<<< Hirsch. Alan: The Forgotten Ways: Reactivating the Missional
Church (288 S.; 2006, Brazospress, 9781587431647~ 13 $)
How did the number of Christians in the world grow from as few as
25,000 one hundred years after Christ's death, to up to 20 million in
AD 310? How did the Chinese underground chu rch grow from 2 million
to over 100 million in sixty years despite considerable opposition?
In The Forgotten Ways, Alan Hirsch reveals the paradigmatic insights
he discovered as he delved into those questions.
Hirsch identifies six latent potencies in God's people that lie
dormant and forgotten until something catalytic prompts the
rediscovery of them. These elements are clearly seen in the church
during times of phenomenal growth and impact, but he suggests that
they are actually always present and can be reactivated to create
apostolic movement. Church leaders, strategists, seminary professors,
and students will benefit from Hirsch's discoveries and his ability
to put those ideas to work in contemporary churches and ministries.
<<< Minatrea, Wilfred: Shaped By God's Heart: The Passion and
Practices of Missional Churches ( 205 S., 2005, 9780787971113, John
Wiley & Sons, ~ 22 $)
Shaped by God's Heart reveals that it's not the church's activity
level that defines success but whether its activities accomplish
God's mission for His church. This book helps ministers and church
leaders move beyond mere survival and maintenance toward a thriving
missional mode for their congregations. Missional congregations
become fully relevant to today's society without losing what is
distinctively Christian in their spiritual practice.
This important resource draws on an extensive two-year field study of
two hundred churches from a variety of denominations and geographic
regions. Hardcover, 205 pages. Jossey-Bass.
<<< Zacharias, Ravi: Beyond Opinion: Living the Faith We Defend
(2007, 336 S., Nelson, 9780849919688~ 15 $)
An evangelist's duties are many: preparation, prayer, community and
actual evangelism are but a few. Apologetics, while in the strictest
definiton not evangelism itself, is nonetheless instrumental in an
apologist's performance of his Great Commission. While both gauging
the sinner's attitude toward the Gospel and gently leading him into
the Law, Christians need to be able to defend attacks - both overt
and accidental - on that Gospel. Here we find the realm of
apologetics, the defense of the Faith.
Ravi Zacharias is an apologeticist's apologeticist, speaking to
audiences around the world while reaching others by radio, television
and with his many books. Here he offers both his own writings and the
writings of others who have been or are currently involved with his
ministry RZIM, and the ground covered in these pages ranges widely,
from the challenge of other religions to questions posed by the
irreligious. Ravi himself contributes articles addressing evil and
suffering as well as how churches should engage their congregations
in apologetical instruction. Going past mere lists of answers to
questions from the lost, this book will inspire you to active
evangelism with the use of the principles provided.
Church (288 S.; 2006, Brazospress, 9781587431647~ 13 $)
How did the number of Christians in the world grow from as few as
25,000 one hundred years after Christ's death, to up to 20 million in
AD 310? How did the Chinese underground chu rch grow from 2 million
to over 100 million in sixty years despite considerable opposition?
In The Forgotten Ways, Alan Hirsch reveals the paradigmatic insights
he discovered as he delved into those questions.
Hirsch identifies six latent potencies in God's people that lie
dormant and forgotten until something catalytic prompts the
rediscovery of them. These elements are clearly seen in the church
during times of phenomenal growth and impact, but he suggests that
they are actually always present and can be reactivated to create
apostolic movement. Church leaders, strategists, seminary professors,
and students will benefit from Hirsch's discoveries and his ability
to put those ideas to work in contemporary churches and ministries.
<<< Minatrea, Wilfred: Shaped By God's Heart: The Passion and
Practices of Missional Churches ( 205 S., 2005, 9780787971113, John
Wiley & Sons, ~ 22 $)
Shaped by God's Heart reveals that it's not the church's activity
level that defines success but whether its activities accomplish
God's mission for His church. This book helps ministers and church
leaders move beyond mere survival and maintenance toward a thriving
missional mode for their congregations. Missional congregations
become fully relevant to today's society without losing what is
distinctively Christian in their spiritual practice.
This important resource draws on an extensive two-year field study of
two hundred churches from a variety of denominations and geographic
regions. Hardcover, 205 pages. Jossey-Bass.
<<< Zacharias, Ravi: Beyond Opinion: Living the Faith We Defend
(2007, 336 S., Nelson, 9780849919688~ 15 $)
An evangelist's duties are many: preparation, prayer, community and
actual evangelism are but a few. Apologetics, while in the strictest
definiton not evangelism itself, is nonetheless instrumental in an
apologist's performance of his Great Commission. While both gauging
the sinner's attitude toward the Gospel and gently leading him into
the Law, Christians need to be able to defend attacks - both overt
and accidental - on that Gospel. Here we find the realm of
apologetics, the defense of the Faith.
Ravi Zacharias is an apologeticist's apologeticist, speaking to
audiences around the world while reaching others by radio, television
and with his many books. Here he offers both his own writings and the
writings of others who have been or are currently involved with his
ministry RZIM, and the ground covered in these pages ranges widely,
from the challenge of other religions to questions posed by the
irreligious. Ravi himself contributes articles addressing evil and
suffering as well as how churches should engage their congregations
in apologetical instruction. Going past mere lists of answers to
questions from the lost, this book will inspire you to active
evangelism with the use of the principles provided.
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