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paperbackBack To Jerusalem
Three Chinese House Church Leaders Share Their Vision to Complete the Great Commission
by Brother Yun, Peter Xu Yongze, and Enoch Wang
With Paul HattawayNapoleon once said "When China is moved it will change the face of the globe." Today those words are becoming a reality through the powerful spiritual vision of the Chinese church to send 100,000 missionaries across China's borders to complete the Great Commission, even in this generation. Here Brother Yun, Peter Xu Yongze, and Enoch Wang, three Chinese house church leaders who between them have ...
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paperbackThe History of Christian Thought
by Jonathan Hill
Why read about the history of Christian thought? Because, if you are Christian yourself, it helps you to understand the faith--addressing everything from where Christians got their ideas of the Trinity and how Christ can be both human and divine to what they think about issues like feminism, globalization and social justice. And because, even if you are not, all Western society has been shaped ...
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paperbackOne Body, One Spirit
Principles of Successful Multiracial Churches
by George Yancey
Foreword by Michael O. EmersonWhen the church began, an amazing diversity of people from different geographic, cultural and linguistic backgrounds gathered together to confess a common faith in Jesus Christ. The apostle Paul cast a vision of one body where Jew and Gentile would worship together in unity. The Revelation to John likewise foreshadows an eternal future where all nations will join together at the throne of the Lamb. ...
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paperbackThe Accidental Anglican
The Surprising Appeal of the Liturgical Church
by Todd D. Hunter
Foreword by J. I. PackerMany are longing for historical connectedness and for theology that is "not tied to the whims of contemporary culture, but to apostolic-era understandings of Christian faith and practice." They also yearn for rhythms and routines that build spiritual health. Still others are responding to a call to participate in worship rather than merely sitting back and looking at a stage. Liturgy offers all ...
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paperbackTell Her Story
How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church
by Nijay K. Gupta
Foreword by Beth Allison BarrA Comprehensive Look at Women Who Built the Early Church
Women were there. For centuries, discussions of early Christianity have focused on male leaders in the church. But there is ample evidence right in the New Testament that women were actively involved in ministry, at the frontier of the gospel mission, and as respected leaders.
Nijay Gupta calls us to bring these ...
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paperbackFaith-Rooted Organizing
Mobilizing the Church in Service to the World
by Rev. Alexia Salvatierra and Peter Heltzel
With so many injustices, small and great, across the world and right at our doorstep, what are people of faith to do? Since the 1930s, organizing movements for social justice in the U.S. have largely been built on assumptions that are secular origin—such as reliance on self-interest and having a common enemy as a motivator for change. But what if Christians were to shape their organizing around ...
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paperbackHealing Spiritual Abuse
How to Break Free from Bad Church Experiences
by Ken M. Blue
Are you a victim of Spiritual Abuse?
- Are you discouraged from questioning the decisions or teachings church leaders make?
- If you do little or no volunteer work for the church, do you feel like a second-class Christian?
- Does your pastor insist on being addressed by a title such as "Dr." or "Pastor"?
- Do you hear many broad, vague appeals to "surrender fully," "yield ...
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paperbackTransforming Worship
Planning and Leading Sunday Services as If Spiritual Formation Mattered
Transforming Resources
by Rory Noland
Foreword by Ruth Haley BartonSpiritual formation is the key to the survival of our faith.
There is an urgent need today for church services that are substantive and purposeful. Stigmatized by scandal, the church in North America and throughout Europe has been branded as useless and irrelevant. To stem the tide of nominal Christianity, we need to get serious about making disciples who can make other disciples.
Rory ...
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hardcoverThe Pietist Option
Hope for the Renewal of Christianity
by Christopher Gehrz and Mark Pattie III
Historian Mark Noll has written that historic Pietism "breathed a badly needed vitality" into post-Reformation Europe. Now the time has come for Pietism to revitalize Christianity in post-Christendom America. In The Pietist Option, Christopher Gehrz, a historian of Pietism, and Mark Pattie, a pastor in the Pietist tradition, show how Pietism holds great promise for the church—and the world—today. ...
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paperbackTeaching the Faith, Forming the Faithful
A Biblical Vision for Education in the Church
by Gary A. Parrett and S. Steve Kang
Foreword by J. I. PackerWhy does the church teach? And what should it teach? In recent years, traditional Sunday school and education programs have declined in influence and effectiveness. Education in the church is often sidelined by other competing priorities, and our efforts become haphazard and random. As a result, many Christians have not learned the fundamental doctrinal content of the faith. As a response, a ...
