Risking Church

Author : John Bishop
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 0310318327
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dangerous Church written by John Bishop and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2011 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dangerous churches are willing to put everything on the line for the one thing that matters most; reaching lost people. Through probing questions and amazing stories of God's grace, John Bishop confronts church leaders to embrace what matters most to the heart of God, whatever the cost. Most churches naturally gravitate to what is safe and familiar. Church leaders who take risks are bound to fail, and fear drives us to continue in our comfortable, but ineffective patterns. But reaching out to a lost world was never meant to be easy. Jesus promised his followers that they would have trouble in this world. Dangerous churches are churches that are willing to risk everything--comfort, safety, and the security of the familiar--for the sake of the one thing that matters most: reaching out to people who may spend eternity separated from the God who created them. God wants us to live on the edge of our margins, walking by faith and not simply following scripted methods or programmed patterns. Dangerous Church takes you back to the Book of Acts and reminds church leaders that the heartbeat of the church is not found in agendas or human plans, but in pursuing the mission of God and reaching out to a lost world. Learn what can happen when church leaders abandon their fears and begin to live a dangerous faith. Dangerous Church is part of the Leadership Network Innovation Series.

Author : Jim Kallam
Publisher : WaterBrook Press
ISBN 13 : 9781578566518
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Risking Church written by Jim Kallam and published by WaterBrook Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pastor breaks the stereotypical view of church, presenting instead a safe place where you can risk being known and still feel accepted, and where people have a vision for who you can be, and are willing to walk with you to realize that vision.

Author : Richard Lennan
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 0199271461
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Risking the Church written by Richard Lennan and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2004-10-14 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an age when the Christian Church faces many challenges, this book seeks to identify the resources that the Catholic tradition offers to those who are puzzling over how the Church might be faithful to its tradition, but also creative in response to contemporary questions and concerns.

Author : Martin Downes
Publisher : Christian Focus
ISBN 13 : 9781845502843
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Risking the Truth written by Martin Downes and published by Christian Focus. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Foreword by Sinclair B Ferguson. A collection of interviews on handling truth and error in the church. Contributors reflect on this issue in relation to the minister's own life, pulpit ministry, local church leadership, seminary training, denominations, the impact of the academy, Evangelicalism, contemporary trends, history, creeds and confessions, and doctrines that are currently under attack. There is also personal reflection on these matters, lessons drawn from experience, and practical advice. The interviews are introduced by a primer on heresy and false teaching, and concluded with a chapters on why "Being Against Heresies is not enough" and "What really matters in ministry: directives for church leaders in Acts 20." Contributors include: Carl R. Trueman, Tom Schreiner, Michael Horton, Mark Dever, Ligon Duncan, Derek Thomas, R. Scott Clark, Tom Ascol, Guy Waters, Kim Riddlebarger, Ron Gleason, Sean Michael Lucas, Gary L. W. Johnson, Conrad Mbewe, Geoffrey Thomas, Joel Beeke, Robert Peterson, Michael Ovey

Author : John Piper
Publisher : Crossway
ISBN 13 : 1433535378
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Risk Is Right written by John Piper and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2013-01-31 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A choice lies before you: Either waste your life or live with risk. Either sit on the sidelines or get in the game. After all, life was no cakewalk for Jesus, and he didn't promise it would be any easier for his followers. We shouldn't be surprised by resistance and persecution. Yet most of us play it safe. We pursue comfort. We spend ourselves to get more stuff. And we prefer to be entertained. We are all tempted by the idea of security, the possibility of a cozy Christianity with no hell at the end. But what kind of life is that really? It's a far cry from adventurous and abundant, from truly rich and really full, and it's certainly not the heights and the depths Jesus calls us to. Discover in these pages a foundation for fearlessness. Hear God's promise to go with you into the unknown. And let Risk Is Right help you see the joys of a faith-filled and seriously rewarding life of Jesus-dependent abandon! Risk Is Right is a significantly expanded version of a chapter previously published in the book Don't Waste Your Life (chapter 5).

