{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"ItemList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Strategies for new churches \/ Ezra Earl Jones.","author":"Jones, E. E.","isbn":"0060641835 : 9780060","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Harper & Row"},"datePublished":"1976","inLanguage":"English","description":"Part I: The framework -- 1: The context of new congregational development today -- Societal trends and the need for new churches -- Responsibility of the denominations -- New opportunity -- The early years -- 2: Lessons from the past -- From the forties to the seventies -- An upswing in religious interest -- Effective new congregations -- Mistakes to avoid -- Forms of new congregations -- \"Mission\" congregation -- Minority congregation -- Style-centered congregation -- The new congregation in the redeveloped area -- Traditional suburban congregation -- Ecumenical congregation -- Interdenominational cooperation -- 3: The purpose of the church and the need for new congregations -- The religious quest -- The Christian faith -- The Christian church -- Crucial questions for the next decade -- 4: Principles of congregational development -- Types of churches -- Old First Church downtown -- Neighborhood church -- Metropolitan-regional church -- Special purpose church -- Small town church -- Open country church -- Churches in transition -- Life cycles and organizational growth -- Creating a setting -- The segmentation of church constituencies -- Institutional survival vs. outreach in ministry \r\nPart II: The process -- 5: Developing a general area strategy -- Responsibility -- General area survey -- Mapping the survey area -- Other considerations -- Completing the survey -- Projections of future development -- Analysis of survey data -- A total strategy -- 6: Site selection -- Location -- Size -- Shape -- Topography -- Availability of utilities -- Zoning -- Cost -- Title -- Availability of public transportation -- Distance to other churches -- An important decision -- 7: The feasibility study -- Possible conclusions -- Need for a new congregation -- Timing -- Community survey -- The decision to proceed -- 8: The preliminary mission design -- What is it? -- Content of the design -- 9: Financing the new congregation -- The cost of a new church -- Time period for subsidy -- Responsibility of the denomination -- Responsibility of the congregation -- 10: Selection of the first pastor -- Two key roles -- Qualities of effective new church pastors -- Role of the judicatory -- Tenure -- Other professional and supporting staff -- 11: Gathering and organizing the new congregation -- Learning the community -- Community visitation -- Gathering the members -- Organizing the congregation -- The larger task \r\n12: Planning and financing a building -- Need for a place -- Shared facilities -- Initial facilities -- Factors affecting future buildings -- Preliminary planning -- Long-range planning committee -- Need for an architect -- Selection of the architect -- The architect and the building budget -- Building fund potential -- Fund-raising counsel -- The master building plan -- The building committee -- Selection of the first unit for construction -- Selection of the contractor -- Borrowing -- Church bond issues -- 13: Old churches can become new -- An alternate method -- Redevelopment through a comprehensive strategy -- The search for new life -- Alternatives for existing congregations -- I. Strive to regain past \"success\" -- II. Ignore the problem and hope it will go away -- III. Form a cluster with nearby churches -- IV. Relocate -- V. Merge with another church -- VI. Disband the congregation -- VII. Continue for a while in recognition that the end may be in sight -- VIII. Attempt to build a \"new\" church on the base of the \"old\" -- Two perspectives -- 14: Summary and projections -- A look around -- A look ahead. \r\n\r\nOther Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-178).\n\nPublished in: New York\n\nPhysical description: xiv, 178 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm","bookEdition":"1st ed.","offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Supernatural forces in spiritual warfare : wrestling with dark angels \/ C. Peter Wagner","author":"Wagner, C. Peter.; Wimber, John; Murphy, Edward F.; Warner, Timothy M.; Anderson, Neil T.; Hohensee, Donald; McClung, Grant; Davids, Peter H.; Pennoyer, Fredrick Douglas.; Louwerse, John.; Woodberry, John Dudley; Kraft, Charles H.; Gilliland, Dean S.","isbn":"9780768402988","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Destiny Image Pub."},"datePublished":"2012","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents: \tPower Evangelism Definitions and Directions \/ John Wimber -- We Are at War \/ Ed Murphy -- Territorial Spirits \/ C. Peter Wagner -- Deception: Satan's Chief Tactic \/ Timothy M. Warner -- Finding Freedom in Christ \/ Neil T. Anderson -- The Holy Spirit and Power: A Wesleyan Understanding \/ Donald Hohensee -- Pentecostal\/Charismatic Understanding of Exorcism \/ L. Grant McClung, Jr. -- Sickness and Suffering in the New Testament \/ Peter H. Davids -- In Dark Dungeons of Collective Captivity \/ F. Douglas Pennoyer -- Response \/ Charles Kraft -- Power Evangelism in Pioneer Mission Strategy \/ John Louwerse Response \/ Edgar J. Elliston -- Out of Africa: Evangelism and Spiritual Warfare \/ Donald R. Jacobs -- The Relevance of Power Ministries for Folk Muslims \/ J. Dudley Woodberry -- Response \/ Dean S. Gilliland.