relationship with God.
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Communion Meditations 2
$9.95This is Volume II of the popular preparation guide to Communion that grabs interest and focuses attention on the Lord’s Supper. The twenty six additional meditations in this book are meant to inspire, provoke, and bring personal meaning to Communion for all who participate. Each meditation is designed for a 90 second presentation and can be read verbatim or easily personalized for your needs or congregation.
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Start This Stop That
$18.99We need less conventional wisdom and more creative leadership.
Not all of the advice church leaders have heard on church growth works. Judging by declining membership in many mainstream denominations, most doesn’t. It’s time to reevaluate the standard thinking on how to grow a church, especially considering the number of new voices questioning the worth of church growth.
The Cowarts have an amazing story to tell. Harvest Church has grown from a church plant of four – Jim and Jennifer and their two children – to a thriving community of more than 2,200 disciples of Jesus. Harvest Church is changing the world and having an awesome time doing it.
Learn why conventional church thinking such as pastoral care, long-term planning, stewardship campaigns, committees, and even staff appointments can actually inhibit church growth.
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Lead Like Butler
$17.99In 2011, Butler University made history as the first team to make it to two consecutive finals of the NCAA basketball tournament without being seeded #1 or #2. As the smallest school to play in the championship game in the 40-year history of the tournament, Butler became the quintessential “Cinderella” team. How did this little-known Midwest university achieve what few schools have ever done by making it to the final championship game two years in a row?
Much of the attention is focused on head coach and team leader Brad Stevens, who was only 33 years old at the time of the 2010 tournament. Often mistaken for one of the players, Stevens coaches according to a set of six values-based principles broadly known as the Butler Way – Humility, Passion, Unity, Service, Thankfulness, and Accountability.
Through interviews with coaches, players, and alumni, Kent Millard and Judity Cebula explore the six leadership values taught by the entire coaching staff at Butler University. Each chapter of the book helps readers discover how these values form a solid foundation for pastors and other church leaders and anyone striving for success in life’s journey.
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Intergenerational Christian Formation
$30.99Acknowledgments
Venturing Into Intergenerationality: Our Stories
Introduction
Part One: Generational Realities
1. What Is The Problem?
2. How Did We Get Here? Why Churches Tended To Separate The Generations
3. Why Bring The Generations Back Together? The Benefits Of Intergenerationality
4. What Shall We Name This Approach?
Part Two: Biblical, Theological, And Theoretical Support
5. Feasts, Jehoshaphat And House Churches: Biblical Foundations
6. Growing Each Other Up: Theoretical Foundations
7. Midwives, Tailors And Communities Of Practice: Learning Theory
8. The Trinity, Koinonia And The Body: Theological Foundations
Part Three: Support From The Social Sciences
9. Becoming Christian In Community: “Religious Socialization”
10. The Very Old And The Very Young: Contributions From Gerontology
11. Millennials, Xers, Boomers And Silents: Generational Theory
12. By The Numbers: Empirical Research
Part Four: Intergenerational Christian Formation Practices
13. Creating A Culture Of Intergenerationality
14. Intergenerational Worship
15. Intergenerational Learning Experiences
16. Intergenerationality And Story Sharing
17. Intergenerational Service And Missions
18. Intergenerational Small Groups
19. Cross-Generational Relationships In Multicultural Churches
20. Intergenerationality And Megachurches
Conclusion
Appendix A: Forty Intergenerational Ideas
Appendix B: Intergenerational Resources
Appendix C: Biblical Passages That Reflect An Intergenerational OutlookAdditional Info