Author : Dave Jackson
Publisher : Castle Rock Creative, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781939445018
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Risking Grace, Loving Our Gay Family and Friends Like Jesus written by Dave Jackson and published by Castle Rock Creative, Incorporated. This book was released on 2016-05-16 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: RISKING GRACE, Loving Out Gay Family and Friends Like Jesus by Dave Jackson As someone who helped write a book advocating reparative therapy for gay people back in 1987, it was with gut-wrenching love that my wife and I did not let our daughter go when she came out 16 years ago. We fi rst prayed that God would change her, then that he would work out his purpose in her life, and fi nally, "Lord, what are you trying to teach us?" God answered with insights that led me to write RISKING GRACE, Loving Our Gay Family and Friends Like Jesus. It's a father's story about my agonizing personal journey of coming to realize that we evangelicals have lost our way when it comes to gay people by substituting a works/righteousness requirement for the clear Gospel message that salvation comes by grace through faith alone. I explore alternative interpretations to the "prohibitive texts," but the main foundation for my change of heart is the life and ministry of Jesus, how he embraced marginalized people, and the way he and the early church dealt with diffi cult issues. I share our story with you, our church family, because many of us have family members or friends who are gay, and we all need help learning how to love like Jesus. I've written with as much transparent vulnerability as I can, wrestling with the questions and presuppositions of the average straight dad (or mom) . . . who loves his daughter and his church but discovers that we have been driving gay people away from Jesus.

Author : Chris Boesel
Publisher : James Clarke & Company
ISBN 13 : 0227903455
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Risking Proclamation, Respecting Difference written by Chris Boesel and published by James Clarke & Company. This book was released on 2010-04-29 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important book poses the question of whether Christian proclamation can be made ethically safe for the Jewish neighbour. Boesel assesses two major approaches to a Christian theology of Judaism - those exemplified by Rosemary Radford Ruether andKarl Barth. This book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of systematics, ethics, and homiletics at the intersection of Jewish-Christian relations.

Author : Witness Lee
Publisher : Living Stream Ministry
ISBN 13 : 1536030961
Total Pages : 8 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Being Like-souled and Risking Our Soul written by Witness Lee and published by Living Stream Ministry. This book was released on with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this booklet compiled from Life-study of Philippians, Witness Lee gives a word on the matters of being like-souled and of risking our soul (Phil. 2:20, 30). “Without spiritual experience, we cannot have an adequate understanding of Paul’s thought in these verses. Mere reading without experience is not sufficient. Through our experience in the church life and through observation, we have come to understand at least to some extent what Paul means when he speaks of being like-souled and of risking the soul.”

Author : Nelson Searcy
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1441210490
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ignite written by Nelson Searcy and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ignite is the ultimate how-to book for church leaders who want to reach more people for Jesus Christ. Pastor and founder of Church Leader Insights, Nelson Searcy, will provide practical, inventive guidelines for bringing first-time guests through the doors. This book sets forth a step-by-step, biblically grounded, proven plan for creating immediate church growth by utilizing a "Big Day" to mobilize the church for evangelism. This user-friendly guide will show church leaders what they need to do to reach the unchurched in their communities and break through the debilitating growth barriers that are holding them back. Through the inspiration of testimonies and stories, combined with the down-to-earth, applicable teaching that Searcy readers have come to expect and appreciate, Ignite will give church leaders the tools they desperately need to reach and keep modern-minded, unchurched people to create and sustain growth momentum.

Author : Fiona Haworth
Publisher : Abingdon Press
ISBN 13 : 1426796293
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Clip In written by Fiona Haworth and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2014-09-16 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a cyclist clips into the pedals, a huge risk is involved because he or she must learn a new way to achieve balance and momentum. Creating a culture of hospitality within your church involves the same intricate process. Not only do balance and momentum go hand-in-hand, one can't exist without the other. Growing a church requires the same kind of delicate interplay: balancing attention toward existing members and generating momentum through reaching new people. Without both, the church won't grow. Creating a culture of hospitality involves risk and relearning old habits, but facilitating both will yield fruitful results.