Download or read book The Church I Couldn T Find written by Charles Alexander and published by WestBowPress. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a year of searching, Charles and Verna could not find a church primarily operating on basic first-century principles. Most churches are not traditional enough! After thirty-five years as a pastor, my denomination had steered me in an ineffective and unbiblical direction. We had become chaplains to the culture, rather prophets within it. Few churches seem to have a process and possibly the knowledge in how to make effective disciples. Development of five apostolic principles is encouraged. They really work! The first-century church was not perfect, but remarkably diverse in maintaining apostolic accountability and encouragement. How may churches develop autonomy, unity and cooperation in close geographical areas? First-century worship is difficult to find. A service is produced here that, hopefully, includes all essential principles. Dependent on the process of the group event, the group-based church proves to be the best way to achieve apostolic goals and to provide an easy way to minister in unity with other churches. Many personal experiences illustrate the point. Practical and effective development, in the authors experience, has resulted in the building of three new churches and a wide ministry of teaching.
Download or read book Leaving the Church to Find God written by John Fenn and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2007-03 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Motivated by a deep hunger for more of God, millions of Christians are leaving the traditional church to look for more freedom and fulfillment than the routine of five songs, announcements, a plea for money and a forty five minute sermon allow. They are looking for open ended, deep worship that flows with the Holy Spirit, relatable Bible study and discussion in which they may participate, and strong bonds of fellowship outside the four walls of organized church. Instead of leaving the church to fall away from God, they are leaving the church to find God. Leaving the Church to Find God offers scriptural, safe, and balanced answers tempered by real life experiences, on how to move from a traditional church structure into meetings that allow the Lord to set the agenda and where needs are met. John Fenn - I was a Christian who felt disconnected from church though I'd been actively involved nearly all my life. I was looking for answers to my desire and hunger for God to move freely, and came to realize I wasn't alone. From all walks of life and across the church spectrum people are searching for something deeper, but they don't quite know what. This is the story of how I found God moving outside the church structure that I had known, loved, and been a part of my whole Christian life. John and his wife Barbara were born in Kokomo, Indiana and began dating as teenagers when they met the Lord, and began ministering to their teenage friends. They've been in the ministry now for over thirty years, serving in various capacities including Campus Pastor, Associate Pastor, Senior Pastor, and advisor to churches and Bible schools all over the world. John also worked with Peter Wagner teaching at the Wagner Leadership Institute, serving as Canadian National Director and Education Advisor. He remains an adjunct instructor of Wagner Leadership Institute of Colorado Springs. In early 2002 John and his wife Barb, founded The Church Without Walls International of Tulsa, a house church network, emphasizing Relationship Based Christianity. He travels and teaches in all different streams of Christianity, helping churches and individuals find significance and fulfillment through Godly relationships and the discipleship process.
Download or read book Finding a Church You Can Love and Loving the Church You ve Found written by Kevin G. Harney and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009-05-18 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to Find Your Best Fit Whether you grew up going to church twice on Sundays or never set foot in a church at all, finding and sinking your roots into a church community is crucial to your spiritual well-being. Finding the right church home can be a huge challenge, and also a lot of fun. Kevin and Sherry Harney point out that, while no church is perfect, some will fit you better than others. They show what a healthy church looks like, how to handle hot issues facing churches today, and how to determine whether a church's unique worship style will inspire or distract you. Even better, the Harneys help you discover how to plug into a church and experience the joy of giving back. In the words of the authors, "Church can be one of the most joy-filled, life-giving experiences you will ever have." Practical, encouraging, and true to the Bible, this book is your road map to finding a spiritual community you can really love.
Download or read book A Good Man Is Hard to Find Even in the Church written by Arneé Powers and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2008-12 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thank you for your interest in A Good Man is Hard to Find, Even in the Church. I believe this book will help you with the task of finding a suitable mate and the wait that comes along with it. This book takes a few-holds-barred approach in sharing the perks and quirks of dating and will help people avoid unnecessary drama in their spouse-finding/keeping efforts. What makes this book unique is its approach - pure honesty Things I did not want to include, I included just to make my point clear through example. Experience is a good teacher, but I don't believe we have to learn from our own experiences. We can also learn from the experiences of others. Why burn yourself on the stove when Momma can already tell you that the stove is hot? I dare to expose the truth since it's the truth that sets us free Arne Powers is a church leader who serves in many capacities. One of her key roles is heading the singles ministry of her church. Her primary gift is her ability to teach. Arne believes in simplicity. If you can grasp it, you can apply it. She has found that the best way to teach others is by sharing personal experiences where applicable. This technique always seems to bring clarity to her lessons.