One generation commends your works to another; they tell of your mighty acts. Psalm 145:4 Most churches and faith communities segment their ministries by age and generation. The kids go to childrens church, the teens go to youth group. Worship services are geared toward different generational preferences, and small groups gather people at the same life stage, whether singles, young marrieds, parents or empty nesters. In some congregations, people may never interact with those of other ages. But it was not always so. Throughout biblical tradition and the majority of history, communities of faith included people of all ages together in corporate worship, education and ministry. The church was not just multigenerational; it was intergenerational, with the whole church together as one family and people of all ages learning from one another in common life. In this comprehensive text, Holly Allen and Christine Ross offer a complete framework for intentional intergenerational Christian formation. They provide the theoretical foundations for intergenerationality, showing how learning and spiritual formation are better accomplished through intergenerational contexts. It is not just elders teaching youth; learning also takes place when adults discover fresh insights from children. Then the authors give concrete guidance for intergenerational praxis on how worship, learning, community and service can all be achieved intergenerationally. Case studies of intergenerational congregations provide models for how a culture of intergenerationality can be created in local churches. This volume serves as an essential guide for all preparing for and involved in congregational ministry and formation. Discover the riches of intergenerational ministry, and let all generations commend the works of God to one another.Add to cartin stock within 3-5 days of online purchase
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Effective Staffing For Vital Churches (Reprinted)
$23.75Well-staffed churches grow. But how do churches staff for growth in these rapidly changing times when budgets are tight, mission opportunities abound, and there is a growing shortage of qualified pastors, staff members, and church leaders? Two veteran pastors and church growth consultants offer workable solutions that focus on the four core processes vital to church health and growth: bringing people to Christ and the church, retaining them, discipling them, and sending them back out into the world. They also show pastors how to navigate the leadership transitions they must make to become increasingly effective as the church grows. Pastors will learn how to be leaders who multiply leaders and develop a mission-minded staff that does the same. Foreward by Ed Stetzer.
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Go In Peace
$19.95Helps develop the pastoral skills needed for hearing confessions
Authors have extensive experience as spiritual directors, quiet day and retreat leaders, and Episcopal parish priests
Although the sacramental Rite of Reconciliation is included in many Anglican prayer books, nothing has been written expressly for Anglicans since the 1980s that focuses on the pastoral skills required for this ministry. This book combines and passes on the teaching, coaching, skill development, and accumulated pastoral wisdom that has not been widely accessible or well integrated into clergy training.
Realistic transcripts and “verbatims” of sample confessions and counseling sessions involving a wide range of people makes this a unique ministry resource for most seminaries and theological colleges, plus clergy in general – including Lutheran pastors who use the rite of “Individual Confession and Absolution” in the Lutheran Book of Worship.
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Cultivating The Missional Church
$26.60Written from a post-Christendom/emergent worldview, this book was born of a singular question asked in hundreds of ways: “What do we do to be faithful in this changed and changing reality?” Whether shaped by anxiety, a foretaste of coming changes, excitement, or energy at the prospects of witness and service the future holds, the question remains the same and the answers elusive.
Part one addresses church functions under categories of governance, modeling, collaboration, champion, catalyst, mission, convenant, disciple, change and leadership. Part two offers further explication of the functions, including books recommended for in-depth study, application ideas, and further exploration of themes.
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Under The Gunn
$38.65In these chapters, John R. Gunn mentors preachers and seminarians with “cogent, biblically-based reflections” in which he “confronts the realities and stereotypes of ministerial practice and character . . . His advice, to young and old . . . is a salutary challenge to who we are and what we are to be about” (James L. Waits, president emeritus, The Fund for Theological Education). Men and women led to serve God through church leadership will find this book unfailingly insightful and inspiring.
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Under The Gunn
$15.98In these chapters, John R. Gunn mentors preachers and seminarians with “cogent, biblically-based reflections” in which he “confronts the realities and stereotypes of ministerial practice and character . . . His advice, to young and old . . . is a salutary challenge to who we are and what we are to be about” (James L. Waits, president emeritus, The Fund for Theological Education). Men and women led to serve God through church leadership will find this book unfailingly insightful and inspiring.
