Jesus gave his followers seven key practices:
The Lord's Supper
Reconciliation
Proclaiming the gospel
Being with the "least of these"
Being with children
Fivefold ministry gifting
Kingdom prayer
When we practice… Read more…
If you want to plant a church, you need to dream big. If you want your seedling church to survive--and ultimately bloom and blossom--you really need this book! Written by church planters who have "been there, done that," Community of Kindness is a practical, real-world guide to successful church planting--credible, informative, inspirational, suppo… Read more…
There was a time when neighbors knew each other’s names, when small children and the old and infirm alike had more than their families looking out for them. There was a time when our neighborhoods were our closest communities.No more. Neighborhoods have become the place where nobody knows your name. Into this neighborhood crisis the words of Jesus still ri… Read more…
Are Christian treatments as effective as secular treatments? What is the evidence to support its success?
Christians engaged in the fields of psychology, psychotherapy and counseling are living in a unique moment. Over the last couple decades, these fields have grown more and more open to religious belief and religion-accommodative therapies. At the same… Read more…
Pastors will find proven strategies for effectively breaking through barriers to church growth, including the important but often difficult task of delegation of authority and work.… Read more…
Many of the statistics you read about teenagers and faith can be alarming. Recent studies show that 40-50 percent of kids who are connected to a youth group throughout their senior year will fail to stick with their faith in college. As youth workers are pouring their time and energy into the students in their ministries, they are often left wondering if the… Read more…
Assessment in counseling—like its biblical counterpart, discernment—is an ongoing and dynamic routine to encourage movement in a productive direction toward what is truly best. In Assessment for Counseling in Christian Perspective, Stephen P. Greggo equips counselors to put assessment techniques into practical use, particularly with clients who are looki… Read more…
Preaching's 2014 Top Books on Preaching
Let your eyes look straight ahead;
fix your gaze directly before you.
Give careful thought to the paths for your feet
and be steadfast in all your ways.
— Proverbs 4:25-26
Preaching is difficult enough under the best of circumstances. But what are we to do when it seems t… Read more…
The Emotionally Healthy Church, Expanded Edition, the newly updated and expanded edition of the groundbreaking bestseller The Emotionally Healthy Church, features a fuller, deeper look at the six principles contained in the original and includes a crucial, additional chapter: Slow Down to Lead with Integrity.New Life Fellowship in Queens, New York, had it al… Read more…
Skeptical teens are the beating heart of Josh McDowell Ministires, and in this specially designed resource for youth, bestselling author Josh McDowell and his son, Sean, look at the claims of the Gospel writers and examine the compelling evidence for Jesus Christ's resurrection. Writing in a language that will resonate with 21st-century youth and in chap… Read more…
En una cultura que cambia a una velocidad vertiginosa, es vital que los líderes de jóvenes conozcan a profundidad las necesidades, los desafíos, las formas de pensar y los interrogantes a los que se enfrentan las nuevas generaciones. Este libro es un recurso altamente necesario y útil para quienes aman a la juventud y desean ser efectivos al tratar de a… Read more…
What separates pastors who finish well from those who don’t?When trusted pastors fall into sin and destroy a ministry, the entire body of believers gets hurt. After helping two large churches through the aftermath of such an event, Daniel Henderson discovered that pastoral failings are not primarily rooted in overdeveloped passions for self and sin… Read more…
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