Church category: 10276 books
by Pastor Gary W. Carter
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2010
All churches hit growth plateaus. The Small Town Mega Church will give you tools and insights to break through these invisible, yet real barriers. It outlines the proven structures and strategies we have applied to build our churches. It also lays out a step by step outline of how to strengthen and release...
by T. L. Driver
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2012
Dr. Driver is an experienced academic scholar, retired naval officer, entrepreneur, trainer, evangelist, and consultant. He holds a PhD in administration and management from Walden University and a doctorate of ministry (DMin) from Trinity Theological Seminary. His commitment to training church leadership...
Church Ethics and Its Organizational Context
Learning from the Sex Abuse Scandal in the Catholic Church
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2005
Church Ethics and Its Organizational Context is the first book to provide a broadly interdisciplinary approach to understanding the leadership crisis in the Catholic Church in the wake of the sex abuse scandal and how it was handled. Well-known scholars, religious clergy, and laymen in the trenches...
Strategically Small Church, The
Intimate, Nimble, Authentic, and Effective
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
Brandon O'Brien helps pastors and church leaders understand that a smaller church is sometimes better than a big one. He demonstrates the strengths of small congregations, including that today's church "shoppers" want services that are local, personal, and intimate. Also, small churches...
by Dr. Jeff Fugate
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2015
Some churches grow in what seem to be the worst of circumstances; other churches become stagnant in what seem to be the best of circumstances. The only logical conclusion to draw is that the growth of churches is not dependent upon the circumstances. Churches that grow have things in common that enable...
Dangerous
A Go-to Guide for Church Communication
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
It took only a week to make Pastor Jeff dangerous. A team of church communication pros descended on his church to share their knowledge, a venture known as Creative Missions. The status quo is now endangered.
Is your church ready to be dangerous?
This booklet is written by the reinforcements,...
by Richard Swift
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
Many Christian Pastors and Laymen act or pretend, as if Church Growth is some kind of mystical thing that we really can't grasp, something like the wind. Why one church grows and another is a mystery. Is it really a mystery? Surely there is a "supernatural" element to Church Growth, but...
Christ's Call to Reform the Church
Timeless Demands From the Lord to His People
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
What does the church need to hear today?
As many have said, the church must always be reforming. It must continually move closer to a truer, more faithful expression of the gospel. The risen Christ’s powerful letters to the seven churches in Revelation are a guide to just that.
Based...
Who Runs the Church?
4 Views on Church Government
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009
Churches have split and denominations have formed over the issue of church government. Yet while many Christians can explain their particular church’s form of rule and may staunchly uphold it, few have a truly biblical understanding of it. What model for governing the church does the Bible provide?...
The Church
God's New People
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2011
The church of Jesus Christ is the locus of God’s plan for creation—a plan to reclaim all things for his glory. In The Church: God’s New People, Savage shows how it is within this corporate body that the larger dimensions of God’s plan for creation receive breathtaking definition.
This...
Creature of the Word
The Jesus-Centered Church
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
The Reformers viewed the gospel as not merely one thing among many in the life of a church but rather the means by which the church exists. When the gospel is rightly declared and applied to God’s people, the church becomes “a creature of the Word.” She understands, embraces, and lives out the...
The New Adapters
Shaping Ideas to Fit Your Congregation
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
Learn how new and young pastors from across the country are translating eight time-tested principles of church leadership. Adam Hamilton and Mike Slaughter introduce each principle and discuss its importance in their ministries. Author Jacob Armstrong then shows how the principle works in new contexts...
The Nuts and Bolts of Church Planting
A Guide for Starting Any Kind of Church
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Most books on church planting offer a model for churches to replicate--usually one that is tied to a particular style, generation, or demographic. But what churches really need is a process that is flexible, not bound to a particular time or current fad. In The Nuts and Bolts of Church Planting, trusted...
Becoming a Healthy Church
Ten Traits of a Vital Ministry
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2003
"A wonderful tool that I recommend to every church that is serious about being purpose-driven." -Rick Warren, author of The Purpose-Driven Church
Now available in trade paper, Becoming a Healthy Church illustrates the ten most important characteristics of church health. Based on extensive...