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Unique : Telling Your Story In The Age Of Brands And Social Media (Reprinted)
$21.00Today’s culture is more connected than any time in history. But all of this connectivity comes with a price. Today’s culture is also cluttered, distracted and disrupted by social media, with the average person receiving as many as 5,000 messages a day in one form or another. If you’re a pastor or non-profit leader in this hyper-connected, highly distracted world, how do you get your unique idea, project or vision on the radar of the people who need to know it? In Unique, Phil Cooke, a highly respected media producer and consultant, has revised his influential book Branding Faith to address this pressing need. With 30 percent new information that specifically addresses both the challenges and the opportunities of social media, Unique provides a blueprint for individuals and organizations who want to communicate their unique personal story as well as their brand.
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Preguntas Provocativas Para Ad – (Spanish)
$11.99Ask away . . . and get your students talking with these provocative questions. Would You Rather . . .? gives you 465 stimulating either-or questions that will get your students talking, laughing, debating, and thinking. Questions like Would You Rather . . . watch a soap opera or make fun of one? . . . be gossiped about or lied to? . . .get shot from a cannon or walk a high wire? . . . make a child cry or kick a puppy? . . . attend the Last Supper or discover Jesus’ empty tomb? You can use these questions anywhere, anytime — when you want to break the ice, spark a discussion, build community, get kids to wrestle with spiritual issues, or just have fun. And the convenient size makes it easy to stick in your pocket or in the glove compartment of your car. This is one resource you’ll want for every member of your ministry team!
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Engaging The Written Word Of God
$24.98In this collection of articles written over forty years, Packer sets out his beliefs about the authority of Scripture and the principles that should be applied when interpreting it. Important topics such as the adequacy of human language, upholding the unity of Scripture, and challenges in Biblical interpretation are considered in the first two sections: God’s Inerrant Word and Interpreting the Word. In the final section, Preaching the Word, Packer turns his attention to pastoral leaders and the importance of correct and responsible expository preaching.
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Learn Before You Leap
$17.99Designed to introduce and promote the use of case studies and strategic intentional interviews into the growing and developing of present and future youth workers, Learn Before You Leap provides an argument for the use of ‘problem centered learning’ strategies that are common practices in the areas of the social sciences, leadership and business but not yet publicly developed or resourced in the growing field of youth ministry education.
Learn Before You Leap also:
*Helps new youth workers process situations they’ll encounter through role play.
*Enables veteran youth workers to keep sharp and mentor younger youth workers and volunteers.
*Uses Problem Based Learning to help promote critical thinking and problem solving in the youth ministry context.
*Discusses the value and strategies for using interviews as a ministry development tool.Includes ten case studies each addressing issues common to youth ministry organized by topical focus and a fully developed interview worksheet on the given topic—appropriate to a formal class room setting, an online threaded discussion, an informal youth ministry network lunch, a one-on-one internship discussion over coffee, or an individual reading.
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12 Months Of Sundays
$44.95Core lectionary resource by preeminent and prolific Anglican scholar N.T. Wright
Covering all the Sundays and major festivals of all three years in the lectionary cycle, renowned scholar Tom Wright offers reflections on the readings in the Revised Common Lectionary for Years A, B, and C.
Drawn from his hugely popular columns in the British Church Times, and with new material, this book weaves together scholarship, history and insights into the world and language of the Bible to add richness and a deeper understanding of the Word of the Lord.
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More Middle School TalkSheets Epic Old Testament Stories
$19.99Middle school students are exposed to a lot of outside influences they don’t necessarily understand. It’s important to establish moral guidelines and role models early on, so they can grow with a strong understanding of Christian values. Where better to look for these role models than in the godly heroes of the Bible? The Middle School Talksheets series returns with a second year of thought-provoking stories from the Old Testament to discuss with your youth group or bible studies. David Lynn shares discussion topics and questions written specifically with middle school students in mind, promoting meaningful and thought-provoking conversations. The stories in these pages highlight pure moral principles and practices for teenagers to learn about and emulate. Each of the new 52 epic bible stories is easy to use and fit to your lesson plan, including hints and tips to facilitate conversation. These lessons also include optional activities, giving teenagers the inspiration and motivation they need andnbsp;to actively participate and have fun while they learn.
