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Hunter III.","author":"Hunter, George G.","isbn":"0687277329","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Abingdon Press"},"datePublished":"1996","inLanguage":"English","description":"The rebirth of the apostolic congregation -- What people can become -- A case for the culturally relevant congregation -- How small groups shape an apostolic people -- How lay ministry advances the Christian movement -- How apostolic churches reach secular people.\n\nPublished in: Nashville\n\nPhysical description: 188 pages ; 23 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Church of the Lord (Brotherhood) : history, challenges and growth \/ Thomas A. Oduro.","author":"Oduro, T.","isbn":"9789988864576","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"SonLife Printing Press and Services, cop."},"datePublished":"2016","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents:\tIntroduction to African Independent Churches -- History of the Church of the Lord (Aladura) in Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Liberia (1930-1965) -- Pastoral training in the Church of the Lord (Aladura) -- History of the Church of the Lord (Aladura in Ghana (1953-1966) -- The seven turbulent years -- A committee of Enquiry -- Church of the Lord (Brotherhood): the establishment of an autonomous church -- Reforms in the Church of the Lord (Brotherhood) -- Growth of the Church of the Lord (Brotherhood) -- Pastoral training in the Church of the Lord (Brotherhood) -- Biography of Emmanuel Alfred Kwadwo Ofosu (1932-1974) -- Biography of Seth Kwaku Adofo. \r\n\r\nOther Notes\tIncludes bibliographical references (pages 189-196) and index.\n\nPublished in: Accra, Ghana :\n\nPhysical description: xvii, 207 pages, 19 unnumbered pages of plates : i","bookEdition":"Second edition","offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Developing a strategy for missions : a biblical, historical, and cultural introduction \/ John Mark Terry, J.D. Payne.","author":"Terry, John Mark; Payne, Jervis, David","isbn":"9780801039539","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group"},"datePublished":"2013","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents: \tStrategy defined -- The crafting of mission strategy -- Contemporary objections to missionary strategy -- Strategic planning in biblical perspective -- Missiological principles for strategy development -- The apostle Paul's missionary strategy -- Missions strategy in the early church -- Roman Catholic strategy -- Pioneer Protestant strategies -- Faith missions strategy -- Mission strategies on the American frontier -- The indigenous mission strategy -- The church growth movement -- Frontier strategies -- Contextualization strategies -- Understanding cultural research -- Developing a people-group profile -- Developing a communication strategy -- Discerning receptivity -- Discerning need -- Visioning for the future -- Forming a team -- Assessing the resources -- Setting goals -- Choosing appropriate methods -- Execution -- Evaluation.\r\n\r\nAbstract: \t\"In this addition to the highly acclaimed Encountering Mission series, two leading missionary scholars offer an up-to-date discussion of missionary strategy that is designed for a global audience. The authors focus on the biblical, missiological, historical, cultural, and practical issues that inform and guide the development of an effective missions strategy. The book includes all the features that have made other series volumes useful classroom tools, such as figures, sidebars, and case studies. Students of global or domestic mission work and mission practitioners will value this new resource\"--Publisher description.\r\n\r\nOther Notes \tIncludes bibliographical references (pages 269-275) and indexes.\n\nPublished in: Grand Rapids, Michigan\n\nPhysical description: x, 287 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Heirs of the covenant : leaving a legacy of faith for the next generation \/ Susan Hunt.","author":"Hunt, S.","isbn":"1581340117","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Crossway Books"},"datePublished":"1998","inLanguage":"English","description":"The content of the covenant -- The context of the covenant -- The book of the covenant -- Home and church -- A covenantal strategy for church growth -- Teaching covenantally -- A strategy for Christian education -- The villagers and the village life -- For Christ's crown and covenant.\n\nPublished in: Wheaton, Ill.\n\nPhysical description: 238 pages ; 23 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"How to multiply your church : the most effective way to grow \/ Ralph Moore.","author":"Moore, R.","isbn":"9780830751334","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Regal Books"},"datePublished":"2009","inLanguage":"English","description":"Published in: Ventura, Calif.