Church Institutions Organizations category: 259 books
This is the Church that God Built
A History of Crossway Church
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2018
Crossway church has served the community of the Elephant and Castle for over a century and from three different buildings. Today it is home to ten congregations, three day centres, and numerous community groups.
This book traces some of the church's history against the wider context of urban...
A Church in Search of Itself
Benedict XVI and the Battle for the Future
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
A deeply informed look at the intensifying struggle over the future of the Catholic Church.
Robert Blair Kaiser examines the most important and divisive issues confronting the Church: the sex abuse scandal, a shortage of priests due to the insistence upon celibacy, the ban on contraception,...
by Roy A. Teel, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
How can something meant for such good go so bad? Against the Grain takes you inside the mega-church machine, dissects the structure of these monolithic temples (claimed to be dedicated to God) and shows them for what they really are: huge mega-businesses that survive by using fear, guilt and psychological...
When the Enlightenment Hit the Neighborhoods
The Waning of the Catholic Tradition - and Hope for Its Future
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Faith and reason are in a fight, and faith is losing.
Why has the traditional, authority-based way of doing faith collapsed? Only fifteen percent of young Catholics attend church regularly. If ex-Catholics were a religious denomination, they would be the third-largest in the U.S. The young,...
by T. Austin-Sparks
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
During the many years of this spoken and printed ministry, very much has been said regarding the Church. This has led to not a few enquiries for advice from many who are in difficulty over this matter. Many of the enquirers are in responsible positions in the Lord's work. It is a sign of the times...
by The Mission
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014
If the Christian Church is of the track in small details contrary to the Bible, does it matter? Does Jesus Christ, the Head of the Church care?? King Saul experienced the devastating consequences of deviating from the Word of God and lost his kingship, governing without the Spirit of God. ...
by Mark Dever, Joshua Harris
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2004
What makes for a healthy church? A large congregation? Plentifulparking? Vibrant music?
You may have read books on this topic before-but not like thisone. This new expanded edition of Nine Marks of a Healthy Church isnot an instruction manual for church growth. It is a pastor'srecommendation...
Church That Works
Your One-Stop Resource for Effective Ministry
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
The expertise of veteran church consultant and best-selling author Gary McIntosh is now available in an easily portable format. McIntosh offers readers his invaluable insights on the church in order to help leaders make their churches more effective. It's just like hiring your own church consultant,...
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...
Being Single in the Church Today
Insights from History and Personal Stories
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2005
The model of the nuclear family unit, once the norm, is now only one of many different forms of family. Fifty percent of the population in the US right now is single. In this original and readable book, Philip Watson examines the phenomenon of singleness in contemporary society and its implications...
The Commercial Church
Black Churches and the New Religious Marketplace in America
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2011
In this new book on the rise of commercial black 'mega churches,' Mary Hinton examines the rich legacy of the historic black church from the dual perspectives of theology and religious education. She explores the new religious models emerging from the tradition of the historic black church and questions...
History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Volume 1 (of 7)
Period 1. History of Joseph Smith, the Prophet
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2014
The events which make up the first volume of the History of the Church moved forward from the back ground of successive dispensations of the Gospel which preceded the Dispensation of the Fullness of Times. That volume covered the period from the birth of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 1805, to the close...
Where Is the Power?
Moving Beyond What the Church Has Lost
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2010
Bishop Howard A. Robinson, Jr. cuts to the heart of the matter, as to what has been lost in the present day church. The present day church has lost its power to sin. We are witnessing the evidence of sin all around us as never before: sin in the church, sin in our community and sin in our homes. Bishop...
Moving the Church in 7 STEPs
Strategic, Targeted, Evangelistic, Plans
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2017
Step forward!Moving the Church in 7 STEPs is a commentary and a guide for how the Christian Church, and specifically a single congregation of believers, can move forward without fear and with great courage and boldness to impact the world.The premise is daring—stating that believers...