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Author : Joe Goodwin Burnett
Release : 1985
Genre : Church development, New
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Book Synopsis Beyond Church Growth and Decline by : Joe Goodwin Burnett
Download or read book Beyond Church Growth and Decline written by Joe Goodwin Burnett. This book was released on 1985. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert E. Logan
Release : 1990-01-01
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 716/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Beyond Church Growth by : Robert E. Logan
Download or read book Beyond Church Growth written by Robert E. Logan. This book was released on 1990-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on God's vision for churches in Matthew 28:18-20, this book presents sound methods for making disciples, winning the lost for Christ, and planting new churches.
Author : Robin Gill
Release : 1988
Genre : Christian sociology
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Book Synopsis Beyond Decline by : Robin Gill
Download or read book Beyond Decline written by Robin Gill. This book was released on 1988. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perhaps the most obvious thing one can say about the churches in Britain today is that they are declining. The facts are evident. However, responses to that decline vary considerably, and Robin Gill, parish priest and theologian as well as sociologist, has written to challenge some of them. Dr Gill begins by examining the way in which decline has led to what he argues is a disastrous anti-intellectualism within the churches. Then he goes on to examine ways in which declining churches are tempted to compensate by pressing for general assemblies and synods to make specific moral and social pronouncements. A third chapter sets out alternative and sometimes incompatible options for Christians to engage in moral and social issues. A fourth chapter examines competing models of evangelism and church growth. In the fifth chapter Dr Gill analyses clergy deployment within declining British churches. Concluding that churches are not deploying clergy in the most effective way to counter decline, he suggests a radical model for deployment to edge the churches beyond decline. The book ends with a vision of faith beyond decline.
Author : Steve Simms
Release : 2015-10-22
Genre : Religion
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 563/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Beyond Church by : Steve Simms
Download or read book Beyond Church written by Steve Simms. This book was released on 2015-10-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wanted something more from your faith? More than religion? More than church? One lost and forgotten biblical word, "ekklesia," holds the key to a more vibrant and life-changing Christianity. --Modern English language Bibles quote Jesus as saying, "I will build My church." However, the earliest Bibles have Jesus saying, "I will build my ekklesia." For hundreds of years, this Bible word-switch has misdirected the way the body of Christ meets for worship. --So what does ekklesia mean? Ekklesia was the name of the city council in ancient Greek city-states. It was a democratic, interactive, participatory body of equal citizens sharing their concerns and needs with one another. --In the Western world, traditional church is in decline. Religious categories now include millions who are "Dones" (done with church) and "Nones" (have no church affiliation). --Perhaps it is time for more than church. Steve Simms invites you to go "beyond church" and experience ekklesia, HEAVEN's CITY COUNCIL, not as a theological concept, but as a practical and living reality.
Author : Scott Thumma
Release : 2007-08-10
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 677/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Beyond Megachurch Myths by : Scott Thumma
Download or read book Beyond Megachurch Myths written by Scott Thumma. This book was released on 2007-08-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on extensive, broad-based, and well-designed research, as well as stories and anecdotes, Beyond Megachurch Myths dispels popluar myths about megachurches while highlighting the diversity within the megachurch phenomenon. Defining a megachurch as a Protestant church that averages at least 2000 total attendees in their weekend services, Scott Thumma and Dave Travis reveal what these churches are and are not, why they are thriving, what their members say about their experiences, and why they have many valuable lessons to teach smaller churches.
