The Church Has Left the Building
Title | The Church Has Left the Building PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Plekon |
Publisher | Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Pages | 163 |
Release | 2016-09-30 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1498239560 |
The origin of the phrase "the church has left the building" lies with Elvis. In order to clear halls of his riotous fans after concerts, it was announced that "Elvis has left the building." Here, the expression highlights intense change within the church. Not only does the church change for its own existence, it also does so for the life of the world. The church cannot avoid the many past and future changes of our constantly transforming society, demographic changes long in process. What you have before you is a gathering of first-hand reflections--stories really--from a diverse group of Christians, lay as well as ordained. While each has a distinctive experience of the church in our time, all of them have something to say about the many changes in our society and how these are affecting our faith, the parish, and pastoral work. Contributors: Mary Breton Nicholas Denysenko Adam A. J. DeVille John C. Frazier David Frost Carol Fryer Kenneth J. Guest Brett Hoover Abbie Huff Wongee Joh Justin Mathews Maria Gwyn McDowell William C. Mills Robert Corin Morris Sarah Hinlicky Wilson Michael Plekon
The Sending Church
Title | The Sending Church PDF eBook |
Author | Pat Hood |
Publisher | B&H Publishing Group |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1433681765 |
A pastor uses examples from his own congregation to show how a church isn't really a church until it leaves the building and expands God's Kingdom in the local neighborhood and around the world.
At Your Best
Title | At Your Best PDF eBook |
Author | Carey Nieuwhof |
Publisher | WaterBrook |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2021-09-14 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0735291373 |
“A perceptive and practical book about why our calendars so rarely reflect our priorities and what we can do to regain control.”—ADAM GRANT “Carey’s book will help you reorganize your life. And then you can share a copy with someone you care about.”—SETH GODIN You deserve to stop living at an unsustainable pace. An influential podcaster and thought leader shows you how. Overwhelmed. Overcommitted. Overworked. That’s the false script an inordinate number of people adopt to be successful. Does this sound familiar: ● Slammed is normal. ● Distractions are everywhere. ● Life gets reduced to going through the motions. Tired of living that way? At Your Best gives you the strategies you need to win at work and at home by living in a way today that will help you thrive tomorrow. Influential podcast host and thought leader Carey Nieuwhof understands the challenges of constant pressure. After a season of burnout almost took him out, he discovered how to get time, energy, and priorities working in his favor. This approach freed up more than one thousand productive hours a year for him and can do the same for you. At Your Best will help you ● replace chronic exhaustion with deep productivity ● break the pattern of overpromising and never accomplishing enough ● clarify what matters most by restructuring your day ● master the art of saying no, without losing friends or influence ● discover why vacations and sabbaticals don’t really solve your problems ● develop a personalized plan to recapture each day so you can break free from the trap of endless to-dos Start thriving at work and at home as you discover how to be at your best.
Jesus Has Left the Building
Title | Jesus Has Left the Building PDF eBook |
Author | Toni Campbell |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2021-07-15 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781736008003 |
Author and church benevolent minister Toni Campbell shares the fruit of a decade of planning community outreach events with her team, reaching a large extended population in central New Jersey. Jesus Has Left the Building features the nitty gritty details culled from the experience of hundreds of volunteers and takes the time-consuming guesswork out of church'outreach plans. Step-by-step details and fine-tuning tips ensure that you won't have to reinvent the wheel in outreach efforts, but concentrate on the primary mission to generously share Jesus with people and meet their physical needs through the practical goals of saving time, money, and volunteer effort. Twelve outreach events are outlines in specific detail, plus leadership tips for volunteer team building and follow-up discipleship necessities.
When the Church Leaves the Building
Title | When the Church Leaves the Building PDF eBook |
Author | David Fredrickson |
Publisher | WingSpan Press |
Pages | 214 |
Release | 2006-07-24 |
Genre | Church renewal |
ISBN | 1595940790 |
This is the story of a man and congregation that valued God's life above their own experience and the amazing journey that led them to undertake. They discovered what most people only dare to dream. You'll be shocked at the choices they made and inspired by the lessons they learned. This is not the story of a well constructed success strategy and how to implement it, but of a people willing to go on a journey even though they could only see one step at a time and whose destination was far from clear. The costs were considerable, the rewards far greater.
Jesus Has Left the Building
Title | Jesus Has Left the Building PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Vieira |
Publisher | Karis Pub Incorporated |
Pages | 276 |
Release | 2006-08-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780971804081 |
As a journey guide, this book delivers compelling answers to some difficult questions such as: what was Jesus' original church like and how is God reshaping Christianity today?
Jesus Has Left the Building
Title | Jesus Has Left the Building PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Keese |
Publisher | Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Pages | 68 |
Release | 2014-09-25 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1630875023 |
Contrary to what many church people (particularly church "professionals") say, God does not dwell in church, and church doesn't have the franchise on good news. Instead, author Peter Keese proposes the optimistic view that good news is much larger and more all-encompassing than any church can contain or convey, and that good news is everywhere to be found and experienced. In this imaginary dialogue between a traditionalist and his protagonist for a god-in-the-world perspective, Keese's sermons illustrate his conviction that God is out there, inviting us to join in and enjoy the riches of God's life and work. Indeed, as Keese writes, "Jesus has left the building--with all its strictures--and beckons us to come along where life in all its chaotic glory is to be experienced--and enjoyed!"