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Welcome to a Reformed Church: A Guide for Pilgrims
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Welcome to a Reformed Church: A Guide for Pilgrims

by Daniel R Hyde

Narrated by Hyde, Daniel R.

Who are these guys? That was the question the teenage Daniel R. Hyde posed to his father when he first encountered Reformed believers. With their unique beliefs and practices, these Christians didnt fit any of the categories in his mind. Not so many years later, Hyde is now Rev. Daniel R. Hyde, a pastor of a Reformed church. Recognizing that many are on the … Read more…

Word-Filled Women's Ministry: Loving and Serving the Church

Word-Filled Women's Ministry: Loving and Serving the Church

by Kathleen B. Nielson, Carrie Sandom, Gloria Furman, Nancy Guthrie, Susan Hunt, Kristie Anyabwile, Cindy Cochrum, Ellen Dykas, Keri Folmar, Claire Smith and Kathleen Nielson

The Bible is clear that women as well as men are created in God's image and intended to serve him with their lives. But what does this look like for women in the church? Helping church leaders think through what a Bible-centered women's ministry looks like, this collection of essays by respected Bible teachers and authors su… Read more…

Divine Sex: A Compelling Vision for Christian Relationships in a Hypersexualized Age

Divine Sex: A Compelling Vision for Christian Relationships in a Hypersexualized Age

by James Smith and Jonathan Grant

Christianity Today Book Award WinnerThe digital revolution has ushered in a series of sexual revolutions, all contributing to a perfect storm for modern relationships. Online dating, social media, internet pornography, and the phenomenon of the smartphone generation have created an avalanche of change with far-reaching consequences for sexuality today. The c… Read more…

La fuga: Por qué los jóvenes se van de la Iglesia

La fuga: Por qué los jóvenes se van de la Iglesia

by Daniel Pujol

¿Por qué los jóvenes se van de la iglesia? Esta es la pregunta que se hace toda una generación de padres que vieron a sus hijos crecer en la iglesia y, desde pequeños, aprender de Dios y del evangelio; pero al llegar a la adolescencia comenzaron a alejarse poco a poco hasta marcharse del todo. Este libro fue escrito por uno de esos jóvenes que se fugó… Read more…

Bearing the Unbearable: Trauma, Gospel, and Pastoral Care

Bearing the Unbearable: Trauma, Gospel, and Pastoral Care

by Deborah van Deusen Hunsinger

A Christ-centered approach to dealing with trauma on both a personal and a communal level Traumas abound. Post-traumatic stress disorder, emotional and sexual abuse, unbearable anxiety and fear, and a host of other traumas afflict people everywhere. In this book Deborah van Deusen Hunsinger weaves together threads from the fields of psychology and pastoral t… Read more…

Spent Matches: Igniting the Signal Fire for the Spiritually Dissatisfied

Spent Matches: Igniting the Signal Fire for the Spiritually Dissatisfied

by Refraction and Roy Moran

Spent Matches explores the possibility that a few small paradigm shifts within the church might make the difference between extinction and effectiveness. In fact, taking a clue from the automobile industry, the church might be able to not only halt the rapid decay in attendance but also become an effective tool in achieving Jesus' final command… Read more…

Help My Unbelief: Why Doubt Is Not the Enemy of Faith

Help My Unbelief: Why Doubt Is Not the Enemy of Faith

by Barnabas Piper

God is infinite, beyond our understanding—yet He chooses to reveal Himself in ways that spark questions rather than settling them all. Instead of making Himself smaller, God invites us into a larger faith. One that has room for questions, victories, failures, and mystery. Because belief in an infinite God by finite humans is an act of exploration ... a… Read more…

Business for Transformation: Getting Started

Business for Transformation: Getting Started

by Patrick Lai

Getting StartedBusiness for Transformation focuses on answering the question: “How do you start a business that transforms communities of unreached peoples?” Starting a business cross-culturally involves thousands of decisions. Until now, BAM and B4T practitioners have been lacking a tool that explains how to start a business that engages unreach… Read more…

Kingdom First

Kingdom First

by Mac Lake and Jeff Christopherson

Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness. There are few dreams more spiritually intoxicating than the dream of being used by God to start a new community of Christ that skillfully brings the restorative gospel to a lost and broken city. Something which feels like a spiritual landslide that starts with lostness and ends in an avalanche of new … Read more…

Structured for Mission: Renewing the Culture of the Church

Structured for Mission: Renewing the Culture of the Church

by Alan J. Roxburgh

The church is living in a time of massive, unprecedented change. Traditional institutions and structures are unraveling in response to rapid social, demographic and economic developments. The existing ways of being the church are no longer meaningful to many. How should the church respond?Many seek to address this situation by tweaking the established instit… Read more…

7 Family Ministry Essentials: A Strategy for Culture Change in Children's and Student Ministries

7 Family Ministry Essentials: A Strategy for Culture Change in Children's and Student Ministries

by Michelle Anthony and Megan Marshman

With decades of ministry experience, Michelle Anthony and Megan Marshman capture the guiding essentials of life-changing family ministry. These seven essentials for children and student leaders emphasize: 1. Empowering families to take spiritual leadership in the home 2. Forming lifetime faith that transcends childhood beliefs 3. Teaching Scripture as the u… Read more…

Becoming the People of God: Creating Christ-Centered Communities in Buddhist Asia

Becoming the People of God: Creating Christ-Centered Communities in Buddhist Asia

by Paul H De Neui

A comprehensive exploration into the efforts and methodologies of creating Christian communities within Buddhist contexts in Asia.How do Christ followers celebrate unity in the midst of diversity? How do we become the people of God in more than name only? A unifying Christ-centeredness demands living out kingdom values and bearing witness to transformation i… Read more…


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