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Teaming Church : Ministry In The Age Of Collaboration
$18.99Create a successful team culture.
Great teams live and serve in light of the Divine Team-the Trinity, and to be truly effective they need: a deeply challenging goal, a creatively empowering leader, and a willingness to collaborate and honor the Bible.
Author Robert C. Crosby provides innovative ways in which biblical teams reflect the workings and nature of the image of God. Revealing what he calls “The Four C’s of Great Teams” : The Character, The Carrot, The Coach, and The Contex. Crosby shows how successful teams reach their goals more effectively. Conversely, he also addresses the “Four Fatal Teaming Errors” and how to avoid unnecessary, time-consuming missteps.
This book provides biblical motivations, vivid examples, and practical approaches for creating a teaming culture in any faith community. Crosby, a leader who has built teams as a senior pastor, youth leader, and university administrator, is now training and mentoring a new generation of pastors and leaders.
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Restart Your Church
$18.99Recognize
Realize
Restore
Review
Reform
Resensitize
Release
Reinvigorate
Reemphasize
RebirthAdditional Info
As a result of the near-death experiences of many congregations today, denominational leaders are looking for ways to revitalize churches. The act of revitalization often starts with the assumption that what was once vital can be vital again, if church leaders simply do the same better. So congregations increase programs, budgets, and formulas. They look back in time, trying to recapture a period when the church’s role in society was vital. A church seeking revitalization typically does more of the same, but faster.However, the central story of faith is the story of both death and resurrection. Followers of Christ like to live out the resurrection part of their faith, but they often aren’t very comfortable dealing with what must come before resurrection – death. The church must be willing to live out its entire story, from beginning to end.
The church needs to trust the idea that God brings to life what God wants to. This book suggests shifting away from the language of revitalization toward the story of death and resurrection. Escobedo-Frank focuses on ten specific “re-” words to outline a strategy for dying and resurrecting again – for restarting the church.
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Strategic Church : A Life Changing Church In An Ever Changing Culture (Reprinted
$26.25Today’s church world is complex, with an array of church and leadership models that can cause confusion rather than bring clarity. It’s no wonder that some leaders can lose sight of the church they is commissioned to build. Strategic Church will help pastors and leaders refocus on visioning and building a faith community that is biblically based and spiritually transformative, helping people become fruitful disciples of Christ. Readers will uncover principles from the church Jesus built and find out how to apply these strategies to their local context. Strategic Church offers road-tested tools and proven principles for building a life-changing church in a complex culture.
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Faith And Friendships Of Teenage Boys
$26.00A study of how faith forms through friendship for adolescent boys
Drawing on research and case studies, three pastoral care experts argue that one of the primary contexts in which the faith formation of teenage boys takes place is in their relationships with other adolescent males. Written by the authors of Losers, Loners, and Rebels: The Spiritual Struggles of Boys, this book is an important resource for anyone interested in helping adolescent males navigate years often marked by isolation and loneliness to develop a meaningful spiritual identity.
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Engage : A Youth Workers Guide To Creating A Culture Of Mentoring
$14.99An inspiring call to invest in the lives of our young people! Drawing on Jesus’ mentoring model, Harder explores the process of spiritual formation, importance of honesty and transparency, art of asking and not telling, foundations for mentoring relationships, and more to help you show young adults the way to a hope-filled and meaningful life.
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Missional Essentials : A Guide For Experiencing Gods Mission In Your Life
$12.99While it’s en vogue to use the word “missional” in church circles, many people struggle to know what it means or how to live it out. Missional Essentials puts flesh around the bare bone foundations, principles, and practices of missional life.
Missional Essentials is written to help followers of Christ rediscover the heart of God for their neighborhoods and communities. It provides twelve practical sessions for cultivating a missional life and mobilizing a faith community to participate more fully in God’s mission. Each lesson provides participants with:
Central themes
Insightful articles
Reflection questions
Action steps to help readers engage their communitiesThis guide is ideal for existing leadership teams that are engaging the missional conversation, small groups interested in exploring the paradigms and biblical directives for mission community, and church planting core teams seeking to develop a missional DNA in their faith context.