Download or read book Real Church written by Larry Crabb and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2009-05-04 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Church as I know it usually leaves deep parts of me dormant, unawakened, and untouched. I don't much like going. So, what now?" What's happening to the Church? Why are so many people who for decades have been faithful, steady churchgoers (and others who want to start going to church but can't seem to find one that meets their needs) losing interest in even attending church, let alone getting involved? What is fundamentally wrong with the "types" of churches (Seeker, Bible, Emergent, Liberal, Evangelical) that dot the religious landscape? Larry Crabb believes it is time to rethink the entire foundation and focus of what we know today as church -- everything we're doing and are wanting to see happen. In his most honest and vulnerable book to date, the author reveals his own struggles in this area and then offers a compelling vision of why God designed us to live in community with Him and others, and what the church he wants to be a part of looks like.
Download or read book A Church You Can See written by Dennis Eldon Bills and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-06 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Could you persuade fellow Christians that church membership is not optional? That it is more than just a useful tool or practical necessity? Could you defend the historic position that membership is required for participation in communion? Using a construction metaphor, the author of A Church You Can See builds a biblical case for church membership--the builder, the blueprint, rough work, finishing work, the punch list, etc. When the building (or the case for membership) is finished, he invites you to move in.
Download or read book The Two Faces of the Church Get Right with God written by Zamora Gonzalez and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2019-02-15 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frustrated and angry with members in the church and discouraged by their behavior? Ever felt betrayed and treated like a stranger by the church family? Struggling to stay in the church and fearful about the future without God in it? In, The Two Faces of the Church...Get Right With God, Zamora shares with transparency about the church shortcomings and how to stay connected to God and worthy of Him. Zamora shares her struggles to remain faithful to God as she noticed a shift in the church from holiness to carnality and the drifting away from Bible doctrines and the life-changing moment that brought her inner peace. Through her own experience, vignettes, and Biblical tips, she guides the way to healing and repentance that will draw you nearer to God – as you discover, You can stand up and do what you were called to do for the church. You will not allow the problems of this world and the ungodly behaviors of the church members to affect you anymore. You will encounter many trials and tribulations but will remember that God remains faithful and true to His word. He will not walk away and leave you. You were not saved by your own volition but by God’s pursuit to save you, and you are still here because God has extended your life for His purpose. If you who have been emotionally injured and experienced grave disappointments in the church and have questioned your walk with God; this book is for you.
Download or read book Get the Hell Out of the Church written by C.N. Sensse and published by Booktango. This book was released on 2013-08-19 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get the Hell Out of the Church, is the second book in the "Turning the Tables," series. It was written as a guide for the churchgoing Christian of today to be able to determine whether the leadership in the church they attend is, in fact, serving God or serving the devil. The book also frankly discusses what today's Christian can do to be sure they are in a church where God intends them to be and what action to take whether they are or not.
Download or read book A Church in Search of Itself written by Robert Blair Kaiser and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-04-10 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deeply informed look at the intensifying struggle over the future of the Catholic Church. Robert Blair Kaiser examines the most important and divisive issues confronting the Church: the sex abuse scandal, a shortage of priests due to the insistence upon celibacy, the ban on contraception, the roles of women in the Church, the increased participation of laypeople in Church affairs. He gives us an in-depth and behind-the-scenes view of six of the cardinals who gathered in Rome in April 2005 to choose a new pope and through them makes clear why Catholics worldwide are increasingly leaving the Church or defying Church doctrine. With passion and heartfelt concern, Robert Blair Kaiser brilliantly illuminates the issues and the combatants in the battle for the soul of the Catholic world. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Download or read book In Search Of The Church written by Douglas Hagey and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What did Jesus intend church to be? Whether you are a seasoned veteran of doing church or a postmodern seeker of spirituality, In Search of the Church will inspire you to settle for nothing less than an authentic experience of church the way Jesus intended it to be. Filled with humorous and sometimes heart-rending stories that will help you rethink the meaning of church. Asks foundational questions about how we have historically done church to cause you to refocus on answering the "why" question. Offers specific ideals of what church could be, to exhort you to reconsider how you might reform church in the future. Presents an honest examination of the affects of church on the author's journey, to encourage you to re-examine your own pilgrimage into the church. In Search of the Church will revive your hope for the church Jesus intended. Douglas A. Hagey studied at Eastern Pentecostal Bible College, Peterborough, Ontario; Central Bible College, Springfield, Missouri; and Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California. For forty years he has sought practical answers to the question, "What is the church?" He planted his first church in Hanover, Ontario in 1968, developed a youth ministry in Fresno, California during the Jesus People Revolution, and started Wellspring Christian Center in Dinuba, California in 1980. He participated in missions with YWAM in Europe, directed practical projects in Mexico, taught pastors' conferences in India and helped establish YWAM's Gleanings For The Hungry in California. For seven years he has taught the ecclesiology course, Concepts of the Church, at Pacific Life Bible College in Surrey, British Columbia. Doug and his wife, Ellie, have been involved in the Emergent Church movement with a house/café church in Canada. They are currently participating in an incarnational-missional faith community in Shoreline, Washington.
