Ministry Makeover
Recovering a Theology for Bi-vocational Service in the Church
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Rosario Picardo
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Ministry Makeover examines the decline within the church, especially the United Methodist Church (UMC), and some causes for this decline. It calls for a reforming of United Methodist structure and polity by drawing more attention to the value of the bi-vocational model of ministry and a re-visitation of the Wesleyan/United Brethren view and historical perspective. This book establishes a solid theological foundation upon which to build this shift and it goes a step beyond typical ecclesiology (the study of the church) to identify Trinitarian theology as the basis for the practice of the church. In turn, this text reveals bi-vocational ministry and support of new congregations as not only a viable option, but also arguably the model towards which the church is heading. These insights will transform the church and lead to more effective church ministry with respect to resources, structure, and reach in a post-Christendom world context. Picardo uses Embrace Church (Lexington, KY) as a case study, and incorporates his experiences into this text in order to show how these implications have played out in a true bi-vocational, church-plant context.
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- Narrado por: Adam Black
- Duración: 6 h y 9 m
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There's got to be more to church than this. People around the world are seeking a community that focuses more on others than on themselves. Yet most don't know where to start. Drawing from his own journey, Brandon Hatmaker reminds us that serving the least is not a trendy act of benevolence but a lifestyle of authentic community and spiritual transformation. In Barefoot Church, Brandon offers practical ideas for creating service-based, missional communities and explains how the organizational structure of a church can be created or restructured for mission in any context.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome
- De John en 01-16-13
De: Brandon Hatmaker
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A God-Sized Vision
- Revival Stories That Stretch and Stir
- De: Collin Hansen, John Woodbridge
- Narrado por: Adam Black
- Duración: 5 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Can God stir revival by his Holy Spirit, even in our culture today? Do we really believe he can? In a day of diminished expectations, A God-Sized Vision: Revival Accounts That Stretch and Stir recounts global examples of prior revivals, beginning with the Reformation and the Great Awakenings. It continues with the Welsh and Azusa Street revivals and those that occurred simultaneously in Asia, followed by the East Africa Revival of the 1930s.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A stirring global review of God's revivals
- De Anonymous User en 08-25-17
De: Collin Hansen, y otros
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Rebuilt
- Awakening the Faithful, Reaching the Lost, Making Church Matter
- De: Michael White, Tom Corcoran
- Narrado por: Michael White, Tom Corcoran
- Duración: 8 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Drawing on the wisdom gleaned from thriving mega-churches and innovative business leaders while anchoring their vision in the Eucharistic center of Catholic faith, Fr. Michael White and lay associate Tom Corcoran present the compelling and inspiring story to how they brought their parish back to life. Rebuilt is a story of stopping everything and changing focus. When their parish reached a breaking point, Fr. Michael White and lay associate Tom Corcoran asked themselves how they could make the Church matter to Catholics.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Don't Do What's Suggested Unless You Will OWN IT.
- De Julia S en 02-06-18
De: Michael White, y otros
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The Unsaved Christian
- Reaching Cultural Christians with the Gospel
- De: Dean Inserra
- Narrado por: Tim Lundeen
- Duración: 5 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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What to do when they say they’re Christian but don’t know Jesus. Whether it’s the Christmas and Easter Christians or the faithful church attenders whose hearts are cold toward the Lord, we’ve all encountered cultural Christians. They’d check the Christian box on a survey, they’re fine with church, but the truth is, they’re far from God. So how do we bring Jesus to this overlooked mission field? The Unsaved Christian equips you to confront cultural Christianity with honesty, compassion, and grace, whether you’re doing it from the pulpit or the pews.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Me. Me. Me! That was me! I thought I was a Christian...
- De Nana B en 04-23-19
De: Dean Inserra
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Forming Intentional Disciples
- The Path to Knowing and Following Jesus
- De: Sherry A. Weddell
- Narrado por: Nan McNamara
- Duración: 7 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 79
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Learn about the five thresholds of postmodern conversion; how to open a conversation about faith and belief; how to ask thought-provoking questions and establish an atmosphere of trust, when to tell the great story of Jesus; how to help someone respond to God's call to intentional discipleship; and much more. And be prepared for conversion because when life at the parish level changes, the life of the whole Church will change.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Valuable resource, required reading
- De Andrew Havens en 01-03-19
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Prayer Evangelism
- How to Change the Spiritual Climate over Your Home, Neighborhood and City
- De: Ed Silvoso
- Narrado por: Jon Gauger
- Duración: 7 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 34
A witch's coven in Argentina became a lighthouse of prayer in less than 60 minutes. A prodigal son returned to the Lord in California. An adopted son and the father who had cast him out years before were reunited in Christ. These are real stories of real lives and cities being transformed through the power of prayer evangelism.
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4 out of 5 stars
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An inspiring outlook on prayer and missions.
- De Christian en 01-12-19
De: Ed Silvoso
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4 Chair Discipling
- What Jesus Calls Us to Do
- De: Dann Spader
- Narrado por: Tim Lundeen
- Duración: 5 h y 30 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 35
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Dann Spader is a disciple-maker who has spent his adult life exploring what it means to take someone from being a seeker to making disciples themselves. Over 750,000 people in 80 countries have been trained to make disciples through organizations he has led. Through studying the life of Christ and his disciple-making methods, Dann developed 4 Chair Discipling, a simple picture for others to follow. Jesus’ last words on earth had a few very specific instructions: Go, make disciples, baptize, and teach.
