Download or read book Through the Church Door written by Harold P. Simonson and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the Church Door illuminates the relevance and importance of the church in today's society. Through personal experiences as both a university professor of literature and an ordained minister, Simonson shows us that the church serves those both within and outside its doors. The church door presents a metaphor for the paradoxes of life: entrance/exit, outside/inside, secular/sacred, closed in tradition/opened in Christ. Simonson explores these with informal style and anecdotes threaded with ruminations. Allusions span literary as well as theological and biblical references.
Download or read book Side Door written by Charles Arn and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author and church-growth expert Charles Arn reveals how vital congregations are good at empowering their people to pursue their unique strengths. It is by discovering the passions of its individual insiders that a church can creatively and effectively draw the outsiders into its fellowship and into Jesus. This book is crucial not only for a church's leadership, but for all motivated members who have a vision for engaging more of their local body in relevant ministry. See how God has been drawing believers out of the pews, through their church's walls, and directly into their communities by way of their side doors. God is using his people to make disciples, and they are actually loving it! FREE downloads available, including Planning Guide, Assessment Charts, Congregational Survey, discussion guide, and more!
Download or read book Lost in America written by Thomas T. Clegg and published by Flagship Church Resources. This book was released on 2001 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lost in America helps inspire Christians to think and behave as missionaries here in North America. It help encourage and challenge church members to change the way they think of evangelism and begin reaching out to people in their communities. Includes practical advice and steps for churches to take towards lasting change.
Download or read book Open the Church Door written by and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2020-02-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lift-the-flap board book all about church from the creator of Open the Preschool Door, Open the Barn Door, and Open the Garage Door! Little ones will love lifting 11 fun flaps to find a smiling Sunday school teacher, their friends and family, arts and crafts, and much, much more in this bright and engaging board book. With a simple story and colorful and inviting illustrations, this is the perfect way to introduce children to what a day at church can be like.
Download or read book Church Doors Book 4 Won t Quit written by Sylvia Brown-Roberts and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Church Doors Book 4: Won’t Quit! is the fourth novel in Author Sylvia Brown-Roberts’s Church Doors series. It continues the story of Nikolis McQuaige- called NikkiMac- a teacher in Trenton, NJ. She’s a faithful member of a local congregation when she marries Adam Greene, the assistant minister. The couple’s wedding is warm and glorious, and everyone in attendance celebrates their union. All is well, until the day a woman from Adam’s past appears at the church building with a young teen and claims Adam is the girl’s father. At first, NikkiMac and Adam don’t agree about how to handle this, and their blissful new marriage is attacked by the strain. But when they turn to God through faith in Christ, they find the truth and a sound resolution. NikkiMac and friends Jacee and Anna Maria continue to be active in the congregation. Along with other church members, they witness and experience joy, church drama, faithfulness, hypocrisy, patience, immorality, kindness, and love. In Church Doors Book 4: Won’t Quit! NikkiMac’s gritty urban community and the local congregation press on. In spite of obstacles and her occasional missteps, NikkiMac trusts God’s grace and grows in faith. NikkiMac won’t quit.
Download or read book Doors to the Sacred written by Joseph Martos and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Doors to the Sacred has endured as an indispensable account of the sacraments of the Catholic Church. Used in hundreds of university and seminary courses and full of critical acclaim, it details their historical and cultural evolution and the rituals and practices associated with them. This Vatican II Golden Anniversary Edition explains the liturgical changes found in The Roman Missal, Third Edition, and provides extensive resources for students and seekers alike, including: A visual timeline of people, events, and sacramental changes in Church history, A glossary of philosophical and theological terms An updated annotated bibliography for further reading An improved design for easier reading and reference.
Download or read book The Church Next Door written by Jesse Walters and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-04-14 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventeen year-old Jesse Walters made a decision that was going to change his life forever. It began as some of the happiest days of his life with love, romance, peace, faith and a true sense of fulfillment in life. But as time passed it led to guilt, anxiety, stress, distancing himself from family and friends, and losing all sense of satisfaction in his daily life. During this time he joined a local church, found his way to God, and developed a close relationship with a group of Christians to such an extent that he could call them "family." Dedicating one's life to Jesus Christ and experiencing an extreme state of depression? Those two statements shouldn't go together. Jesse joined a cult without realizing it. The dramatic and heartbreaking events that took place led him to push his family and friends out of his life. His family had to go to the extreme of locking him in a building for five days with a cult expert for an intervention that proved he had been living a lie. This book is the start of his mission to 1. Shine light on the massive, unrecognized issue of Christianity and other troubling organizations. 2. Prove that anyone can have a healthy relationship with God without having to make extreme sacrifices, and 3. Help people get themselves or loved ones out of cults.
Download or read book The Purpose Driven Church written by Rick Warren and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2007-09-04 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every church is driven by something. Tradition, finances, programs, personalities, events, seekers, and even buildings can each be the controlling force in a church. But Rick Warren believers that in order for a church to be healthy if must become a purpose driven church by Jesus. Now the founding pastor of Saddleback Church shares a proven five-part strategy that will enable your church to grow. . .- Warmer through fellowship - Deeper through discipleship - Stronger through worship - Broader through ministry - Larger through evangelism. Discover the same practical insights and principles for growing a healthy church that Rick has taught in seminars to over 22,000 pastors and church leaders from sixty denominations and forty-two countries. The Purpose Driven Church® shifts the focus away from church building programs to emphasizing a people-building process. Warren says, "If you will concentrate on building people, God will build the church."