\n\nPhysical description: 254 pages ; 22 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"How to multiply your church : the most effective way to grow \/ Ralph Moore.","author":"Moore, R.","isbn":"9780830751334","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Regal Books"},"datePublished":"2009","inLanguage":"English","description":"Introduction: Be fruitful, multiply ... and fill all the earth -- Part I: To add, multiply or both? -- Metaphor : why 1943 was a very good year -- Lessons : takeaways from history -- Kingdoms in conflict : a battle we dare not lose -- The big question : will another church really help? -- Hope : this book will make you smile -- Part II: Inside the walls of our minds -- Leverage : multiplying your church makes the great commission doable -- Confusion : why don't our churches multiply? -- Roadblocks : what stands in our way? -- Emotions : it doesn't feel quite right -- Part III: In search of scripture -- Model : Jesus as a church planter -- Possibility : doing what Jesus did -- Failure and success : multiplication in the early church -- Methods : what would Paul do? -- Slogans : statements of mission and purpose -- Vision : what shapes the new church? -- Part IV: Opportunity is where you make it -- Tenacity : faith in an age of fear -- Mission : reaching people where they are -- Education : learning from America's past -- A second look : emerging urban opportunities -- Part V: You can do this! -- Fun : church multiplication is like making babies -- Hardware : coloring outside the lines -- Equipping : how to ready your church to multiply -- Costs : how to multiply churches when resources are limited -- Momentum : managing that most important factor -- Part VI: Stand and deliver -- Expectations : could our congregation spawn a movement? -- Urgency : why today is pregnant with opportunity -- D-Day : will you stay on the sidelines?\n\nPublished in: Ventura, Calif.\n\nPhysical description: 254 pages ; 22 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":7,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"It's a different world! : the challenge for today's pastor \/ Lyle E. Schaller.","author":"Schaller, Lyle E.","isbn":"0687197295","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Abingdon Press"},"datePublished":null,"inLanguage":"English","description":"1. It is harder today! -- The mobile member -- Other changes -- 2. The sunny side of the street -- May 15, 1984 -- Where there is hope -- We are living longer -- The air is cleaner -- Mainstreaming can work! -- Elderly no longer means poor -- That remarkable job machine! -- Why is good news neglected? -- 3. From mainline to nondenominational -- The eighteenth century scene -- The circuit rider and the farmer preacher -- Broadening the base -- What are the implications? -- Where are the men? -- Influences in the political arena -- Where are my children? -- The southern California subculture -- Why the decline? -- Searchers, pilgrims, and converts -- The decreasing proportion of Anglos -- Who is organizing new congregations? -- The growing number of \"Nones\" -- Growing old together -- The catholic to protestant migration -- The reemergence of the independent entrepreneur -- Stresses and choices -- 4. What is the liberal position? -- Public schools or non public schools? -- What are the alternatives? -- What is the issue? -- The church growth dimension -- Who attends? -- Which side appeals to you? -- From obligations to adversaries -- The churches follow the trend -- What follows success? -- The emergence of adversarial relationships -- Consequences and questions -- The big issue. \r\n5. The new majority -- The significance of 1944 -- A decade of radical change -- Who went to work? -- What else changed? -- A return to the good old days -- Where's my husband? -- Separating marriage and motherhood -- Motherhood vs. feminism -- The changing roles of women -- The feminization of the churches -- What happened to the next baby boom? -- What do you count? -- Who will care for the kids? -- Questions to be asked -- Questions on subsidies -- What about men? -- 6. The twenty nine year old grandmother -- What are the implications? -- What has not worked? -- What might work? -- 7. From vocation to profession? -- The emergence of the paraprofessional -- A new approach to staffing the churches -- What does it mean? -- 8. From doorbell to mailbox -- What happened? -- Three other factors -- What are the implications? -- Four cautions -- 9. A world filled with choices -- Where do you belong? -- The complexity of the weekly schedule -- \"That sermon didn't speak to me\" -- From missions to study and choices -- What happened to our singles group? -- How do you organize the Sunday school? -- What happened to the unified budget? -- The cost of choices.\n\nPublished in: Nashville\n\nPhysical description: 239 pages ; 22 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":8,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Leading churches through change \/ Douglas Alan Walrath.","author":"Walrath, D. A.","isbn":"0687212707","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Douglas Alan"},"datePublished":"1979","inLanguage":"English","description":"Published in: Nashville\n\nPhysical description: 124 pages ; 21 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":9,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Leading churches through change \/ Douglas Alan Walrath.","author":"Walrath, D. A.","isbn":"0687212707","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Abingdon Press"},"datePublished":null,"inLanguage":"English","description":"Published in: Nashville\n\nPhysical description: 124 pages ; 21 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":10,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Planting missional churches : your guide to starting churches that multiply.","author":"Stetzer, Ed.","isbn":null,"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Broadman & Holman"},"datePublished":"2016","inLanguage":"English","description":"Published in: Nashville, Tenn.\n\nPhysical description: 401P","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}}]}