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Author : Timothy Keller
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310494192
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Center Church written by Timothy Keller and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Practical and Gospel-centered thoughts on how to have a fruitful ministry by one of America's leading and most beloved pastor. Many church leaders are struggling to adapt to a culture that values individuality above loyalty to a group or institution. There have been so many "church growth" and "effective ministry" books in the past few decades that it's hard to know where to start or which ones will provide useful and honest insight. Based on over twenty years of ministry in New York City, Timothy Keller takes a unique approach that measures a ministry's success neither by numbers nor purely by the faithfulness of its leaders, but on the biblical grounds of fruitfulness. Center Church outlines a balanced theological vision for ministry organized around three core commitments: Gospel-centered: The gospel of grace in Jesus Christ changes everything, from our hearts to our community to the world. It completely reshapes the content, tone, and strategy of all that we do. City-centered: With a positive approach toward our culture, we learn to affirm that cities are wonderful, strategic, and under-served places for gospel ministry. Movement-centered: Instead of building our own tribe, we seek the prosperity and peace of our community as we are led by the Holy Spirit. "Between a pastor's doctrinal beliefs and ministry practices should be a well-conceived vision for how to bring the gospel to bear on the particular cultural setting and historical moment. This is something more practical than just doctrine but much more theological than "how-to steps" for carrying out a ministry. Once this vision is in place, it leads church leaders to make good decisions on how to worship, disciple, evangelize, serve, and engage culture in their field of ministry—whether in a city, suburb, or small town." — Tim Keller, Core Church

Author : Loraine MacKenzie Shepherd
Publisher : The United Church of Canada
ISBN 13 : 1551342596
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thriving Churches written by Loraine MacKenzie Shepherd and published by The United Church of Canada. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THRIVING CHURCHES tells the story of two United Church ministers who travelled across Canada visiting flourishing United Churches to uncover the reasons for their success. Loraine MacKenzie Shepherd, minister at Westworth United Church in Winnipeg, visited urban churches, and Tammy Allan, minister at Olds-Sundre Pastoral Charge, Alberta, visited rural churches. They found these churches shared a number of features that helped them not only survive but also thrive through challenging times. Filled with concrete examples from congregations of all sizes, this book will inspire. Also included is an eight-session study guide on spiritual attributes of thriving churches.

Author : Victoria Loorz
Publisher : Broadleaf Books
ISBN 13 : 1506469655
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Church of the Wild written by Victoria Loorz and published by Broadleaf Books . This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2024 Nautilus Book Awards Silver Winner in "Religion / Spirituality of Western Thought" CategoryWinner of the Living Now Book Award, Church of the Wild reminds us that once upon a time, humans lived in an intimate relationship with nature. Whether disillusioned by the dominant church or unfulfilled by traditional expressions of faith, many of us long for a deeper spirituality. Victoria Loorz certainly did. Coping with an unraveling vocation, identity, and planet, Loorz turned to the wanderings of spiritual leaders and the sanctuary of the natural world, eventually cofounding the Wild Church Network and Seminary of the Wild. With an ecospiritual lens on biblical narratives and a fresh look at a community larger than our own species, Church of the Wild uncovers the wild roots of faith and helps us deepen our commitment to a suffering earth by falling in love with it--and calling it church. Through mystical encounters with wild deer, whispers from a scrubby oak tree, wordless conversation with a cougar, and more, Loorz helps us connect to a love that literally holds the world together--a love that calls us into communion with all creatures.

Author : David L. Schindler
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780802839855
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heart of the World, Center of the Church written by David L. Schindler and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2001-09 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christian Literature and Review of the Churches written by and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stanley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Historical Aspect of the American Churches written by Stanley and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Timothy Keller
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310516935
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cultural Engagement written by Timothy Keller and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fruitful ministry in the century must embrace the unavoidable reality of the city. A Center Church theological vision affirms that center cities are wonderful, strategic, and underserved places for gospel ministry and recognizes that virtually all ministry contexts are increasingly shared by urban and global forces. Regardless of your particular cultural or geographical context, you will need to consider the city when forming a theological vision that engages the people you are trying to reach. This eBook contains the fifth part of Center Church, “Cultural Engagement.” In it, Keller discusses four models for engaging urban culture, acknowledging that each model has strengths and weaknesses—ways in which it reflects a particular biblical emphasis and other ways in which it reflects an unbiblical imbalance or idol. The Center church model for cultural engagement blends the key insights of each model in a way that we believe is more biblically faithful and also fruitful for reaching urban culture.

Author : James Luke Meagher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Cathedrals and Most Celebrated Churches of the World written by James Luke Meagher and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Andrew Tait
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Messages to the Seven Churches of Asia Minor written by Andrew Tait and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Edwin David Sanborn
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 62 pages
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Download or read book Churches of New-Hampshire: an Historical Discourse written by Edwin David Sanborn and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: