Download or read book The Pentecostal Pastor written by Wayde I. Goodall and published by . This book was released on 2012-04-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pentecostal clergy are kneeling at the gateway to the twenty-first century with a prayerful sense of purpose. Two thousand years after our Savior's resurrection, we're still hearing His call to feed my sheep. The Pentecostal Pastor is an encyclopedia of wisdom for all who heed those words. The Pentecostal Pastor connects you with an esteemed panel of seventy-four pastors, missionaries, college presidents, and Christian leaders. Their rich portfolio of ministry experience spans America's cities, suburbs, and rural areas. Well-qualified to nurture clergy of today and tomorrow, they discuss real issues faced by real pastors. Inspiration and information on eighty-five diverse topics is organized for easy access. Articles are indexed by both Scripture and subject, and arranged under six themes: Priorities in the Pastor's Life, The Pastor's Personal Life, Preparing for Revival, Effective Accountability, Ministry to the Body, and Spirit-Anointed Worship.
Download or read book The Pastor as Public Theologian written by Kevin J. Vanhoozer and published by Brazos Press. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many pastors today see themselves primarily as counselors, leaders, and motivators. Yet this often comes at the expense of the fundamental reality of the pastorate as a theological office. The most important role is to be a theologian mediating God to the people. The church needs pastors who can contextualize biblical wisdom in Christian living to help their congregations think theologically about all aspects of their lives, such as work, end-of-life decisions, political involvement, and entertainment choices. Drawing on the Bible, key figures from church history, and Christian theology, this book offers a clarion call for pastors to serve as public theologians in their congregations and communities. It is designed to be engaging reading for busy pastors and includes pastoral reflections on the theological task from twelve working pastors, including Kevin DeYoung and Cornelius Plantinga.
Download or read book Good Pastors Bad Pastors written by Dela Quampah and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2014-08-20 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emergence of Pentecostalism in Ghana has attracted a massive following and generated institutions that have significantly impacted Christian discourse and national life. The movement has produced prominent leaders who have developed exemplary Christian education programs and generated volumes of Christian literature unprecedented in Ghanaian Christianity. Nevertheless, public opinion often upbraids church leaders for unethical conduct. Despite the concern for high moral standards set by Pentecostal church polity and ministerial ethical codes, reports of Pentecostal ministerial misconduct appear regularly in the media. Although congregation members and perceptive public observers appreciate the constructive moral impact of Pentecostal ministers, instances of promiscuity, power abuse, financial misappropriation, and superstition reveal a gap between ethical ideals and practice. As this research reveals, factors behind unethical ministerial conduct include inadequate training, poor accountability, and a general low level of ethical reflection. Good Pastors, Bad Pastors suggests that a multidimensional approach of responsible reportage, emphatic moral education, appropriate but sympathetic response to moral failure, and peer-review accountability could help uphold a higher standard of ministerial ethics.
Download or read book The Trans Evangelist written by Sister Paula Nielsen and published by One Spirit Press. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I want to go on living after my death, so that the message that God has given me to preach will continue to bless and help future generations of LGBT youth in their struggle for identity." -- Sister Paula Nielsen This is why Sister Paula, an open transgender Christian, spent seven years writing her autobiography "The Trans Evangelist," a document that scans seven decades. Her story is a unique journey that the reader will find fascinating, entertaining, and spiritually uplifting. Paula says: "So many people are living dull and uneventful lives because they are being what society expects them to be, rather than being the person they really are." Paula has had the courage to step out and be herself, swimming against the current of popular opinion of her time. Her life is checkered with controversy. Yet, through it all, God's hand remained on her life. In this book she leaves a legacy that people will not soon forget. ..".God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise.....and things which are despised, hath God chosen...." (I Corinthians 1:27, 28) This truth becomes crystal clear as Paula's incredible story unfolds throughout this book.
Download or read book The Pastor written by Eugene H. Peterson and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-02-22 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Pastor, author Eugene Peterson, translator of the multimillion-selling The Message, tells the story of how he started Christ Our King Presbyterian Church in Bel Air, Maryland and his gradual discovery of what it really means to be a pastor. Steering away from abstractions, Peterson challenges conventional wisdom regarding church marketing, mega pastors, and the church’s too-cozy relationship to American glitz and consumerism to present a simple, faith-based description of what being a minister means today. In the end, Peterson discovers that being a pastor boils down to “paying attention and calling attention to ‘what is going on now’ between men and women, with each other and with God.”
Download or read book Hope After Faith written by Jerry DeWitt and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2013-06-25 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A former Louisiana pastor's courageous memoir chronicling his conversion to atheism.
