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Daynette Snead Perez DMin
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Becoming an Inclusive Church
Are you looking for a congregational journey to break through barriers of race, gender, generation, and social class for the sake of the Gospel? Are you ready to build new relationships in your life and ministry? Are you seeking to grow an inclusive discipleship outreach? Are you praying for a spiritual journey that is deep and wide?
If the answer is “Yes,” your church is ready to journey into a new landscape.
This gospel-centered book leads the way to uncover the hidden obstacles in your path, and fills the gaps between the church and the diverse community it seeks to become.
Are you ready?
- Discover what to do when everyone in church is like you.
- Breakthrough the gaps that exist between the church and the community.
- Eliminate congregational blind spots and outdated ministry programs.
- Build existing and new ministries with community feedback in real-time.
- Create a positive opportunity to journey small or large groups together.
- Enjoy relevant Stranger to Neighbor Ministry™ Challenges in each chapter.
- Equip pastors, church leaders, and the congregation to welcome all disciples.
- Redefine your ministries for unity in faith and community-led growth.
- Re-imagine and re-vision outreach opportunities for each ministry.
- Grow existing and new ministries inside and outside the walls of the church.
- Spark new ideas for action as listeners log their journey in the book.
Welcome to Church: What to Do when Everyone Is Like You.
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 44
Turn on a cable news show or pick up any news magazine, and you get the impression that Christian America is on its last leg. The once dominant faith is now facing rapidly declining church attendance, waning political influence, and an abysmal public perception. More than 76% of Americans self-identify as Christians, but many today are ashamed to carry the label. While many Christians are bemoaning their faith’s decline, Gabe Lyons is optimistic that Christianity’s best days are yet to come.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Optimistic about the church
- By Ellen Gilmartin on 09-12-24
By: Gabe Lyons
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Creating Community
- Five Keys to Building a Small Group Culture
- By: Andy Stanley, Bill Willits
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 3 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 149
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 132
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 129
Bill Willits and best-selling author Andy Stanley share their successful approach, which has resulted in nearly 8,000 adults becoming involved in small groups at North Point Community Church in Atlanta . Simply put, the five principles clearly described here have passed the test. This is not just another book about community; this is a book about strategy - strategy that builds a small group culture.
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5 out of 5 stars
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great book on the overall approach to small groups
- By Russell E. on 06-03-18
By: Andy Stanley, and others
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4 Chair Discipling
- What Jesus Calls Us to Do
- By: Dann Spader
- Narrated by: Tim Lundeen
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 33
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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..,
- By Linda on 08-04-23
By: Dann Spader
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Living Your Strengths
- Discover Your God-Given Talents and Inspire Your Community
- By: Albert L. Winseman D.Min., Donald O. Clifton Ph.D., Curt Liesveld M.Div. M.A.
- Narrated by: James Foster
- Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 34
American churches are experiencing a power shortage, declare the authors of Living Your Strengths. "People aren't harnessing the power of their innate gifts." Does this message sound familiar? Have you felt disconnected from your church lately? Are you not attending as much? Or maybe you're a passionate member who wants to become even more involved, and you would also like to inspire others.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Resource for Strength Finder!
- By K Dorsey on 03-02-21
By: Albert L. Winseman D.Min., and others
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The Blessed Church
- By: Robert Morris
- Narrated by: Robert Morris
- Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 153
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 128
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Story5 out of 5 stars 130
Whether you are a pastor, a volunteer, or a church member, you want your church to grow well. After all, there’s no better place to experience God than in the loving, healthy community of a church. But what does an effective church look like? Is it possible to grow and be healthy at the same time? The Blessed Church, Pastor Morris brings you practical wisdom for cultivating real growth by nurturing true and Biblical health in your spiritual community.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Blessed church
- By Peggy on 06-24-18
By: Robert Morris
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Emotionally Healthy Discipleship
- Moving from Shallow Christianity to Deep Transformation
- By: Peter Scazzero
- Narrated by: Peter Scazzero
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 301
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 257
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Story5 out of 5 stars 257
In Emotionally Healthy Discipleship, best-selling author Pete Scazzero combines three decades of wisdom with hard lessons from his own ministry journey. He lays out what is required for church leaders to multiply deeply changed people who are growing in relationship with God, themselves, and others. Scazzero begins with four beneath-the-surface, systemic gaps that undermine serious discipleship. He provides a clear vision for a church culture that deeply changes lives and then practically unpacks the seven biblical marks of emotionally healthy discipleship.
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5 out of 5 stars
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New Work
- By Daniel on 06-30-21
By: Peter Scazzero
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Rebuilt
- Awakening the Faithful, Reaching the Lost, Making Church Matter
- By: Michael White, Tom Corcoran
- Narrated by: Michael White, Tom Corcoran
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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.
