Tilling the Church

Tilling the Church
Author: Richard Lennan
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2022-05-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0814667449
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Tilling the Church is a theology for the pilgrim church. In this book, Richard Lennan shows how the ecclesial community looks toward the fullness of God’s reign but lives within the flux of history, the site of its relationship to the trinitarian God. In this way, God’s grace “tills” the church, constantly refreshing the tradition of faith and prompting the discipleship that embodies the gospel. Tilling the Church explores the possibilities for a more faithful, just, and creative church, one responsive to the movement of grace. Fruitful engagement with grace requires the church’s conversion, the ongoing formation of a community whose words and actions reflect the hope that grace engenders.

Church Project

Church Project
Author: Jason Shepperd
Publisher:
Total Pages: 102
Release: 2021-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9780578895567
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In a church culture becoming increasingly focused on "cultural relevance," how can leaders guide their church in a way that returns to the Bible and honors God? Throughout his years of ministry, this was a question Jason Shepperd continued to ask. Many churches around him were focusing their resources internally instead of making disciples and meeting needs, and Jason knew God wanted more for the Church and for his people. In Church Project, Jason shares how God led them to structure the church and return to biblical church planting. He explains how their church has stayed committed to their core principles and helped their congregation to live out these values. Jason's desire is to share the lessons God has taught him over the years, and to guide church leaders seeking to return their churches to God's true plan for his people.

The Road

The Road
Author: Marcos Torres
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2020-11-14
Genre:
ISBN: 9780645036626
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Discover who God is. Encounter freedom from your past. Awaken to a whole new way of seeing the world. Peel back the curtain of the spirit-realm. See the war raging over your soul. Written by spiritual mentor Marcos Torres, "The Road" is a one-of-a-kind, self-guided journey through the Bible's cosmic story that will usher you into an existential and transformational encounter unlike anything you ever imagined.

The Reverend Billy Project

The Reverend Billy Project
Author: Bill Talen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2014-05-22
Genre:
ISBN: 9780991529803
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The Reverend Billy Project is an inside look at the process of creating small-but-explosive spectacles that stop people in their tracks and make them think, even in today's over-stocked mental environment. The book is a firsthand account of the Reverend's work, from his early Starbucks "casting out of demons from cash registers" continuing across several continents, up to his run for Mayor of New York City in 2009.

Projects That Matter

Projects That Matter
Author: Kathleen A. Cahalan, professor
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2003-06-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1566996112
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Projects That Matter introduces project leaders and teams to the five basic elements of project design and describes in detail a six-step process for designing and implementing a project evaluation and disseminating evaluation findings. Written for the nonexpert, leaders in religious settings will find Cahalan's guidance clear and invaluable. Presenting evaluation as a form of collaborative inquiry, Cahalan show how leaders can use evaluation design to develop effective project plans and prepare case statements for donors or grant proposals for foundations. She introduces project planning and evaluation as mission-related practices and invites leaders to consider how their tradition's particular mission and beliefs influence the way they plan and evaluate. Cahalan concludes the book by making explicit her own theological presuppositions—that the virtues of discernment, stewardship, and prudence are essential for good project planning and evaluation

Vocation and Violence

Vocation and Violence
Author: Miryam Clough
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2022-01-17
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 100056648X
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As #MeToo and its sister movement #ChurchToo demonstrated, sexual violence is systemic in many and varied workplace settings, including Christian churches, and can destroy women’s careers and vocational aspirations. The study draws on empirical evidence – personal stories from survivors and the views of church leaders and educators – in dialogue with theoretical perspectives, to consider clergy sexual abuse of adult women and the conditions that support it. Institutional abuse only changes when survivors come forward. This study focusses on New Zealand Anglicanism, the locus of the author’s experience, and has resonance for a range of denominational settings. It aims to be a useful resource to clergy, ministry educators, and those training for ministry, and to academics and scholars with an interest in theology, gender, and professional ethics. Notably, it will be a potentially helpful text for women survivors of sexual misconduct by clergy, not least those who are considering a future in the church or grieving the loss of one. The volume concludes by suggesting that alternative theological models and relational ethics are essential if the church is to truly address the problem of clergy sexual abuse and give greater priority to the abused.

Sacred Playgrounds

Sacred Playgrounds
Author: Jacob Sorenson
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2021-07-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1532694628
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Sacred Playgrounds explores the wisdom of camping ministry for Christian education and faith formation, examining its rich history and fundamental characteristics with compelling stories, groundbreaking research, and theological grounding. Christian summer camp is an integral part of the ecology of faith formation in North America, though it has received surprisingly little attention in the scholarly community until now. Camping ministry is often dismissed as simple fun and games or a brief spiritual high that does not last. However, camp experiences often serve as deeply relational and immersive faith experiences that have lasting impacts on participants. Five fundamental characteristics combine dynamically in the effective camp experience: participatory, faith-centered, safe space, relational, and unplugged from home. Together, they open the space for participants to consider new understandings of God, to have time for deep self-reflection, and to build intentional Christian community. These camp experiences are essential components in a larger ecology of faith formation, including the home and congregation. The insight and evidence presented in this book demonstrate that the contributions of camping ministry must be taken seriously among scholars, Christian educators, and ministry professionals.

Praetorian Project

Praetorian Project
Author: Clint Clifton
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 54
Release: 2016-10-16
Genre:
ISBN: 9781539325482
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The Praetorian Project is a simple strategy to spread the gospel around the globe - it's so simple it's hard even to call it a strategy. We want to see men and women serving in the U.S. military become faithful, committed followers of Christ, and then, as their career moves them around, to organize them to form new congregations. In short, we are aiming to plant a network of gospel-loving churches near military installations worldwide.

Radical

Radical
Author: David Platt
Publisher: Multnomah
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2010-05-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1601422210
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New York Times bestseller What is Jesus worth to you? It's easy for American Christians to forget how Jesus said his followers would actually live, what their new lifestyle would actually look like. They would, he said, leave behind security, money, convenience, even family for him. They would abandon everything for the gospel. They would take up their crosses daily... But who do you know who lives like that? Do you? In Radical, David Platt challenges you to consider with an open heart how we have manipulated the gospel to fit our cultural preferences. He shows what Jesus actually said about being his disciple--then invites you to believe and obey what you have heard. And he tells the dramatic story of what is happening as a "successful" suburban church decides to get serious about the gospel according to Jesus. Finally, he urges you to join in The Radical Experiment -- a one-year journey in authentic discipleship that will transform how you live in a world that desperately needs the Good News Jesus came to bring.

Managing Church Building Projects

Managing Church Building Projects
Author: Chris Ekpekurede
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing
Total Pages: 115
Release: 2014-03-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1628578645
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For twenty-five years I have been involved in extensive infrastructural projects for churches as a volunteer project manager. These were multi-million-dollar projects that delivered the wealth of experience set down in this book. They have opened my eyes to project strategies that work, and those that do not work. The book is a vital tool for church operators and organizational leaders alike.Church and communal projects do not only pose engineering challenges, but are predominantly a hearts-and-minds issue. The book covers how a church project should be conceived, planned, and executed. It thrashes issues such as the part-time status of building committee members, the use of uncompleted facilities in concurrent operations, contractor selection, managing stakeholder expectations, and the technical and spiritual qualifications of project officials. It outlines viable options for funding church projects and strategies for preserving church infrastructural investments.