Download or read book Technology Management and the Evangelical Church written by John Weaver and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-04-02 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the technological innovations and management practices of evangelical Christian religions. Beginning from the late 19th century, the author examines the evangelical church's increasing appropriation of business practices from the secular world as solutions to organizational problems. He notes especially the importance of the church growth movement and the formation of church networks. Particular attention is paid to the history of evangelical uses of computer technology, including connections the Christian Right has made within Silicon Valley. Most significantly, this book offers one of the first academic explorations of the use of cybernetics, systems theory and complexity theory by evangelical leaders and management theorists.

Download or read book What s Best Next written by Matt Perman and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By anchoring your understanding of productivity in God's plan, What's Best Next gives you a practical approach for increasing your effectiveness in everything you do. There are a lot of myths about productivity--what it means to get things done and how to accomplish work that really matters. In our current era of innovation and information overload, it may feel harder than ever to understand the meaning of work or to have a sense of vocation or calling. So how do you get more of the right things done without confusing mere activity for actual productivity? Matt Perman has spent his career helping people learn how to do work in a gospel-centered and effective way. What's Best Next explains his approach to unlocking productivity and fulfillment in work by showing how faith relates to work, even in our everyday grind. What's Best Next is packed with biblical and theological insight and practical counsel that you can put into practice today, such as: How to create a mission statement for your life that's actually practicable. How to delegate to people in a way that really empowers them. How to overcome time killers like procrastination, interruptions, and multitasking by turning them around and making them work for you. How to process workflow efficiently and get your email inbox to zero every day. How to have peace of mind without needing to have everything under control. How generosity is actually the key to unlocking productivity. This expanded edition includes: a new chapter on productivity in a fallen world a new appendix on being more productive with work that requires creative thinking. Productivity isn't just about getting more things done. It's about getting the right things done--the things that count, make a difference, and move the world forward. You can learn how to do work that matters and how to do it well.

Download or read book God Technology and the Christian Life written by Tony Reinke and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2021-12-09 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Does God Think about Technology? From smartphones to self-driving cars to space travel, new technologies can inspire us. But the breakneck pace of change can also frighten us. So how do Christians walk by faith through the innovations of Silicon Valley? And how does God relate to our most powerful innovators? To build a biblical theology of technology, journalist and tech optimist Tony Reinke examines nine key texts from Scripture to show how the world's discoveries are divinely orchestrated. Ultimately, what we believe about God determines how we respond to human invention. With the help of several theologians and inventors throughout history, Reinke dispels twelve common myths in the church and offers fourteen ethical convictions to help Christians live by faith in the age of big tech. Biblical, Informed Look at Technology: Written by the author of 12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You and Competing Spectacles: Treasuring Christ in the Media Age Gathers Ideas from Industry Experts and Theologians: Interacts with Christian and non-Christian sources on technology and theology including John Calvin, Herman Bavinck, Wendell Berry, and Elon Musk Educational: Discusses the history and philosophy behind major technological innovations

Download or read book Redeem All written by Corrina Laughlin and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2021-12-21 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The church -- The start up -- Media missions -- The influencers -- Racial reckoning and repair.

Download or read book Shaping a Digital World written by Derek C. Schuurman and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Digital technology has become a ubiquitous feature of modern life. Our increasingly fast-paced world seems more and more remote from the world narrated in Scripture. But despite its pervasiveness, there remains a dearth of theological reflection about computer technology and what it means to live as a faithful Christian in a digitally-saturated society. In this thoughtful and timely book, Derek Schuurman provides a brief theology of technology, rooted in the Reformed tradition and oriented around the grand themes of creation, fall, redemption and new creation. He combines a concise, accessible style with penetrating cultural and theological analysis. Building on the work of Jacques Ellul, Marshall McLuhan and Neil Postman, and drawing from a wide range of Reformed thinkers, Schuurman situates computer technology within the big picture of the biblical story. Technology is not neutral, but neither is there an exclusively "Christian" form of technological production and use. Instead, Schuurman guides us to see the digital world as part of God's good creation, fallen yet redeemable according to the law of God. Responsibly used, technology can become an integral part of God's shalom for the earth.

