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Rather than telling you about church growth, or church buildings, the books in this category discuss how to have a healthy church, with “health” defined as “accomplishing what God has called the church do.” Your healthy church might even have to lose some members. Who knows for certain? The question is whether your church is prepared to carry out its mission in its community, however far that community may extend.
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What is the church? What does it look like? What should it look like? For answers to these questions David Alan Black looks to the first century church and our founding documents in the New Testament. What were the characteristics of a Christian assembly in the first century? In his study he finds seven things…
What is the church? What does it look like? What should it look like? For answers to these questions David Alan Black looks to the first century church and our founding documents in the New Testament. What were the characteristics of a Christian assembly in the first century? In his study he finds seven things…
¿Qué es la iglesia? ¿Cómo se ve? ¿Cómo deberÃa ser? Para obtener respuestas a estas preguntas David Alan Black mira a la iglesia del primer siglo y nuestros documentos fundacionales en el Nuevo Testamento. ¿Cuáles eran las caracterÃsticas de una asamblea cristiana en el primer siglo? En su estudio encuentra siete marcas que definieron a…
“There are many countries today where Christians endure persecution on a massive scale. Are we as children of God called to stand and be proactive? Are we not to be involved until we are backed into a corner? Then, are we to be always reactive, never on the offensive but always on the defensive? Are…
Why does the gospel as taught and practiced in modern Christian churches? Dr. Lee Wyatt believes it is because we have truncated it and cost it its power.
Is there a guide to Christian ministry that is both relevant and rooted in church history? Bruce Epperly believes that Acts of the Apostles can be a transformative book, a true gospel for the 21st century. In Healing Marks (Energion Publications, 2012), Dr. Bruce Epperly challenged Christians to take the healings of Jesus seriously as…
Lay persons in the church might be forgiven for imagining that the book of Revelation cannot be understood. There are many different interpretive schemes proposed, and hundreds of variations within those schemes. But the reader who is willing to spend the time will find real treasures in the study of this book, and Paul Himes…
