Resources : Church Development
Who Stole My Church?
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- Thomas Nelson
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Has your Church been Hijacked?
Millions of people in their fifties, sixties, and seventies feel their churches have been hijacked by church-growth movements characterized by loud praise bands, constant PowerPoint presentations, and cavernous megachurches devoid of any personal touch. They are bewildered by the changes, and are dropping out after thirty, forty, or fifty years in a congregation. It’s a crisis!
In this fictional story, pastor and author Gordon MacDonald uses topical examples and all-too-familiar characters to reassure readers that it is possible to embrace change, and to demonstrate how that change can actually be a positive influence in their church. The church, he says, has always been in a state of change; it has been changing for the last two thousand years. It is time to embrace that change and use it further the Kingdom of God
Added on 9 Jan 09
Church Next: Quantum Changes in Christian Ministry
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- IVP
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The church has always been potentially just one generation away from extinction. But now, with a generation of under-thirty-five-year-olds turning away from institutional expressions of Christianity, churches in the West recognize that they face a challenge that is more urgent and radical than it has been for many generations.
In this acclaimed study, the authors identify some of the major storm centres through which churches must navigate, not in order to return to a previously more tranquil world, but to enter an entirely new one. They look at mission, church structures, developing new leaders and mentoring, worship, spirituality and evangelism, and ask how our ministry must change in order to serve a new generation of Christians.
Added on 9 Jan 09
The Purpose Driven Church
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- Zondervan
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- Church Development
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Growth Without Compromising Your Message and Mission
Added on 10 Dec 08
Arrow Leadership Ireland
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The Arrow Leadership Programme is a leadership development programme for men and women currently involved in full-time Christian ministry.
Added on 9 Dec 08
Transform Your Church
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- IVP
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Fifty very practical steps
Added on 8 Dec 08
Doing Things Differently: Changing the Heart of the Church
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- Grove Books
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A call for a radical re-appraisal of what it means to be church, calling us back to the passion, vitality and integrity of the New Testament. Looks at questions of vision, assumptions, structures, values – and the cost.
Added on 8 Dec 08