Author : Rob Suggs
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 13,27 MB
Release : 2002-01-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830830718
In this ten-session LifeGuide® Bible Study, Rob Suggs leads us to grow in community--in loving and nurturing one another, and in reflecting Christ's love to the world around us.
Author : Julie A. Gorman
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 20,71 MB
Release : 2002-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 158558553X
Over the past thirty years there has been a boom in small groups, both in society at large and within the church. From Bible studies to MOPS to Alcoholics Anonymous, it is estimated that four out of ten Americans belong to a small group that meets regularly for the care and support of its members. But are these groups creating true, biblical community, or do they settle for self-focus and personal gain? Julie Gorman has studied small groups for decades and presents her analysis, insights, and suggestions in Community That Is Christian, an essential resource for building community in church-based small groups. This comprehensive book serves both as a text for those who equip leaders or lead small groups and as an interactive manual for small-group members, helping them transform their relationships into Christ-centered community. The book begins with biblical support for coming together, contrasting it with our often individualistic mind-set that undermines community. Gorman then sets forth the goals of community and describes the process of transformation. She draws from extensive research to address the why and the how of small-group ministry, giving special attention to gender and cultural distinctions. Community That Is Christian provides readers with charts, discussion questions, and inventories to further help them establish community within their small groups.
Author : Eddie Gibbs
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 21,8 MB
Release : 2005-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0801027152
Provides a comprehensive examination of the emerging church phenomenon, considering emerging patterns in leadership, worship, mission, spiritual practices, and cultural engagement.
Author : Roger Haight
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 31,86 MB
Release : 2004-09-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0826416306
Drawing upon the methodology developed in his Dynamics of Theology (1990) and exemplified in Jesus Symbol of God (1999), Roger Haight, in this magisterial work, achieves what he calls an historical ecclesiology, or ecclesiology from below. In contrast to traditional ecclesiology from above, which is abstract, idealist, and ahistorical, ecclesiology from below is concrete, realist, and historically conscious. In this first of two volumes, Haight charts the history of the church's self-understandings from the origins of the church in the Jesus movement to the late Middle Ages. In volume 2 Haight develops a comparative ecclesiology based on the history and diverse theologies of the worldwide Christian movement from the Reformation to the present. While the ultimate focus of the work falls on the structure of the church and its theological self-understanding, it tries to be faithful to the historical, social, and political reality of the church in each period.
Author : John M. Perkins
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 16,62 MB
Release : 1993-07-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1585582115
A powerful call to action to bring reconciliation and restoration to broken communities.
Author : Wayne Gordon
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 39,13 MB
Release : 2013-08-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0830895779
Civil rights leader John Perkins and CCDA president Wayne Gordon revisit the founding principles of the Christian Community Development Association, seeking to provide the terms for a new discussion around the emerging priorities of Christian community development today. Includes profiles of thriving urban ministries.
Author : Brett McCracken
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 48,37 MB
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1433554283
Does your church make you uncomfortable? It’s easy to dream about the “perfect” church—a church that sings just the right songs set to just the right music before the pastor preaches just the right sermon to a room filled with just the right mix of people who happen to agree with you on just about everything. Chances are your church doesn’t quite look like that. But what if instead of searching for a church that makes us comfortable, we learned to love our church, even when it’s challenging? What if some of the discomfort that we often experience is actually good for us? This book is a call to embrace the uncomfortable aspects of Christian community, whether that means believing difficult truths, pursuing difficult holiness, or loving difficult people—all for the sake of the gospel, God’s glory, and our joy.
Author : Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 11,88 MB
Release : 1978-10-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0060608528
After his martyrdom at the hands of the Gestapo in 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer continued his witness in the hearts of Christians around the world. His Letters and Papers from Prison became a prized testimony to Christian faith and courage, read by thousands. Now in Life Together we have Pastor Bonhoeffer's experience of Christian community. This story of a unique fellowship in an underground seminary during the Nazi years reads like one of Paul's letters. It gives practical advice on how life together in Christ can be sustained in families and groups. The role of personal prayer, worship in common, everyday work, and Christian service is treated in simple, almost biblical, words. Life Together is bread for all who are hungry for the real life of Christian fellowship.
Author : John Dr. Fuder
Publisher : Moody Publishers
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 15,9 MB
Release : 2012-03-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802483623
Islam, gentrification, AIDS, and multiculturalism: Where do we face these realities? A few years ago, it was in the city. But today, many city dwellers are moving to the suburbs, either by choice or because of circumstances beyond their control. And this shift is changing both the urban and suburban landscape. With this shift in mind, editors John Fuder and Noel Castellanos have gathered together a team of experts to help you minister effectively in both the urban and suburban context. Divided into four sections--Critical Issues, Church-Planting Models, Ministering to Suburban Needs, and Para-Church Ministries--A Heart for the Community is a rich resource designed to help you do ministry today.
Author : Art Gish
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 44,26 MB
Release : 1998-09-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1579101593
This book is a description of what the church ought to be. Gish purposes to deal with the concrete issues of what it really means to be a Christian community, the body of Christ.
