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This book isn’t for someone looking to fill pews or increase numbers in their ministries. Place Matters is for people who want to see kingdom growth through authentic and intentional relationship between the community and church. Coauthors Coz Crosscombe and Bill Krispin use biblical expositions, strategic principles, and real-life stories to present the church’s role in its local community. If you seek to share the powerful, life-transforming gospel of Jesus Christ in your surrounding community, this book is for you.
This is a book for pacesetters -- church leaders who desire to help their churches break free of the things that turn them in on themselves. It is a masterly mix of biblical principle, objective analysis, and personal experience.
Practical family ministry for both the churched and the unchurched are the foundation of this book. African-American churches can help prevent dropouts from society and restore those who have dropped out. They can help strengthen single-parent homes and prevent divorce--but it needs the kind of vision and strategies Richardson describes.
Emerging adults today feel homeless and alone. How can the church share the good news of a God who offers home and togetherness? Home Together gives a compelling account of a Christian student residence that has shared this good news by engaging emerging adults in a community of discipleship and belonging. For over thirty years, the Menno Simons Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia has supported university students and helped them to grow together in their faith. Using the metaphor of home to describe this community, Thomas Bergen outlines a practical theology of ministry among emerging adults as a shared home construction project. He explores six aspects of the Menno Simons Centre as home—spiritual, supportive, sabbatical, safe, spurring, and sending—combining theological reflection, cultural analysis, personal testimonies, and practical wisdom. Set against the backdrop of postmodern challenges, Home Together offers an inspiring model of ministry among university students that might well be adapted for other contexts.
The untold story of the people, the books, the lectures, and ultimately the God who formed and shaped the life of the late Timothy Keller. Millions have read books and listened to sermons by Timothy Keller. But who impacted his own thinking, and what shaped his spiritual growth and ministry priorities? With full access to Keller's personal notes and sermons—as well as exclusive interviews with family members and longtime friends—Collin Hansen takes readers behind the scenes of one of the 21st century's most influential church leaders. For the first time, Hansen introduces readers to Keller's early years: the home where he learned to tell stories from the trees, the church where he learne...
In this historical and cultural study, Carl Ellis offers an in-depth assessment of the state of African American freedom and dignity. Tracing the growth of Black consciousness from the days of slavery to the 1990s, Ellis examines Black culture and shows how God is revitalizing the African American church and expanding its cultural range.
When we think about globalization with the eyes and heart of a sovereign mission God, we must recognize the vast opportunities before us as God is moving His people around the world, bringing the gospel with them in new and different ways. Globalization and Its Effects on Urban Ministry in the 21st Century is an attempt to broaden the views of individuals and institutions alike to what God is doing around the world and how He is accomplishing His purposes through globalization. The book is organized around the four overarching themes of globalization, reconciliation, church planting, and leadership development.
Jess Kearns runs over a kayak with her fishing boat and then saves the life of the vacationing kayaker. She fears he will sue her. But he had excepted jesus and then let it go.
Em Igreja centrada, Timothy Keller — com mais de vinte anos de experiência ministerial em Nova York — oferece percepções desafiadoras e levanta questões provocativas. Por meio da aplicação de doutrinas clássicas ao nosso tempo e contexto, Keller descreve de forma concisa e direta uma visão teológica para o ministério, organizada em torno de três compromissos fundamentais: Centralidade do Evangelho. O evangelho da graça de Jesus Cristo muda todas as coisas, desde o coração do homem até o mundo inteiro, o que inclui também nossa comunidade. Ele transforma completamente o conteúdo, o tom e a estratégia de tudo o que fazemos. Centralidade da Cidade. Cada vez mais, os grandes centros urbanos influenciam nossa cultura global e impactam nossa forma de executar o ministério. Adotando uma maneira positiva de enxergar a cultura, aprendemos a afirmar que, para o ministério que brota do evangelho, as cidades são lugares maravilhosos e estratégicos e ainda com grandes oportunidades de serviço. Centralidade do Movimento. Em vez de criar nossa própria tribo, buscamos, guiados pelo Espírito Santo, a prosperidade e a paz da nossa comunidade.