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Adventure of Discipling Others: Training in the Art of Disciplemaking

Adventure of Discipling Others: Training in the Art of Disciplemaking

by John Purvis and Ron and Mary Bennett

Just like Jesus, you can pour faith into believers, helping them grow spiritually and fulfill their unique niche in God’s kingdom. In this handbook and Bible study you’ll learn:Why we are called to disciple believersWhat topics lay a biblical foundation for new ChristiansHow to develop a discipling process… Read more…

Facing Leviathan: Leadership, Influence, and Creating in a Cultural Storm

Facing Leviathan: Leadership, Influence, and Creating in a Cultural Storm

by Jon Tyson and Mark Sayers

There are two styles of leadership at war in the world.On one side the mechanical leader casts a vision of heroic action aided by pragmatism, reason, technology, and power.On the other side the organic leader strives to bring forth creativity, defying convention, and relishing life in culture’s margins.This leadership battle is at the heart of our c… Read more…

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Neighborhood Mapping: How to Make Your Church Invaluable to the Community

Neighborhood Mapping: How to Make Your Church Invaluable to the Community

by John E Fuder

If your church relocated, would your neighbors notice? Would there be an outcry for you to stay?Whether you are a church planter, pastor, community activist, missionary, college ministry leader, or simply a Christ-follower looking to impact your community, this resource is for you. Neighborhood Mapping by Dr. John Fuder is an engaging, practical tool avai… Read more…

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Transformational Groups: Creating a New Scorecard for Groups

Transformational Groups: Creating a New Scorecard for Groups

by Ed Stetzer and Eric Geiger

God declared through the Apostle Paul that the church would be a place of transformation. In 2 Corinthians 5:17 we find, Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away, and look, new things have come. Despite this, the church seems increasingly to be a place where transformation fails to occur. Surveying the landscape, h… Read more…

Unlost: Being Found by the One We Are Looking For

Unlost: Being Found by the One We Are Looking For

by Michael Hidalgo

2014 Readers' Choice Award WinnerMichael Hidalgo writes:"I grew up in a Christianized world. I always attended Christian schools, and after high school, I even went to a Bible school for a year before eventually going to a Christian college. All the while, I was never interested in what others thought I should do and not do. I never really saw myself as … Read more…

Blur: A New Paradigm for Understanding Youth Culture

Blur: A New Paradigm for Understanding Youth Culture

by Jeffrey Keuss

BETTER INFORMED,BETTER EQUIPPED TO MINISTERto today’s blurred youth cultureMobile. Connected. Wired in. This is a generation that skips over perceived cultural boundaries and resists definition. They are a mash-up of identity, a blur of old categories and classes. Creators and consumers of a rapidly changing culture.But how does one reach a demographic tha… Read more…

Talking Is a Gift: Communication Skills for Women

Talking Is a Gift: Communication Skills for Women

by Rhonda Harrington Kelley and Monica Rose Brennan

Talking Is a Gift is the only comprehensive book about communication and public speaking written from a Christian perspective by women and for women -- an unmatched source for Christian women enrolled in academic programs, leading in local churches, or serving in itinerant speaking/teaching ministries.This distinctive text from experienced authors Rhonda Har… Read more…

Preaching in an Age of Distraction

Preaching in an Age of Distraction

by J. Ellsworth Kalas

Preaching's Top Books on PreachingLet your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you.Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways.— Proverbs 4:25-26Preaching is difficult enough under the best of circumstances. But what are we to do when it seems that all of us—hearers and preachers alike  Read more…

Invasion of the Dead: Preaching Resurrection

Invasion of the Dead: Preaching Resurrection

by Brian K. Blount

Our world and our churches are neither sinful nor lost, they are dead. This dead world is the one that God engages and into which Jesus invaded with a radically different vision of life.In this groundbreaking work, based on his 211 Yale Beecher lectures, Brian K. Blount helps preachers effectively proclaim resurrection in a world consumed by death. Recognizi… Read more…

Restless: Because You Were Made for More

Restless: Because You Were Made for More

by Jennie Allen

Do you live for something? Or do you feel like you're just waiting to find your purpose? Many of us feel restless, but that might not be a bad thing. When our restlessness awakens our longing to be woven into God's story, it can launch us into living the life of purpose God designed for us.  In Restless, Bible study teacher and bestselling … Read more…

The Age of the Spirit: How the Ghost of an Ancient Controversy Is Shaping the Church

The Age of the Spirit: How the Ghost of an Ancient Controversy Is Shaping the Church

by Phyllis Tickle and Jon M Sweeney

A thousand years ago, the church experienced a time of tremendous upheaval called the Great Schism. The one faith became two churches, East and West, and the course of world history was forever changed. And it all swirled around one Latin word in the Nicene Creed, filioque, that indicated the Holy Spirit proceeded both from God the Father "and from the Son."… Read more…

Give Me Jesus: Gospel-Centered Children's Ministry That Changes Lives

Give Me Jesus: Gospel-Centered Children's Ministry That Changes Lives

by Jack Eggar and Ryan Frank

A hundred years from now, the only thing that will matter is a person's relationship with Jesus Christ. The gospel is the good news that we can have a relationship with God through Jesus Christ. It's the main thing. It's the reason why we do ministry. It's the reason why the church exists. It provides the hope that every child and every famil… Read more…


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