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  • The Hispanic Challenge: Opportunities Confronting the Church, By Manuel Ortiz
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    The Hispanic Challenge

    Opportunities Confronting the Church

    by Manuel Ortiz

    "The Sleeping Giant" is the fastest-growing minority group in the U.S.--the Hispanic community. Hispanics, especially Puerto Ricans, Cubans and Mexicans, are changing society and the church. As a second-generation Puerto Rican, born and reared in El Barrio of New York City, Manuel Ortiz knows first-hand what it is like to be a Hispanic in the U.S. As a sociologist, he recognizes the exciting ...

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  • The Gap Decade: When You're Technically an Adult but Really Don't Feel Like It Yet, By Katie Schnack
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    The Gap Decade

    When You're Technically an Adult but Really Don't Feel Like It Yet

    by Katie Schnack

    "A gap decade isn't a cute whim of a decision to take a pause and travel to Italy for a few months. Nah. A gap decade is a cluster of challenging, transitional years that the universe just dumps in your lap. And my lap. And pretty much everyone's lap. It's that twilight zone between 'young person' and 'full-blown adult' that sort of washes in, bringing with it a bit of chaos, growth, ...

  • Spiritual Practices in Community: Drawing Groups into the Heart of God, By Diana Shiflett
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    Spiritual Practices in Community

    Drawing Groups into the Heart of God

    by Diana Shiflett

    Diana Shiflett has been leading groups of all descriptions in spiritual practices for many years, and she understands the difficulties involved: the potential for awkwardness and self-doubt, the nagging question of whether anyone's getting anything out of this at all. But more than that, she understands the value of spiritual practices: their deep roots in the history and worship of God's people, ...

  • Winsome Conviction: Disagreeing Without Dividing the Church, By Tim Muehlhoff and Richard Langer
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    Winsome Conviction

    Disagreeing Without Dividing the Church

    by Tim Muehlhoff and Richard Langer

    Christianity Today Book of the Year award of Merit

    We generally assume that those sitting around us in church share our beliefs. But when our personal convictions are contested by fellow Christians, everything changes. We feel attacked from behind. When other Christians doubt or deny our convictions, we don't experience it as a mere difference of ...

  • Sustainable Young Adult Ministry: Making It Work, Making It Last, By Mark DeVries and Scott Pontier
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    Sustainable Young Adult Ministry

    Making It Work, Making It Last

    by Mark DeVries and Scott Pontier

    Young adult ministry scares us. Young adults seem like the elusive Holy Grail demographic in Christian ministry. We often treat them like another species, with an inscrutable culture all their own. To have a thriving ministry to young adults, we're told, we'll need to be up-to-date on all the latest trends. We'll need to change up our worship style. We'll need to make programs. ...