Download or read book The Pentecostal Pastor written by and published by . This book was released on 2012-03-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book No Price Too High written by Alex Jones and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alex Jones was an on-fire Penecostal minister in Detroit Who was a completely dedicated shepherd of his flock. He greatly loved his people and they loved him. In seeking to give his flock the most genuine experience of the early Church prayer and worship services, he carefully read Scripture, the Fathers of the Church and writings of the early saints. The more he read, the more Alex came to the startling conclusion that the present day Catholic Church - and the Holy Mass - is the same exact worship service from the very early Church. Alex began to share his findings with his parish, and eventually Alex, and most of his parish, joined the Catholic Church. This is his incredible story of a black Penecostal minister's challenging and dramatic spiritual jounrey, and the flock that followed him. Today he preaches with his usual passion about Christ - as a Catholic deacon! This book tells the story of Alex's life from his chidhood all the way to his conversion to Catholicism in 2001. It simultaneously tells the story of his wife, Donna, and her spiritual journey as well, which shows how they were not always on the same path during Alex's preparation for entering the Catholic Church. Each had to be personally, deeply convinced that this momentous, life-changing and career-changing spiritual decision was God's will for them.
Download or read book Foundations of Pentecostal Theology written by Guy P. Duffield and published by Creation House. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique comprehensive textbook of the distinctives of the Pentecostal movement.
Download or read book God Forgive Us for Being Women written by Joy E. A. Qualls and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2018-05-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role of women in church leadership is controversial; however, the Pentecostal tradition, and specifically the Assemblies of God, has held that women can serve at all levels of church leadership. There is no role that is off-limits to women. Citing their distinctive approach to theology, Pentecostals embrace women's leadership in policy, but in practice, women are often frustrated by the lack of opportunity and representation in leadership roles. By exploring the rhetorical history, how Pentecostals talk about the role of women, the purpose of this book is to expose those rhetorical constraints that create dissonance and discontentment. This book explores how Pentecostals use and are used by language that shapes this dissonance and how that impacts the lived reality of both men and women in the Pentecostal tradition.
Download or read book Ministry by the Book written by Derek Tidball and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2009-05-29 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on pastoral leadership within local churches or groups of churches, Derek Tidball provides a comprehensive survey of the variety of ministry models and patterns found in the New Testament with applications for today's ministry.
Download or read book Pentecostal Preaching written by Charles T. Crabtree and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AUDIENCE- Pastors- Seminaries- Christian Colleges
Download or read book Growing Up Pentecostal written by J. Stephen Conn and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2006-03 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Pentecostal Deacon written by Roger Lotson and published by We Believe in You Pub. This book was released on 2007-05-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE PENTECOSTAL DEACON will be a one-of-a-kind book in your library. No other book speaks to the unique calling of spirit-filled deacons and deaconess, who operate under the anointing of the Holy Spirit, but are subject to the authority of the Pastor. No single volume of work can better prepare them for their role as a servant, while at the same time, confirm the pastoral role in the selection, training and maintenance of these mighty warriors of God.
Download or read book What Women Want written by Kimberly Ervin Alexander and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2018-09-27 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pentecostal women ministers have been silenced in official conversations about their place in church leadership. What do women ministers believe about family life? Have they been influenced by liberal feminism? Do they really want to be equal ministry leaders with men? What Women Want answers these questions in a first ever empirical study that paints a portrait of what it's like to be a Pentecostal woman minister.
Download or read book Freed to Greed written by Tunde Babalola and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2017-01-13 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a lot going on in Pentecostal churches that troubles many of its adherents. The prosperity message and miracle by proxy have reached an alarming crescendo. The deceit of the false prophets is beclouding the work of honest and hardworking shepherds. Are you concerned? My ultimate passion is to draw from my wealth of experience in Christian leadership to mentor younger leaders and also act as a trumpet to the older generation of Pentecostal leaders. Put it this way: I am called to raise alarm posts. I see a red flag where many see safety nests. I really do. I am writing this book for the next generation of Christs followers who may never have known a different gospel of enduring hardship, self-denial, stewardship, and suffering for the call, but who were born into this crazed new gospel of wealth, instant miracles, outward show, and the ultimate deception towards hell. There is another way!
Download or read book Stan Toler s Practical Guide for Pastoral Ministry written by Stan Toler and published by . This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stan Toler, America's pastor to pastors, offers rich insight and generous affirmation that will enlighten, encourage, and equip. Included in this book is practical advice on seventy-five ministry topics covering every aspect of ministry from personal growth to effective leadership.