- By Julia S on 02-06-18
By: Michael White, and others
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Praying Circles Around Your Marriage
- By: Joel Schmidgall, Nina Schmidgall, Mark Batterson - contributor, and others
- Narrated by: Joel Schmidgall, Lora Batterson - foreword, Nina Schmidgall
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 96
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 86
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Story5 out of 5 stars 85
What your marriage will become is determined by how you pray. Bold prayers honor God. God honors bold prayers. Praying Circles Around Your Marriage will empower you and your spouse to identify your greatest dreams for the most important relationship in your life and pray the kind of audacious prayers in which God finds delight.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent resource for a healthy marriage
- By JeMarlin on 07-11-24
By: Joel Schmidgall, and others
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The Invested Life
- Making Disciples of All Nations One Person at a Time
- By: Joel C. Rosenberg, Dr. T. E. Koshy
- Narrated by: Joel C. Rosenberg, Lynn Rosenberg
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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.
By: Joel C. Rosenberg, and others
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Growing an Engaged Church
- How to Stop "Doing Church" and Start Being the Church Again
- By: Albert L. Winseman
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 4 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story5 out of 5 stars 21
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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Overrated
- Are We More in Love with the Idea of Changing the World Than Actually Changing the World?
- By: Eugene Cho
- Narrated by: Eugene Cho
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 65
Many people today talk about justice, but are they living justly? They want to change the world, but are they being changed themselves? Eugene Cho has a confession: "I like to talk about changing the world but I don't really like to do what it takes." If this is true of the man who founded the One Day's Wages global antipoverty movement, then what must it take to act on one's ideals? Cho does not doubt the sincerity of those who want to change the world.
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4 out of 5 stars
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OK memoir but the message was regurgitated from other sources
- By Laura M. on 03-28-16
By: Eugene Cho
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Quit Church
- By: Chris Sonksen
- Narrated by: Dean Gallagher
- Length: 3 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 28
Let's face it. Church isn't working. We hear sermons about the abundant life Jesus promised, but how many of us are actually living it? How many of our churches are thriving? How many people in our congregations are experiencing God's blessings? Maybe it's time to call it quits. Quit church? Well, not exactly. Drawing from his experience coaching hundreds of churches toward true growth, Chris Sonksen calls on us to quit our casual, cultural commitment to church as we know it....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Quit Church
- By larry jenkins on 06-07-18
By: Chris Sonksen
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Sticky Teams
- Keeping Your Leadership Team and Staff on the Same Page
- By: Larry Osborne
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 256
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 218
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 216
In this unabridged audio download of Sticky Teams, Larry Osborne exposes the hidden roadblocks that often sabotage the health and harmony of even the best intentioned ministry teams. Then, with practical and seasoned advice, he shows what it takes to get a leadership board, ministry team, and an entire congregation headed in the same direction.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Leadership GOLD
- By Steve Jones on 02-09-24
By: Larry Osborne
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Encounter Jesus
- From Discovery to Discipleship
- By: Fr Dave Pivonka, Deacon Ralph Poyo
- Narrated by: Fr Dave Pivonka, Deacon Ralph Poyo
- Length: 3 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 27
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 24
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Story5 out of 5 stars 24
It's exciting when someone has a living encounter with the God of the universe. A lightbulb goes on, and everything feels new. But with that sense of exhilaration comes the realization: in order to take one's faith seriously, things must change. An encounter with Jesus is a very significant experience, and Fr. Dave and Deacon Ralph show readers how to move from discovering their faith to following Jesus wherever he leads them along the path of discipleship.
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5 out of 5 stars
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engaging
- By Maria Vidal on 03-07-24
By: Fr Dave Pivonka, and others
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Forming Intentional Disciples
- The Path to Knowing and Following Jesus
- By: Sherry A. Weddell
- Narrated by: Nan McNamara
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 78
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Story5 out of 5 stars 71
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
- By Andrew Havens on 01-03-19
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Rooted
- The Hidden Places Where God Develops You
- By: Banning Liebscher
- Narrated by: Banning Liebscher
- Length: 5 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 442
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 393
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Story5 out of 5 stars 390
In Rooted, Banning Liebscher takes us to the life of David to show how God expands our root system in the hidden places to leave an impact on the visible world. It was in a field of prayerful devotion, a season of serving, and a cave of community that God prepared David for his crown - the same way God prepares us. Take a look at your own life. Are you embracing God's process, the sometimes painstaking and maddening process?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Pushing thru in growth
- By Carmen Gibson on 06-07-16