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1 out of 5 stars
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I stopped reading..,
- De Linda en 08-04-23
De: Dann Spader
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Radical
- Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream
- De: David Platt
- Narrado por: David Platt
- Duración: 6 h y 19 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,417
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,931
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It's easy for American Christians to forget how Jesus said his followers would actually live, what their new lifestyle would actually look like. They would, he said, leave behind security, money, convenience, even family for him. They would abandon everything for the gospel. They would take up their crosses daily...BUT WHO DO YOU KNOW WHO LIVES LIKE THAT? DO YOU?
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1 out of 5 stars
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Theology distorted
- De Ray en 09-29-11
De: David Platt
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Freedom of Simplicity
- Finding Harmony in a Complex World
- De: Richard J. Foster
- Narrado por: Lloyd James
- Duración: 8 h y 9 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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Written in the same warm, accessible style as Richard Foster's best-selling Celebration of Discipline, Freedom of Simplicity articulates a creative, more human style of living and points the way for Christians to make their lives "models of simplicity."
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4 out of 5 stars
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Challenging and provoking
- De Kindle Customer en 05-27-09
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Christians in the Age of Outrage
- How to Bring Our Best When the World Is at Its Worst
- De: Ed Stetzer
- Narrado por: Wayne Shepherd
- Duración: 9 h y 34 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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Today there are too many examples of those claiming to follow Christ being caustic, divisive, and irrational, contributing to dismissals of the Christian faith as hypocritical, self-interested, and politically co-opted. What has happened in our society? One short outrageous video, whether it is true or not, can trigger an avalanche of comments on social media. Welcome to the new age of outrage. In this groundbreaking book featuring new survey research of evangelicals and their relationship to the age of outrage, Ed Stetzer offers a constructive way forward.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Balanced Look at an Unbalanced World
- De Tony E. en 11-01-18
De: Ed Stetzer
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Growing an Engaged Church
- How to Stop "Doing Church" and Start Being the Church Again
- De: Albert L. Winseman
- Narrado por: Adam Verner
- Duración: 4 h y 9 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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In this compelling and insightful book, Al Winseman - who has led thriving churches, including one he built from the ground up - explores how churches and parishes can dramatically increase members' participation, service to the community, giving, and even life satisfaction. But the solutions Winseman offers are not the "magic pill" many leaders have come to expect. Rather, he shows leaders how to reach and inspire the hearts, minds, and imaginations of their people.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Still Current & On Target - Spiritually & Statistically
- De My3SonsMama en 02-02-25
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Turning Points
- Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity
- De: Mark A. Noll
- Narrado por: James Anderson Foster
- Duración: 14 h y 33 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 88
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In this popular introduction to church history, now in its third edition, Mark Noll isolates key events that provide a framework for understanding the history of Christianity. The book presents Christianity as a worldwide phenomenon rather than just a Western experience. Students in academic settings and church adult education contexts will benefit from this one-semester survey of Christian history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent, Brief Snippet’s
- De ejb en 01-06-23
De: Mark A. Noll
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The Invested Life
- Making Disciples of All Nations One Person at a Time
- De: Joel C. Rosenberg, Dr. T. E. Koshy
- Narrado por: Joel C. Rosenberg, Lynn Rosenberg
- Duración: 8 h y 26 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Every follower of Jesus Christ should be able to answer two simple questions: Who is investing in me?Whom am I investing in? God desires to pour an abundance of spiritual and emotional capital into your life - directly and through older and wiser believers. And he wants to use you to pour spiritual and emotional capital into the lives of others. Along the way, you’ll be changed. Others will change. God calls this process of spiritual investing "making disciples". It’s the heart of the Great Commission.
De: Joel C. Rosenberg, y otros
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Unfinished
- Believing Is Only the Beginning
- De: Richard Stearns
- Narrado por: Wayne Shepherd
- Duración: 8 h y 52 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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So you believe in God. Now what? Just before he left, Jesus sent his followers into the world with a revolutionary mission: to change the world by proclaiming God’s truth and demonstrating his incredible love. But the single task he gave us to accomplish remains unfinished. Rich Stearns takes us on a breathtaking journey to rediscover the critical mission of Christ in our world today and the richness of God’s calling on our lives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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UNFINISHED
- De Anonymous User en 04-30-21
De: Richard Stearns
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Building a Bridge
- How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity
- De: James Martin
- Narrado por: James Martin
- Duración: 2 h y 8 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 184
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On the day after the Orlando nightclub shooting, James Martin SJ posted a video on Facebook in which he called for solidarity with our LGBT brothers and sisters. "The largest mass shooting in US history took place at a gay club, and the LGBT community has been profoundly affected," he began. He then implored his fellow Catholics - and people everywhere - to "stand not only with the people of Orlando but also with their LGBT brothers and sisters."
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5 out of 5 stars
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With Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity
- De Cynthia en 09-04-17
De: James Martin
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One Blood
- Parting Words to the Church on Race
- De: John M. Perkins, Karen Waddles
- Narrado por: Calvin Robinson
- Duración: 4 h y 38 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 211
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We are living in historic times. Not since the Civil Rights Movement of the '60s has our country been as vigorously engaged in the reconciliation conversation. There is a great opportunity right now for culture to change, to be a more perfect union. However, it cannot be done without the church, because the faith of the people is more powerful than any law government can enact.
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5 out of 5 stars
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John Perkins' GRACIOUS MASTERPIECE.
- De Thom Hazelip en 05-08-18
De: John M. Perkins, y otros