\r\n\r\nAbstract:  Spiritual warfare victory! A biblical and theological rationale with practical tools for advancing God's Kingdom. Supernatural Forces in Spiritual Warfare: Wrestling with Dark Angels is a compilation of keynote speaker presentations in an important symposium that was a public legitimizing of academic pursuits in fields related to the supernatural power of God both for local church ministries and for world evangelization. Topics include: Power Evangelism: Definitions and Directions by John Wimber We Are at War by Ed Murphy Deception: Satan's Chief Tactic by Timothy M. Warner. We live in a day when the Holy Spirit is speaking strongly to the churches about aggressively retaking the dominion over creation that Adam forfeited to satan. Dr. Wagner examines the role spiritual warfare played in Christ's ministry and among His first followers and applies it to today's battle.\r\n\r\nOther Notes: Previously published as: Wrestling with dark angels : toward a deeper understanding of the supernatural forces in spiritual warfare \/ C. Peter Wagner & F. Douglas Pennoyer, editors ; Ventura, Calif., U.S.A. : Regal Books, 1990.\r\nPapers presented at the Academic Symposium on Power Evangelism held Dec. 13-15, 1988, at the Fuller Seminary School of World Mission.\r\nIncludes bibliographical references.\n\nPublished in: Shippensburg, Pa.\n\nPhysical description: 309, [23] pages ; 23 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"The African Church in Missions and Transformation\/Edited by Delanyo Adadevoh","author":"Adadevoh, D.","isbn":"978160000249","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"International Leadership Foundation"},"datePublished":"2011","inLanguage":"English","description":"Published in: USA\n\nPhysical description: ix, 263p.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"The Christbook : a historical\/theological commentary : Matthew 1-12 \/ Frederick Dale Bruner.","author":"Bruner, Frederick D.","isbn":"0849905265","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Word Books"},"datePublished":"1987","inLanguage":"English","description":"Preface: the why, how, and who of the commentary -- Commentary key, I: major abbreviations, authors, and titles -- Introduction to the doctrine of God -- Introduction to the doctrine of human nature -- The law of repentance and the gospel of baptism. The doctrine of initiation -- The doctrine of ministry -- The call of mercy -- The call to faith -- The call to justice -- The five miracles of grace. The doctrine of grace -- The five miracles of freedom. The doctrine of freedom -- The sermon of mission. The doctrine of evangelism -- The first Christ. The doctrine of Christ the savior -- The first Christ. The doctrine of Christ the judge -- Gospel parallels in Mark and Luke, I.\n\nPublished in: WACCO\n\nPhysical description: xxx, 475 p. ; 24 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"The church \/ Edmund P. Clowney ; Gerald Bray, general editor.","author":"Clowney, E. P.; Bray, G. L.","isbn":"0830815341","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"InterVarsity Press"},"datePublished":"1995","inLanguage":"English","description":"Perhaps no other doctrine has more tangible impact on Christians than their doctrine of the church. In a cultural climate where the very word church sounds a tone of dull irrelevance, the doctrine of the church has suffered studied neglect. The persistent demands to market and grow the church threaten to quench serious theological reflection on its abiding nature and mission. But few activities bear greater promise for renewing and reshaping the church than the work of theology. Edmund Clowney addresses these issues from decades of thinking and teaching. Biblical, historical, systematic and Reformed, The Church is a timely reflection on the life, order and purpose of the household of God. - Back cover.\r\n \tSubject Headings\tChurch. \r\nChurch -- Biblical teaching. \r\nChurch -- History of doctrines. \r\nMission of the church.\n\nPublished in: Downers Grove, Ill.\n\nPhysical description: 336 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"The church is bigger than you think : the unfinished work of world evangelisation \/ Patrick Johnstone.","author":"Johnstone, Patrick J. St. G.","isbn":"1857922697","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Christian Focus Publications"},"datePublished":"2005","inLanguage":"English","description":"Reprint. Previously published: 1998.\r\nIncludes bibliographical references (pages 293-301) and index.\n\nPublished in: Fearn, Ross-shire\n\nPhysical description: 314 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":7,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"The colors of hope : becoming people of mercy, justice, and love \/ Richard Dahlstrom.","author":"Dahlstrom, R.","isbn":"9780801013560","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Baker Books"},"datePublished":"2011","inLanguage":"English","description":"PART ONE : Vision. Faith art : cure for the common consumer -- Canvas : the art of waking up -- Subject matters : the art of God's reign -- Own or rent : gaining perspective -- -- PART TWO : the primary colors. Do justice : the horrible sounds of silence -- Mercy mountaineers : the challenge of lovingkindness -- Intimacy : cosmic mentoring and empowerment -- Pastel fantasy : God's use of deep colors -- -- PART THREE : creating art while life happens. The artist's identity : finding your voice -- Overcoming failure : finding our way to the land of grace -- Obstacles and resistance : the artist as warrior -- Change : grappling with the preacher of chair 8 -- Art in the garden : so sow ... \r\n \tAbstract\tWe are called to impact a culture that, for all the rhetoric about hope, is overwhelmingly preoccupied with personal peace, prosperity, protection, and survival. Christians should be artists who paint with the colors of hope in a broken world, embodying Christ's redemptive presence in our personal lives, our work, and our relationships. This inspiring and practical book offers tools for living out this vision in daily life, with special attention given to the challenges we face in staying focused on the mission of imparting hope to others even while dealing with our own personal issues. --from publisher description.