Tackling seven key areas in the life of a shepherd, Practically Trained Pastors takes a step-by-step approach to study. Each week includes a Bible passage to read, an additional reading assignment, a teaching section, a 4-5 minute video to watch...
Written in the voice of a trusted friend, this book gently challenges pastors to rethink the attraction based church model in favor of an explicitly biblical approach that is gospel focused, grace based, and fruit oriented.... Product details Format: Paperback Publisher: Crossway Books Publication date: 30 Apr 2015 Pages: 240
Recently there has been a growing concern for the health of gospel churches. But very often that concern comes down to the introduction of a few new items to the church agenda – a Christian foundations course here or a discipleship course there...
What if the rise of secularism is good news for the church? For decades, we set our hopes on technology, politics, and the appearance of peace. We wanted to believe we were headed somewhere better--that progress was happening. But now as our technology ensnares and isolates us, our politics threaten to tear us apart, and our cultural decline continues to accelerate, people are understandably distressed....