Author : Allan Karr
Publisher : Chalice Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,6 MB
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780827243026
What character traits make for a good church planter? The Wholehearted Church Planter shows that any Christians who know and love God, people, and themselves with all their hearts can plant some kind of church. While many people talk about church-planting movements, those will never happen if only professionals start churches. What is needed is wholeheartedness, and lots of it.
Author : Christine Hoover
Publisher : Moody Publishers
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 48,4 MB
Release : 2013-01-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802484115
"Nothing in my life goes untouched by my husband’s calling." Christine Hoover’s words in the first chapter describe so well the life of a church planter’s wife, which is enormously difficult yet extraordinarily rewarding. To be married to a church planter is a calling of its own with a richness of its own. In The Church Planting Wife, Hoover explores and encourages the hearts of her readers while teaching what it means to have heart prepared for this unique ministry. She knows the challenges: A church planter's wife must develop a job description, be a wise helper to her husband, develop friendships within the church and community, deal with stress and discouragement, handle wounds, and more. Christine speaks candidly about these challenges while urging readers to grow a heart that wholly reflects Jesus. Spread throughout these pages are stories and interviews from church planting wives. Christine Hoover empathetically and pointedly builds from these testimonies to uplift the reader and offer lessons of hope in the midst of a challenging ministry.
Author : Linda Bergquist
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,80 MB
Release : 2009-09-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 047053527X
A design-thinking book for planting or redesigning churches and incubating a new generation of leaders. Written by Linda Bergquist and Allan Karr, two experienced church planters and mentors, the book is full of wisdom, practical advice, and creative counsel. Instead of a business-model-as-usual approach, the authors challenge readers to begin with the raw materials of beliefs, values, individuals, teams, and culture, and to then move outwards to draw from a rich palette of real and potential church paradigms. This book is meant to provoke church leaders to think outside of the box and to imagine how their churches might better reflect the image and the mission of God in the world. Contains a wealth of illustrative examples, charts, and other visual aides Offers a creative practical perspective and a multi-disciplinary approach to establishing a new church or leading an existing one Shows how to honor a church's purpose while embracing its unique culture Includes important lessons for nurturing church leadership skills
Author : Chuck DeGroat
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 26,37 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0802872700
I'm being pulled in a thousand different directions. As a therapist, Chuck DeGroat hears that line all the time. "I hear it from students and software developers," he says. "I hear it from spiritual leaders and coffee baristas. And I hear it from my own inner self." We all feel that nasty pull to and fro, the frantic busyness that exhausts us and threatens to undo us. And we all think we know the solution -- more downtime, more relaxation, more rest. And we're all wrong. As DeGroat himself has discovered, the real solution to what pulls us apart is wholeheartedness, a way of living and being that can transform us from the inside out. And that's what readers of this book will discover too.
Author : Colin Baron
Publisher : Malcolm Down Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 MB
Release : 2019-09-02
Category :
ISBN : 9781912863181
Many church leaders believe that the most effective way to fruitful kingdom ministry is by growing a large church, but what if this dream is actually inhibiting us from seeing the impact that we long for? 'Multiplanting' describes Colin Baron's journey to fulfil a vision of multiplying church congregations across one region of Northern England.
Author : Gareth Robinson
Publisher :
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 17,7 MB
Release : 2021-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781735598819
When a stone hits water, it creates ripples.The greater the stone, the greater the ripples. As a leader, you are the stone thrown into the water. Drawing on this analogy, Gareth Robinson offers ten guiding principles for pioneers and church planters. Beginning with five characteristics for your own life, this book encourages and equips you to develop a deep relationship with Jesus. Robinson then maps out five practical steps to help your pioneering initiative move from vision to multiplication, as the ripples of your own life flow out to the community you are called to love and serve. Whether you're starting out on a new venture or already in the throes of a church plant, this is an essential travel guide for those on the pioneering journey.
Author : Peyton Jones
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 43,95 MB
Release : 2021-04-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0310537746
The first comprehensive textbook on effective church planting from a veteran church planter. The Apostle Paul was a veteran church planter who "laid a foundation like a wise and master builder" and there is much we can learn from his example. Paul indicated that there were basic skills and experiences required to successfully plant a church. Church Plantology examines the wide variety of church planting methods and ideologies in contemporary pastoral practice and outlines a biblical model based on the New Testament. During his time in prison, Paul spent much of his time writing to Titus, Timothy, and others who'd served alongside him in the trenches to complete their training as church plantings. We can continue to apply these time-tested, proven methods, following the pioneering example of the early church. Today, the casualty rate in is high. What if we could reduce the odds of failing? Church Plantology by Peyton Jones is a robust guide to planting that will help planters to provide the foundation necessary to survive beyond the initial first years so that they don't end up a walking statistic.
Author : Caleb Camp
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 12,64 MB
Release : 2017-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1512785059
Hospitality has been practiced by the people of God dating back through the entire Old Testament (Consider Abraham and Lot). Today, many of those practices are still in place throughout much of the Middle East. God, however, has called the whole church to participate in Kingdom hospitality. In fact, it is an integral part of the culture of the Kingdom of God. Kingdom hospitality encompasses much more than simply hosting people out of the kindness of our hearts. This book is a journey into the heart, attitude and mindset of the hospitality of God and the beginning of a life of Kingdom hospitality. Through an exploration of Scripture, culture and calling, you'll discover the beauty of Kingdom hospitality and its importance in the expression of our Christian faith.
Author : Roger N. McNamara
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 661 pages
File Size : 47,86 MB
Release : 2005-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1597811041
"This book covers all the crucial issues of the church-planting task. It tells how to organize and grow the new church, working toward the ultimate goal of corporate reproduction."
Author : John Wallace
Publisher : Sacristy Press
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 10,52 MB
Release : 2023-07-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1789592976
A comparison of contemporary church planting in the Anglo-Catholic tradition with how Victorian Anglo-Catholics started new churches.
