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Committing to One Another: Church Membership

Committing to One Another: Church Membership

by Bobby Jamieson

This study answers the question: Why join a church? By seeing the scriptural reasoning for becoming a church member, participants will also learn what it looks like to be a healthy member and how to serve well within their local congregation. A series of ten 6–7 week studies covering the nine distinctives of… Read more…

Growing One Another: Discipleship in the Church

Growing One Another: Discipleship in the Church

by Bobby Jamieson

Discipleship was one of the central themes of Jesus' teaching, yet it is not a major emphasis today for many churches. This short study guide explores the Bible's teaching on discipleship, and covers such topics as the need for discipleship, the demands of discipleship, and the enemy of discipleship. With discussion questions… Read more…

Church Membership: How the World Knows Who Represents Jesus

Church Membership: How the World Knows Who Represents Jesus

by Michael Horton and Jonathan Leeman

Jonathan Leeman addresses the commonly asked (and often unanswered) question of, "Why should I join a church?" in a time when many are shunning the practice of organized religion. By offering a brief, straightforward explanation of what church membership is and why it's important, Leeman gives the local church its proper due and … Read more…

Hearing God's Word: Expositional Preaching

Hearing God's Word: Expositional Preaching

by Bobby Jamieson

Expositional preaching gives life and health to the church. It shapes, forms, and reforms the church, and it reveals the character of God. Participants will learn to understand their joyful responsibility in sitting under a pastor's teaching, and pastors will be encouraged to preach expositionally—from the Bible! … Read more…

Guarding One Another: Church Discipline

Guarding One Another: Church Discipline

by Bobby Jamieson

While church discipline is never easy, it is sometimes a necessary, albeit painful, part of the Christian life. This helpful study guide tackles the difficult topic in six chapters designed to focus discussion on the interpretation and application of biblical texts. Groups will work through questions as they discover the role of chur… Read more…

Pursuing God's Will Together: A Discernment Practice for Leadership Groups

Pursuing God's Will Together: A Discernment Practice for Leadership Groups

by Ruth Haley Barton

Logos Book of the Year Creating Leadership Teams Led by the SpiritMeetings can sap our energy, rupture community and thoroughly demoralize us. They can go on forever with no resolution. Or they can rush along without consensus just to "get through the agenda." What if there was another way?Church boards and other Christian leadership teams have long relied o… Read more…

Community Is Messy: The Perils and Promise of Small Group Ministry

Community Is Messy: The Perils and Promise of Small Group Ministry

by Heather Zempel

Heather Zempel oversees the community life at a multisite church in Washington, D.C., a challenging population with one of the highest relocation rates in the United States. And yet under her leadership, National Community Church has become a model for creative, dynamic, deep small group ministry.Drawing from her background as an environmental engineer (incl… Read more…

The Journey of Ministry: Insights from a Life of Practice

The Journey of Ministry: Insights from a Life of Practice

by Richard J. Mouw and Eddie Gibbs

These days, everybody wants the latest killer app for successful ministry. But ministry is not plug-and-play technology. It is an art cultivated over a long-term journey of faithfulness and perseverance.In his most intimate book yet, Eddie Gibbs articulates a personal philosophy of ministry born from his storied career in teaching and pastoral ministry. Thro… Read more…

Salvando a una generación de un mundo superficial: Descubrimientos no tan secretos sobre el ministerio juvenil

Salvando a una generación de un mundo superficial: Descubrimientos no tan secretos sobre el ministerio juvenil

by Kara E. Powell, Chap Clark and Kara Powell

SALVANDO A UNA GENERACIÓN DE UN MUNDO SUPERFICIAL te mostrará una nueva manera de reflexionar en las preguntas que encaras en tu ministerio juvenil cada día y de esa forma podrás encontrar las respuestas que te llevarán a un nivel más profundo. Los reconocidos autores Chap Clark y Kara Powell han desarrollado una importante investigaci&oacu… Read more…

Cómo usar el humor en el ministerio

Cómo usar el humor en el ministerio

by Ulises Oyarzún

En este manuscrito, Ulises Oyarzún, tirará por la ventana el paradigma clásico de que la alegría y el humor no tienen nada que ver con la seriedad del evangelio. Producto de un singular trabajo investigativo que recorre la Biblia, la historia, las tradiciones de la iglesia y las experiencias del autor, este es un libro imperdible para los que entienden q… Read more…

Iglesia reconfigurada: Cómo lograr el ideal de la iglesia orgánica

Iglesia reconfigurada: Cómo lograr el ideal de la iglesia orgánica

by Frank Viola

El autor Frank Viola les da a los lectores un lenguaje que muy seguramente no sabían que faltaba en su experiencia en la iglesia moderna. El cree que muchas de las congregaciones de hoy han cambiado la intención original de Dios para la iglesia. Como líder destacado del movimiento de las iglesias caseras, Frank está al frente de una rev… Read more…

Building a Life-Changing Small Group Ministry: A Strategic Guide for Leading Group Life in Your Church

Building a Life-Changing Small Group Ministry: A Strategic Guide for Leading Group Life in Your Church

by Bill Donahue and Russ G. Robinson

Like nothing else, small groups have the power to change lives. They are the ideal route to discipleship—a place where the rubber of biblical truth meets the road of human relationships. However, church leaders often feel at a loss when it comes to assessing the strengths and weaknesses of group life in a church, and they struggle with understanding and so… Read more…


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