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"Empathetic Evangelism: A Practical Guide" is an illuminating guidebook, presenting a new perspective on sharing the Gospel message in our complex, contemporary world. This book provides a profound understanding of 'felt needs,' or the deep emotional and spiritual needs individuals grapple with daily.Equipped with insights from both theology and psychology, including concepts from Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, this guide combines a compassionate understanding...
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Christian ministries often struggle to account for urbanization's growing force, complexities, and reachâ€"and to formulate theologically and sociologically appropriate responses. Urban Ministry Reconsidered features a collection of original essays by leading scholars and practitioners that explores current issues and challenges in urban communities.
Together these articles consider how cultural and structural frameworks have led to new conceptualizations...
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How can we embody the values of love, grace, and justice? As faith communities, how can our collective embodiment of these values shine even brighter? The answers to these questions must always unfold right here, right now, exactly where God has planted us. Neighborhood Churchacts as a resource to inspire churches to become a vibrant and engaging community partner with the families and neighborhoods living around them. The need for transformation...
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Are you passionate about sharing the gospel, but struggle with the practicalities of effective soul-winning?Victorious Soul-Winning by Prof Z.T. Fomum is a practical guide to evangelism that will help you to overcome the obstacles and reach the lost for Christ. Backed with the experience of one who has been in the art of soul-winning, Prof Fomum shows you how to prioritize evangelism, develop a personal relationship with Christ, and overcome spiritual...
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Fundamentalism reeks. If fundamentalism reeked for one or two reasons, we may not need to address it. But fundamentalism reeks for a mulitude of reasons. Fundamentalism reeks for at least 95 reasons. Reformers inside and outside the church have called for a "2nd Reformation", so 95 Theses Against Fundamentalismleverages different faiths and fields to argue fundamentalism needs to perish. Cover illustration by Kenya Pineda. 174 pages.
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A Prophet with Honor is the biography Billy Graham himself invited and appreciated for its sympathetic but frank approach. Carefully documented, eminently fair, and gracefully written, it raises and answers key questions about Graham's character, contributions, and influence on the world religious scene. In this engaging and comprehensive book, William Martin gives readers a better understanding of the most successful evangelist in modern history,...
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This book is strange because it speaks of the divine transactions of Professor Zacharias Tanee Fomum with the various persons of the Godhead or Deity-the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. This book is strange, but true, in that it talks about the author's encounters with the triune God and the angels, and his reactions and actions in response to these encounters.His giving to God, its divine connotations, his obedience to God, his goals in giving,...
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The man Time magazine hailed as one of America's finest preachers presents a collection of forty timeless addresses to guide us through the year. With his characteristic eloquence and compassion, quoting from scripture as well as from T.S. Eliot and Woody Allen, Gomes offers us the tools we need to understand the wisdom of the Bible and the joy and inspiration it can bring to everyday life.
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Now a modern classic, Michael Green's Evangelism in the Early Church provides a comprehensive look at the ways the first Christians -- from the New Testament period up until the middle of the third century -- worked to spread the good news to the rest of the world.
In describing life in the early church, Green explores crucial aspects of the evangelistic task that have direct relevance for similar work today, including methods, motives, and strategies....
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Winner of the 2013 Frank S. and Elizabeth D. Brewer Prize presented by the American Society of Church History
Mississippi Praying examines the faith communities at ground-zero of the racial revolution that rocked America. This religious history of white Mississippians in the civil rights era shows how Mississippians' intense religious commitments played critical, rather than incidental, roles in their response to the movement for black equality....
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My own people, the Jewish nation will not recognize and accept Jesus Christ as their Messiah.And yet, there is so much evidence in the Bible proving that Jesus, the One who died on the cross for our sins truly is the soon-coming Messiah.So, why then don't the Jews accept and believe in Jesus?Let me explain…
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They're Going to Heaven . . . and They Know It
At last, a complete, unsparing guide to evangelical Christians. This hilarious and highly useful manual, written by an insider, illuminates this rapidly growing and unique segment of America and offers a thoroughly entertaining, no-holds-barred, laugh-out-loud survey of evangelical culture. See inside for the scoop on:
• What Evangelicals Believe -- Plus a Master List of Who Is Going to Hell
• How...
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La actitud puede hacer una gran diferencia en sus circunstancias. Cuando suceden cosas en su vida, usted tiene dos opciones para decidir. Usted puede tomar el camino alto o el camino bajo. Un camino conduce a la victoria, y el otro a la derrota. La realidad es que la elección es suya. ¡Hay victoria para nosotros! En Más que Vencedores, aprenda cómo las circunstancias no tienen que controlar y destruir su vida. La verdad es que, somos "MÁS QUE...
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This beginning workbook for Spiritual Formation Groups features guidelines for starting a group, study plans for the first nine sessions, and a questionnaire that helps map the way ahead. Based upon six major dimensions of the spiritual life found in the life of Christ and Christian tradition: The Contemplative Tradition - The Holiness Tradition - The Charismatic Tradition - The Social Justice Tradition - The Evangelical Tradition - and The Incarnational...
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Réfuter Dawkins : Une Réponse Chrétienne Ces dernières années, peu de voix ont eu autant d'influence dans le débat sur l'existence de Dieu et la valeur de la religion que celle de Richard Dawkins. Biologiste distingué, Dawkins a utilisé son sens scientifique pour critiquer la foi religieuse dans des ouvrages tels que « The God Delusion ». Mais il faut se demander : Dawkins présente-t-il un argument inattaquable ? La foi est-elle vraiment...
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The Gospel of Christ is a message which claims to save from damnation those who believe it.
The Christian message purports to reveal the Savior, Jesus Christ, what He did and why, how salvation is gained, and where to find reliable information about it. The Gospel, however, is widely doubted, disputed, and denied. Have you ever wondered:
o Does Jesus have to be who Christians claim he is?
o What did his death accomplish?
o Would God send...
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Spend the next 30 days reaching your community in prayer and learn what it means to be a Great Commission Christian.
Pray & Go is a profound and easy-to-use tool that empowers church members to focus outward and learn how to pray regularly. There's hope. Imagine your congregation devoted to prayer. Envision a healthy and growing church dedicated to worshiping Jesus.
Our neighborhoods need prayer like never before. Pray & Go is designed to provide...
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During his time at Oxford, a friend asked Paget Wilkes one day, "I say, Paget, do you tackle everyone who comes into your rooms about his soul?" "Yes,' answered Paget, "if he comes in alone." Wilkes was convinced that even the humblest Christian is responsible for bringing men to Christ. "If we have been forgiven and know it, if we have been made new creatures in Christ Jesus, then we…are commissioned to minister this same salvation unto men and...
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A talented young lifeguard, Nikolay, successfully advances up the career ladder in his home guard station. When a new boat appears at their jetty, he has a chance meeting with a real lifeguard boat crew led by Noland. This meeting forces him to question everything, even the validity of all he knows and did throughout his life. This chance meeting saves his own life. Noland represents a strong disciple with lots of experience who knows how to save...
20) Building an Outreach Ministry to Your Community: How to Grow Your Church by Ministering to People
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The Church Is the Only Hope for Renewing and Redeeming Your Community
Your church is meant to be a conduit of hope and healing, redemption and renewal for your neighborhood. Is your church equipped and ready for this important work? In “Building an Outreach Ministry to Your Community”, Pastor Tyrone Barnette uses the miracle of the feeding of the five thousand to explore how Jesus himself ministered to people. Then Barnette shows how he applied...