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Awakening the Hermit Kingdom: Pioneer American Women Missionaries in Korea

Awakening the Hermit Kingdom: Pioneer American Women Missionaries in Korea

by Katherine Ahn

Pioneer American Women Missionaries in KoreaAwakening the Hermit Kingdom: Pioneer American Women Missionaries in Korea gives a focused look at the long-ignored subject, the pioneer women missionaries to the Hermit Kingdom, as the early missionaries often called Korea. Based largely on private papers and mission reports of the missionaries, the author explore… Read more…

Power and Identity in the Global Church:: Six Contemporary Cases

Power and Identity in the Global Church:: Six Contemporary Cases

by Brian M. Howell and Edwin Zehner

Power and Identity in the Global Church: Six Contemporary Cases applies contemporary sociological, theological, and New Testament insights to better understand how God’s people can, do, and should interact in the field, thereby laying the groundwork for better multicultural approaches to mission partnership. The authors—six evangelical anthropologists an… Read more…

Singled Out: Why Celibacy Must Be Reinvented in Today's Church

Singled Out: Why Celibacy Must Be Reinvented in Today's Church

by Christine Colón and Bonnie Field

Authors Christine Colón and Bonnie Field thought that by a certain age they would each be married. But they watched that age come and go--and still no walks down the aisle.In Singled Out, they reflect on their experience--and that of an increasing number of Christians. Rejecting overly simplistic messages from the church about "waiting for marriage," … Read more…

Organic Church: Growing faith where life happens
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Organic Church: Growing faith where life happens

by Neil Cole

Narrated by Cole, Neil

Churches have tried all kinds of ways to attract new and younger members - revised vision statements, hipper worship, contemporary music, livelier sermons, bigger and better auditoriums. But there are still so many people who aren't being reached, who don't want to come to church. And the truth is that attendance at church on Sundays does not necessa… Read more…

Communicating Christ in Asian Cities: Urban Issues in Buddhist Contexts

Communicating Christ in Asian Cities: Urban Issues in Buddhist Contexts

by Paul H De Neui

Communicating Christ in Asian Cities: Urban Issues in Buddhist Contexts is the sixth volume in a series produced from the annual SEANET Missiological Forum held in Chiang Mai, Thailand. It developed from a keen awareness that certain urban concerns for evangelistic mission must be addressed in a unique way when viewed within the myriad and complex cultures f… Read more…

Ofensivo y escandaloso: Liderazgo para el nuevo siglo

Ofensivo y escandaloso: Liderazgo para el nuevo siglo

by Jeffrey D. De León and Joel Van Dyke

Se casaron y fueron felices para siempre... casi.Después de una amistad de dos años se casaron unos jóvenes creyentes y maduros. Pero no fueron felices para siempre. Algo terrible sucedió con su relación aunque vivieron felices en sus primeros años de matrimonio. El esposo empezó a jugar con fuego sin planearlo y pronto se involucró con otra mujer. E… Read more…

Listening to the Beliefs of Emerging Churches: Five Perspectives

Listening to the Beliefs of Emerging Churches: Five Perspectives

by Zondervan and Robert E. Webber

What are the beliefs of the new movement known as the emerging church? In thought-provoking debate, prominent emerging leaders John Burke, Mark Driscoll, Dan Kimball, Doug Pagitt, and Karen Ward discuss their sometimes controversial views under the editorship of author and educator Robert Webber. Hear what they say about their views of Scripture, Christ, the… Read more…

Radical Reformission: Reaching Out without Selling Out

Radical Reformission: Reaching Out without Selling Out

by Mark Driscoll

Reformation is the continual reforming of the mission of the church to enhance God’s command to reach out to others in a way that acknowledges the unique times and locations of daily life. This engaging book blends the integrity of respected theoreticians with the witty and practical insights of a pastor. It calls for a movement of missionaries to seek t… Read more…

Coaching Life-Changing Small Group Leaders: A Practical Guide for Those Who Lead and Shepherd Small Group Leaders

Coaching Life-Changing Small Group Leaders: A Practical Guide for Those Who Lead and Shepherd Small Group Leaders

by Bill Donahue and Greg Bowman

Small groups transform churches—and lives. Small group leaders often feel the weight of shepherding their members. But who shepherds the shepherd? And what are the best ways to provide that support and guidance? These are the questions answered in Coaching Life-Changing Small Group Leaders. When you’re called to coach a small group leader in your church,… Read more…

Making Your Children's Ministry the Best Hour of Every Kid's Week

Making Your Children's Ministry the Best Hour of Every Kid's Week

by David Staal, Sue Miller and Bill Hybels and George Barna

Promiseland is Willow Creek’s highly successful children’s ministry. Using examples from Promiseland and churches of all sizes around the country, this book provides step by step guidance and creative application exercises to help churches develop a thriving children’s ministry—one that strives to be the best hour of every kid’s week. Included are … Read more…

What Women Wish Pastors Knew: Understanding the Hopes, Hurts, Needs, and Dreams of Women in the Church

What Women Wish Pastors Knew: Understanding the Hopes, Hurts, Needs, and Dreams of Women in the Church

by Eugene Peterson and Denise George

This book will open your eyes to the needs, frustrations, dreams, and potential of your church’s greatest resource—the 60 percent of its members who provide far more than 60 percent of what keeps it going. The women of your church think the world of you, pastor. But they deeply wish you understood a few things about them that can make an enormous differe… Read more…

Incarnate Leadership: 5 Leadership Lessons from the Life of Jesus

Incarnate Leadership: 5 Leadership Lessons from the Life of Jesus

by Bill Robinson and Eugene Peterson and Eric Peterson

Helps Christian leaders understand how to provide effective leadership by highlighting five qualities that characterized the leadership style of Jesus.Bill Robinson presents convincing arguments that when leaders emulate these qualities, they will inspire and empower the people they have been called to lead. Reflection and discussion questions and asses… Read more…


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