Center Church

Center Church
Author: Timothy Keller
Publsiher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2012-09-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780310494195

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Practical and Gospel-centered thoughts on how to have a fruitful ministry by one of America's leading and most beloved pastor. Many church leaders are struggling to adapt to a culture that values individuality above loyalty to a group or institution. There have been so many "church growth" and "effective ministry" books in the past few decades that it's hard to know where to start or which ones will provide useful and honest insight. Based on over twenty years of ministry in New York City, Timothy Keller takes a unique approach that measures a ministry's success neither by numbers nor purely by the faithfulness of its leaders, but on the biblical grounds of fruitfulness. Center Church outlines a balanced theological vision for ministry organized around three core commitments: Gospel-centered: The gospel of grace in Jesus Christ changes everything, from our hearts to our community to the world. It completely reshapes the content, tone, and strategy of all that we do. City-centered: With a positive approach toward our culture, we learn to affirm that cities are wonderful, strategic, and under-served places for gospel ministry. Movement-centered: Instead of building our own tribe, we seek the prosperity and peace of our community as we are led by the Holy Spirit. "Between a pastor's doctrinal beliefs and ministry practices should be a well-conceived vision for how to bring the gospel to bear on the particular cultural setting and historical moment. This is something more practical than just doctrine but much more theological than "how-to steps" for carrying out a ministry. Once this vision is in place, it leads church leaders to make good decisions on how to worship, disciple, evangelize, serve, and engage culture in their field of ministry—whether in a city, suburb, or small town." — Tim Keller, Core Church

Heart of the World Center of the Church

Heart of the World  Center of the Church
Author: David L. Schindler
Publsiher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2001-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0802839851

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Cultural Engagement

Cultural Engagement
Author: Timothy Keller
Publsiher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2013-09-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780310516934

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Fruitful ministry in the century must embrace the unavoidable reality of the city. A Center Church theological vision affirms that center cities are wonderful, strategic, and underserved places for gospel ministry and recognizes that virtually all ministry contexts are increasingly shared by urban and global forces. Regardless of your particular cultural or geographical context, you will need to consider the city when forming a theological vision that engages the people you are trying to reach. This eBook contains the fifth part of Center Church, “Cultural Engagement.” In it, Keller discusses four models for engaging urban culture, acknowledging that each model has strengths and weaknesses—ways in which it reflects a particular biblical emphasis and other ways in which it reflects an unbiblical imbalance or idol. The Center church model for cultural engagement blends the key insights of each model in a way that we believe is more biblically faithful and also fruitful for reaching urban culture.

Gospel Centered Ministry

Gospel Centered Ministry
Author: D. A. Carson,Timothy J. Keller
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-03-02
Genre: Church
ISBN: 1433527596

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D. A. Carson and Tim Keller outline their vision for the Gospel Coalition and the nature of gospel-centered ministry. A Gospel Coalition booklet.

The National Geographic Names Data Base

The National Geographic Names Data Base
Author: Donald J. Orth,Roger L. Payne
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 142
Release: 1987
Genre: Information storage and retrieval systems
ISBN: UCR:31210024721951

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U S Geological Survey Circular

U S  Geological Survey Circular
Author: Anonim
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 146
Release: 1987
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: UOM:39015014909983

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Church in Hard Places

Church in Hard Places
Author: Mez McConnell,Mike McKinley
Publsiher: Crossway
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2016-01-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781433549076

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Jesus came to seek and to save the lost, paying particular attention to the downtrodden and the poor. As followers of Jesus, Christians are called to imitate his example and reach out to those who have the least. This book offers biblical guidelines and practical strategies for reaching those on the margins of our society with the gospel of Jesus Christ. The authors—both pastors with years of experience ministering among the poor—set forth helpful “dos” and “don’ts” related to serving in the midst of less-affluent communities. Emphasizing the priority of the gospel as well as the importance of addressing issues of social justice, this volume will help pastors and other church leaders mobilize their people to plant churches and make an impact in “hard places”—in their own communities and around the world.

The Road to Missional Shapevine

The Road to Missional  Shapevine
Author: Michael Frost
Publsiher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2011-10-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781441234292

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It has recently become acceptable, and even fashionable, to refer to one's church as "missional." But many churches misunderstand the concept, thinking of "going missional" as simply being a necessary add-on to church-as-usual. This domestication of what is actually a very bold paradigm shift makes missional nothing more than one more trick to see church growth. With a light hand and a pastoral spirit, Michael Frost points out how church practitioners are not quite there yet. He reestablishes the ground rules, redefines the terms accurately, and insists that the true prophetic essence of "being missional" comes through undiluted. This clear corrective will take ministry leaders from "not missional yet" to well on their way.