\n\nPublished in: Grand Rapids, Mich.\n\nPhysical description: 217 pages ; 23 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":8,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"The coming revolution in world missions \/ by K.P. Yohannan ; [foreword by David and Karen Mains].","author":"yohannan K.P","isbn":"0884191958","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Creation House"},"datePublished":null,"inLanguage":"English","description":"Part I: The vision -- 1. How many would be beaten; go cold, hungry? -- 2. Oh, God, let one of my boys preach -- 3. If only she were an Indian -- 4. I walked in an unbelievable daze -- 5. A nation asleep in bondage -- 6. What are you doing here? -- 7. Beginning to feel like a beggar -- 8. Missions are not dead; the leadership is changing hands -- Part II. The call -- 9. You have destroyed everything we were trying to do -- 10. God is withholding judgment -- 11. Why should I make waves? -- 12. A bowl of rice no substitute for the Holy Spirit -- 13. He didn't want fans but disciples -- 14. Without Christ people serve demon spirits -- 15. Temples of new religions are atomic reactors -- Part III: The way -- 16. Offering the water of life in a foreign cup -- 17. Our policy is the natives -- 18. Not a mission, but a theological problem -- 19. Lord, help us remain true to you -- 20. We are walking in the narrow way -- 21. A third world response -- 22. Answers to your questions.\n\nPublished in: ALTAMONTE SPRINGS\n\nPhysical description: 205 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 2","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":9,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"The disciple-making church : leading a body of believers on the journey of faith \/ Bill Hull.","author":"Hull, B.","isbn":"9780801066214","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Baker Books"},"datePublished":"2010","inLanguage":"English","description":"A biblical look at discipling -- The focus of the disciple-making church -- Founding the first church -- Practices and priorities of the first church -- Challenges for a growing church -- Breaking the barriers to disciple making -- The early mission church meets Jesus -- The maturing mission church follows Jesus -- The mission church reproduces -- Ephesus : the congregation and its priorities -- The pastoral priorities -- Development of a leadership community -- The well-principled church.\n\nPublished in: Grand Rapids, Mich.\n\nPhysical description: 267 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm","bookEdition":"Updated edition","offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":10,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"The disciple-making pastor : leading others on the journey of faith \/ Bill Hull.","author":"Hull, B.","isbn":"9780801066221","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Baker Books"},"datePublished":"2007","inLanguage":"English","description":"Foreword \/ by Robert Coleman -- Introduction: The crisis at the heart -- The need -- The church today is in crisis : what does it need, and how do pastors -- Perceive that need? -- The conflict -- Before a pastor can make disciples, he needs to count the cost -- Forces militate against discipleship, and he needs to be prepared for -- Them -- The product -- What are the biblical foundations of disciple making, and what does a -- Disciple look like? -- The role of a disciple-making pastor -- How does scripture define the role of pastor? what does he do? -- The understanding of a disciple-making pastor -- He sees the big picture of the church in the redemptive drama as a result, the pastor also understands the model, means, method, and motive of making Christ known -- The commitment of a disciple-making pastor -- He not only talks about discipleship but has committed himself to -- Making it a reality in his church -- The practices of a disciple-making pastor -- He follows four practices that build up the church to take an active -- Part in disciple making -- The pastor as coach -- Jesus modeled a six-step teaching method the disciple-making pastor -- Can follow to encourage the church to fulfill the great commission -- Making it work in the local church -- Practical vehicles that will help pastors make disciple making a part of their churches are outlined and explained. \r\n \tAbstract\tChrist commanded the church to make disciples, to produce people who love and obey God, bear fruit, and live with joy. The crisis at the heart of the church is that we often pay lip service to making disciples, but we seldom put much effort behind doing it. For the pastor who is ready to put words into action, \"The Disciple- Making Pastor\" offers the inspiration and practical know-how to do so.\n\nPublished in: Grand Rapids, Mich.\n\nPhysical description: 317 pages ; 21 cm","bookEdition":"Rev. and expanded ed.","offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}}]}