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Going Social : A Practical Guide On Social Media For Church Leaders
$16.99With corporations leveraging social media to reach new customers, why shouldn’t churches use similar strategies to save souls? Revealing reasons for resisting new outreach tools, Crawford dispels their myths and offers a step-by-step guide to help you get an outreach program started and keep it going. Includes real-life examples and ideas. 192 pages, softcover from Beacon Hill.
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Youth Workers Commentary On John Volume 2
$26.99Following the first volume of this series, A Youth Worker’s Commentary on John, Vol 2 digs deeper into the miracles and teachings of Jesus as told by John. Covering the remainder of John’s gospel, chapters nine to twenty-one, you’ll find this resource to be an invaluable aid for your message and lesson preparation. The authors give you a solid understanding of the Gospel of John, including its historical context, rationale, and meaning. You’ll see how to apply the wisdom gained from these passages to the needs and issues you and your students are working through. Written specifically for youth workers, A Youth Worker’s Commentary on John, Vol 2 has the entire NIV biblical text printed alongside a deep, yet readable, look into the meaning of this marvelous gospel. The book includes dozens of word studies, historical accounts and personal stories, followed by a large section of in-depth, thought-provoking questions to get your students thinking and talking.
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Different Kind Of Christmas
$16.99A Different Kind of Christmas is a fun and inspiring study for children the Advent season. Based on Mike Slaughter’s popular book Christmas Is Not Your Birthday, this engaging study will help children discover the broader meaning of Jesus’ birth and experience a Christmas season with more peace and joy than any toy could ever bring. This Children’s Leader Guide contains session ideas for preschool, younger children, and older children, including reproducible handouts.
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Dust And Breath
$18.99In 1987 Dr. G. Scott Morris opened a medical clinic, the Church Health Center, in a poor urban neighborhood in Memphis, Tennessee. What began as a clinic for the working uninsured has grown into a nationally recognized comprehensive faith and healthcare organization that serves as a model for delivering high-quality care to underserved populations.
Dust and Breath articulates the theological significance of the Church Health Center and other church ministries that offer medical care and health education within impoverished urban communities. Replete with real-life stories and practical examples, Dust and Breath shows how such ministries can help to restore wholeness in our communities in remarkable ways. While many Christians separate the physical from the spiritual, Kendra Hotz and Matthew Mathews explain how salvation embraces the whole person and how social amelioration provides contexts in which people can discover the all-encompassing grace of God.
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From Memory To Imagination
$31.99The “worship wars” over styles of worship — traditional, contemporary, or blended — that dominated discussions of church music over the past twenty years have calmed down, and many churches have reached decisions about which “worship style” defines them. At a more fundamental level, however, change has yet to begin. In From Memory to Imagination Randall Bradley argues that the worship wars have left fallout that needs to be cleaned up and that fundamental cultural changes — namely, the effects of postmodernism — call for new approaches to worship, including replacing power-based models with collaboration and humility, denominationalism with ecumenicity, and parochialism and male dominance with inclusivity. Even as Bradley rehearses the church’s past mistakes, he exudes joyful hope for the future and offers concrete ways to apply lessons learned. This book is a must read for church leaders and anyone interested in worship music.
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Dodgeball Theology : A Youth Workers Guide To Exploring Play And Imaginatio
$14.99Great, another book about games in youth ministry . not quite. Dodgeball Theology is about exploring what it looks like to include play and imagination within your youth ministry. Often we can become consumed with functionality in the church and by doing so we forfeit beauty. Our ministries, even our own spiritual lives, become experiments in pragmatism kept free from the wastefulness of childlike spontaneity and void of God.s creative power.
In this practical guide, see how you can practice a theology of play within your youth ministry today! (Bonus: There is a .choose your own adventure. part of the book!)
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