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ebookBecoming a Just Church
Cultivating Communities of God's Shalom
by Adam L. Gustine
Foreword by Dennis EdwardsIVP Readers' Choice Award
Stop outsourcing justice!
Many local churches don't know what to do about justice. We tend to compartmentalize it as merely a strategy for outreach, and we often outsource it to parachurch justice ministries. While these organizations do good work, individual congregations are left disconnected from God's just purposes in the ...
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ebookBeyond the Local Church
How Apostolic Movements Can Change the World
by Sam Metcalf
Foreword by Alan Hirsch- 2016 IVP Readers' Choice Award
Many people have given up on the church. But that doesn't mean that they've given up on God or Christianity. In many cases, it was merely that local church congregations were not the best context for missional people to live out their sense of God's call. The good news is that God is raising up vibrant movements of Christians in ...
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ebookSlow Church Study Guide
by C. Christopher Smith and John Pattison
High-speed internet. Rapid rewards. Quick thinking. Fast food. Fast . . . church? Slow Church by Chris Smith and John Pattison has been eagerly received by a people who are ready to be invited out of franchise faith and back into the kingdom of God. This eleven-session study guide provides an opportunity to reflect on the message of this groundbreaking book both individually and in community. ...
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ebookSame-Sex Attraction and the Church
The Surprising Plausibility of the Celibate Life
by Ed Shaw
Foreword by Vaughan Roberts- The Gospel Coalition Top Books of 2015 in Christian Living
- Tim Challies' Top Books of 2015
- ProdigalThought.net's Top Reads of 2015
- Leadership Journal's Best Ministry Books of the Year
When Christians have same-sex attraction, how should the church respond? Pastor Ed Shaw experiences same-sex attraction, and yet he is committed ...
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ebookDivorce and Remarriage in the Church
Biblical Solutions for Pastoral Realities
by David Instone-Brewer
Will God allow me to divorce my abusive husband? Would it be a sin if I remarried? Divorce and remarriage are major pastoral issues facing every church. Yet when we turn to Scripture for guidance, we often hear conflicting messages about its teachings. David Instone-Brewer shows how, when properly understood, the New Testament provides faithful, realistic and wise guidance of crucial importance ...
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ebookContemporary Art and the Church
A Conversation Between Two Worlds
Studies in Theology and the Arts Series
Edited by W. David O. Taylor and Taylor Worley
The church and the contemporary art world often find themselves in an uneasy relationship in which misunderstanding and mistrust abound.
On one hand, the leaders of local congregations, seminaries, and other Christian ministries often don't know what to make of works by contemporary artists. Not only are these artists mostly unknown to church leaders, they and their work often ...
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ebookLiving Wisely with the Church Fathers
by Christopher A. Hall
The first centuries of Christianity are like a far country. But despite their foreignness, they hold a treasury of wisdom for living. Early Christians struggled and flourished in a culture that was in love with empire and military power, infatuated with sex and entertainment, tolerant of all gods but hostile to the One. And from this crucible of discipleship they extracted lessons of virtue, faithfulness, ...
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ebookMapping Church Missions
A Compass for Ministry Strategy
by Sharon R. Hoover
Foreword by Paul BorthwickThe terrain of church missions is often bewildering. Should we prioritize evangelism or works of service? Local ministries or overseas missions? What's more important: giving our money or giving our time? Crisis relief or building sustainable, long-term ministries? And what about the often debated pros and cons of short-term missions trips? In Mapping Church Missions, ...
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ebookSeven Practices for the Church on Mission
by David E. Fitch
Jesus gave his followers seven key practices:
- The Lord's Supper
- Reconciliation
- Proclaiming the gospel
- Being with the "least of these"
- Being with children
- Fivefold ministry gifting
- Kingdom prayer
When we practice these disciplines, God becomes faithfully present to us, and we in turn become God's faithful presence to the world. ...
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ebookApostolic Church Planting
Birthing New Churches from New Believers
by J. D. Payne
Church planting is not just about gathering new communities of people who are already Christians. In the book of Acts, church plants begin with sharing the gospel. Planting churches flows naturally out of making disciples. Pastor J. D. Payne explains the process and stages of church planting, with biblical foundations and practical steps for planting teams. He provides a pathway for the multiplication ...