Download or read book The Social Church written by Justin Wise and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2014-01-29 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know you can read online reviews of your church? How often have you talked about “reaching people where they are”—and realized that much of the time, they are on the Internet? We’ve been living in a digital world for quite a while now. Justin Wise speaks about social media as this generation's printing press—a revolutionary technology that can spread the gospel farther and faster than we can imagine. It’s time to take what we know (and admit what we don’t know) and learn together how to move forward as the church. Are you ready to think theologically about this digital age and reach people in a new way?

Download or read book Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Asia written by David Halloran Lumsdaine and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2009 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although a minority of the Asian population, Protestants in Asia are a fast growing group. In some cases, religion has effected positive changes for poor and marginalised people; but there are doubts that it has the cultural currency needed to generate political changes in governments such as that in China.

Download or read book Management Essentials for Christian Ministries written by Michael Anthony and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2005-03 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributors represent a diverse denominational cross section and include Dennis Williams, Gary Bredfelt, Gordon Coulter, Michael J. Anthony, James Estep, Jr., Jane Carr, Mark Henze, Mark Simpson, Michelle Anthony, Richard Leyda, and Tony Buchanaan.

Download or read book Management Essentials for Christian Ministries written by Michael Anthony and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2005-03-01 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Management Essentials for Christian Ministries is a thorough examination of management principles for Christian ministries including churches, denominations, and parachurch organizations. Contributors represent a diverse denominational cross section. Study of management principles is required coursework for seminary students today. Management Essentials for Christian Ministries represents a thorough treatment of all issues regarding church administration and functions and provides a theological grounding for organizational approaches to church management.

Download or read book Church Wake Up Call written by William Benke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-05-22 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is your church viable in the changing marketplace of today--and tomorrow? Today's church market is comprised of four cultural paradigms--Youth, Baby Busters (Generation X), Baby Boomers, and Pre-Boomers. Each has unique characteristics in terms of attitudes, spiritual orientation, values, emotional needs, moral perspective, and lifestyle. This implies significant changes for the church--new approaches to ministry and different methods of communication and interface. Church Wake-Up Call's unique “Ministries Matrix” approach provides effective management techniques to help you define and evaluate duties, priorities, and remedial actions for the future of your ministry in today's multigenerational context. Church Wake-Up Call will inform and enlighten you on these subjects: understanding and using the Ministries Matrix to define purposes and priorities for your church eirecting your ministry toward a particular age group without compromising the church's message increasing your church's visibility structuring your church's management organization creating an effective outreach program . . . and more! Although the book is oriented toward churches and their leadership and has been written largely from an evangelical Christian perspective, the descriptive information regarding each of the generational categories that comprise today's populace is applicable to all Christian organizations, whether they be evangelical or mainline Protestant, Catholic or parachurch. Similarly, the management system, which integrates defined purposes, priorities, and programming options into a well-coordinated plan of action, can be applied by all such organizations.

Download or read book God Technology and the Christian Life written by Tony Reinke and published by Crossway Books. This book was released on 2022 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does God think of human technology? Tony Reinke explores how the Bible unseats 12 common myths Christians hold about life in this age of innovation.

Download or read book Christianity and Secularism written by Elgin L. Hushbeck Jr. and published by Energion Publications. This book was released on 2007-01-31 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second volume in the Consider Christianity series focuses on the evidences for the Christian faith and the conflict between Christianity and secularism. (Christian)

Download or read book High Tech Worship written by Quentin J. Schultze and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasing numbers of churches today use high-tech tools such as videos and PowerPoint presentations in their worship services. But without wisdom, those tools can turn their services more into entertainment than worship. How can churches use technology to communicate meaning instead of seducing people with special effects? How can technology be adopted to help people connect with God and each other to foster authentic worship? High-Tech Worship? takes a careful look at these issues, giving readers practical guidance on how they can best use the gift of technology in their churches. Both clergy and lay leaders will benefit from its creative suggestions as they seek to integrate technology wisely into their worship services. Written by nationally known communications expert Quentin J. Schultze, High-Tech Worship? addresses an important yet often overlooked issue that affects the quality of worship in every church.