Download or read book How to Get Along at Church written by Dennis Wright and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-07-08 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you have ever struggled with a relationship you need to read this book. Although the book is written with Christians in mind it has immense value to everyone who has ever asked the question; what did I do? The principles are from the Bible and these principles have proven to be the hard tested and well worn trail that millions of people in the arena of addictions have found as their solution. These people have formulated a program that enables them to survive together in intensely close relationships. Their ability to get along not only strives from desperation to get better, but also strives from the human, God given, instinct for fellowship. Though this book has a targeted audience I am sure it has benefits for you no matter what your spiritual walk. Christians need to know that even though they have the Bible it does them no good if they don't know how to apply its principles in this vital area. This book is my effort to help by sharing my experiences of the last twenty years in this delicate but volatile area of the human spirit.
Download or read book Boundaries written by Henry Cloud and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2002-03-18 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When to say yes, when to say no to take control of your life.
Download or read book How to Find a Good Church written by Todd M. Smith and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2022-01-14 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone has found themselves in the search for a church home. The search can be frustrating and long. This book can change that for you. This book offers up clear Biblical characteristics of a healthy church and insights of how to find those as you search for a church family.
Download or read book How Can Our Church Find a Faithful Pastor written by Mark Dever and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2020-09-24 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many new believers have questions about what it means to live as a Christian in the context of a local church, and pastors are looking for resources to pass along to their congregations to help them think biblically about the Christian life. Church Questions is a series by 9Marks that seeks to provide Christians with sound and accessible biblical teaching by answering common questions about church life. Each booklet offers biblical answers and practical applications with the goal of nurturing healthy church practice and commitment. Each volume offers biblical answers and practical applications with the goal of nurturing healthy church practice and commitment. In this concise booklet, best-selling author Mark Dever offers clear biblical insight to churches in search of new leadership by providing 6 characteristics to look for in a new pastor, along with 11 suggestions of strategies to implement during the process.
Download or read book Paradigms on Pilgrimage written by Stephen J. Godfrey and published by Clements Pub. This book was released on 2005 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this provocative book two authors--one a scientist, the other a biblical scholar and pastor--recount the pilgrimages of understanding that have led them from the young-earth, "scientific creationist" position they were taught in their youths to new perspectives on what it can mean to believe in God as Creator.
Download or read book The Search for Faith and the Witness of the Church written by Church of England. Mission Theological Advisory Group and published by Church House Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ecumenical report explores five areas of contemporary life that in some way affect every person in society. It considers topics such as the challenge of implicit religion; the shapes and forms of contemporary spirituality; and how science, technology and Christian faith can co-exist.
Download or read book Summer Storm and Other Stories written by Glenda Baker and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-04-13 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the fi fteen years Glenda Baker was the publisher and editor-in-chief of NEWN, she read and critiqued hundreds of short stories. She also wrote many of her own. This volume contains twenty-two of Glendas storiesfrom short (21,000 words) to short-short (about 1,000 words) to flash fiction (52 words total) in which Glenda addresses subjects such as: After doing a favor for his boss, how does a man end up in an maze he cant find his way out of? What would happen if a contemporary kid created a golem? What secrets do three generations of women learn about each other while on a weekend trip to Cape Cod? How far will a passive-aggressive woman go if pushed to the limit?