Download or read book Loving God When You Don t Love the Church written by Chris Jackson and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2007-09-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many Christians who experience hurt in the church don't just leave their own churches; they leave the church altogether. Whether they have been wounded by pastors or people in the pews, these believers have had enough and are jumping ship in massive numbers. Pastor and churchgoer Chris Jackson is honest about his own failings as well as those of the church at large. He identifies with many of the hurts churchgoing Christians have experienced. In Loving God When You Don't Love the Church, he hopes to provide healing to wounded and disillusioned believers and restore the wonder of a genuine relationship with Jesus and his bride, the church. Jackson's humility, compassion, and practical advice for healing and restoration will touch those who have left the church and those who love them.
Download or read book Stop the Church s Revolving Door written by Richard M. Wright and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2011-12 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does your church have a revolving door? Most churches do not have a ministry to establish and maintain authentic personal relationships with inactive members, visitors, or prospective members. Before implementing this ministry, one church failed to stay relationally connected to its members. Is your church suffering from the same dilemma? This new ministry empowered churches toward improving its church health, increasing service opportunities for laypeople, and establishing stronger personal relationships. It is possible in your church, too! This book provides a guide toward implementing this crucial ministry in your church. It is time to stop your church’s revolving door!
Download or read book More Grace written by Sylvia Brown-Roberts and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2024-04-30 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More Grace is the fifth novel in the Church Doors series of Author Sylvia Brown-Roberts. It continues the story of NikkiMac, a teacher in an urban school district. She’s a faithful member of a local church congregation, and is happily married to the assistant minister. She and her best friends Jacee and Anna Maria face the challenges and rewards of walking in faith. They deal with child protection, romance, compassion, childbirth, cultural differences, evangelism, loyalty, verbal assaults, jealousy, depression, and joy. They and the other church members may fall, but they won’t quit the faith.
Download or read book Jesus His Story in Stone written by Mike Mason and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesus: His Story in Stone is a reflection on still-existing stone objects that Jesus would have known, seen, or even touched. Each of the seventy short chapters is accompanied by a photograph taken on location in Israel. Arranged chronologically, the one-page meditations compose a portrait of Christ as seen through the significant stones in His life, from the cave where He was born to the rock of Calvary. While packed with historical and archaeological detail, the book’s main thrust is devotional, leading the reader both spiritually and physically closer to Jesus.
Download or read book Sticky Church written by Larry Osborne and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2008-12-30 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why closing the back door of your church is even more important than opening the front door wider. In Sticky Church, author and pastor Larry Osborne offers a time-tested strategy for doing so: sermon-based small groups that dig deeper into the weekend message and tightly velcro members to the ministry. It's a strategy that enabled Osborne's congregation to grow from a handful of people to one of the larger churches in the nation—without any marketing or special programming. Sticky Church tells the inspiring story of North Coast Church's phenomenal growth and offers practical tips for launching your own sermon-based small group ministry. Topics include: Why stickiness is so important Why most of our discipleship models don't work very well Why small groups always make a church more honest and transparent What makes groups grow deeper and sticker over time Sticky Church is an ideal book for church leaders who want to start or retool their small group ministry—and velcro their congregation to the Bible and each other.
Download or read book Behind Church Doors written by Sylvia Brown-Roberts and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-01-19 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nikolis McQuaige (NikkiMac) is forty years old, single, female, and a Christian. Like many of us, she has a colorful history, but, she knows that her sins were forgiven when she came to Christ ten years ago. Although shes determined to live a faithful Christian life, Nikolis experiences a tug-of-war between the flesh and the spirit. Sometimes, she doesnt measure up to what God expects of her, but, she gets right back up when she falls. Over time, she may realize that faithful Christian living is not achieved by willpower alone, but by a dependence upon God. Along the way, youll meet some of the warm, spirited, and often humorous members of the church where she worships. Its urban neighborhood provides soulsaving challenges to the church, but, the faithful members must press on. Will Nikolis stay out of her own way and let God direct her steps? Her account of what goes on Behind Church Doors is an intriguing look at how imperfect people travel the pathway to a perfect God. Join the journey!
Download or read book 1517 written by Peter Marshall and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Did Martin Luther really post his 95 Theses to the Wittenberg Castle Church door in October 1517? Probably not, says Reformation historian Peter Marshall. But though the event might be mythic, it became one of the great defining episodes in Western history, a symbol of religious freedom of conscience which still shapes our world 500 years later."--Source : éditeur.
Download or read book Jesus at the Door written by Scott McNamara and published by Chosen Books. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As many as 96% of Christians are not leading anyone to Jesus. Which means that the vast majority of the wider church is, at best, simply sowing. The kingdom of God, however, requires both sowing and reaping. If we neglect reaping, we will not have a healthy harvest. Jesus at the Door offers a unique tool--an Equipping Card to use with anyone you know, anywhere--and practical, step-by-step instructions, helping readers witness to friends, family, even strangers on the street. This tried-and-tested method is framed around nine points and a picture, and takes about two minutes from introduction to salvation.
Download or read book Stop the Church S Revolving Door written by Dr. Richard M. Wright and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2011-12-29 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does your church have a revolving door? Most churches do not have a ministry to establish and maintain authentic personal relationships with inactive members, visitors, or prospective members. Before implementing this ministry, one church failed to stay relationally connected to its members. Is your church suffering from the same dilemma? This new ministry empowered churches toward improving its church health, increasing service opportunities for laypeople, and establishing stronger personal relationships. It is possible in your church, too! This book provides a guide toward implementing this crucial ministry in your church. It is time to stop your churchs revolving door!