Download or read book To Love or to Perish the Technological Crisis and the Churches written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Digital Life Together written by David I. Smith and published by Eerdmans. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How digital technologies are impacting Christian education, and how to respond. Digital technologies loom large in the experience of today's students. However, parents, teachers, and school leaders have only started to take stock of the ramifications for teaching, learning, and faith. Digital Life Together walks educators, leaders, and parents through some of the big ideas that are hidden in our technology habits. Moving beyond general arguments for and against digital devices, the book draws from extensive interviews, surveys, classroom observations, and school records to examine the real impact of technology on Christian learning. Based on a three-year, in-depth study of Christian schools, authors David Smith, Kara Sevensma, Marjorie Terpstra, and Steven McMullen offer resources to inform conversations in school communities about the role of digital technologies in students' formation. With a wealth of new research findings, short, readable chapters, and accompanying discussion questions, Digital Life Together sets the stage for individual reflection, book club discussions, professional development conversations, or strategic reflection by school leaders.

Download or read book Ministry in the Digital Age written by David T. Bourgeois and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Christianity is fundamentally a communication event. It is God revealing God's self to the world. And God uses a large variety of media to accomplish that revelation." —Shane Hipps, author of Flickering Pixels Viral videos and retweeted posts fill the air around us. In the midst of constant news feeds and mobile alerts, ministries have unprecedented opportunities to connect with people yearning for community with others and God. But how? In this post-website world, it?s no longer enough to have a static website and hope that people find it. If you want to get your online content in front of your audience, you need to have a digital presence in the streams where they?re already active. David Bourgeois offers a practical step-by-step guide for discerning and implementing a digital strategy for your ministry. He provides an overview of how Christians can use technology and communication media wisely, with concrete ideas for churches and nonprofit organizations. Discover how you can make the most of every opportunity to extend your ministry?s electronic reach and impact.

Download or read book The Complete Guide to Church Management written by M. L. Donnellan and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proponents of the "we've-always-done-it-this-way" theory of church management will not need this book.But, pastors and lay leaders open to changes in the management of their churches will find in this handbook proven strategies to help them achieve their missions."When I graduated from seminary, I had a pretty good handle on how to speak and lead, but not a clue as to how to manage our church. This book should fill that need quite well. I recommend it."Dr. Ben Bond, First Baptist Church, Clermont, FL"This is a complete and helpful guide for church administration for pastors and lay persons. I wish it were available when I began my ministry in 1964."Pastor J. Kenneth Laber, International Interim Pastor, Evangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaMarilyn L. Donnellan -- Spiritual gifts of administration and exhortation; president of Nonprofit Management Services, LLC (NMS); graduate of Multnomah School of the Bible, and George Fox University (B.A. in Human Resources Management); served as the CEO of progressively larger nonprofits in Oregon, Washington, California, Texas and West Virginia; nationally known speaker, consultant and trainer; freelance writer and author of numerous newspaper, magazine articles, and books, including "Core Elements of a Successful Nonprofit, 2000; [email protected]; www.nonprofitmanagementservices.com; Rev. Alan P. Naumann - Spiritual gifts of teaching, encouragement, and serving; member of NMS; pastor for more than forty years in Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota; chaplain at cemeteries and funeral homes in Minnesota; owner of Memory Vision, specializing in video biographies; graduate of Moody Bible Institute (B.A. in Bible and Theology), Northern Illinois, (BS in Education) and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (M.Div.); author of numerous articles in magazines and newsletters, plus "The Complete Course on Funeral Videography," and "The Complete Course on Video Biographies;" frequent speaker for meetings and conferences in the United States and Canada; [email protected].