House Church and Mission - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook House Church and Mission write by Roger W. Gehring. This book was released on 2009-03-01. House Church and Mission available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For nearly three hundred years, early Christians met almost exclusively in private homes initially built only for domestic use. In this study, Roger Gehring investigates the missional significance of house churches from the time of Jesus through Paul in light of both theological and socio-historical considerations. All church structures take shape in the tension between preestablished theological requirements and the concrete social situation. Even in the New Testament, the emergence of separate house churches involved the potential danger of splintering the Christian movement. Nevertheless their essential family-based foundation has proven to be the life-generating cell and fundamental core of the missional church. The development of early Christian ethics, the emergence of leadership structures, and the growth of ecclesiological concepts were all noticeably influenced by the households in which believers lived and gathered. In the last twenty-five years the house church phenomenon has generated a great deal of interest among New Testament scholars and church practitioners. Research has focused primarily on the architecture of these homes and on its corresponding social and theological implications. House Church and Mission offers scholars the first comprehensive summary of evidence concerning home churches in the New Testament and supplies pastors and lay leaders with a well-crafted discussion of the nature of "church" that explores the practical implications of house churches on outreach.
Women in the Mission of the Church
Women in the Mission of the Church - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Women in the Mission of the Church write by Leanne M. Dzubinski. This book was released on 2021-04-20. Women in the Mission of the Church available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Women have been central to the work of Christian ministry from the time of Jesus to the twenty-first century. Yet the story of Christianity is too often told as a story of men. This accessibly written book tells the story of women throughout church history, demonstrating their integral participation in the church's mission. It highlights the legacies of a wide variety of women, showing how they have overcome obstacles to their ministries and have transformed cultural constraints to spread the gospel and build the church.
A New Testament Church in the 21st Century
A New Testament Church in the 21st Century - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A New Testament Church in the 21st Century write by Young G. Chai. This book was released on 2010. A New Testament Church in the 21st Century available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Church Planting Movements
Church Planting Movements - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Church Planting Movements write by V. David Garrison. This book was released on 2007. Church Planting Movements available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. David Garrison, PhD University of Chicago, defines Church Planting Movements as rapidly multiplying indigenous churches planting churches that sweep across a people group or population segment. Garrison's Church Planting Movements: How God Is Redeeming a Lost World signaled a breakthrough in missionary church planting. After the publication of Garrison's book in 2004 it became impossible to talk about missions without referencing Church Planting Movements. Church Planting Movements examines more than two-dozen movements of multiplying churches on five continents. After presenting these case studies, Garrison identifies ten universal elements present in each movement. He then broadens the circle of examination to identify a further ten common characteristics, factors identified in most, but not all, of the movements. He concludes his examination with a list of "Seven Deadly Sins," i.e. harmful practices that stifle or impede Church Planting Movements. Important for evangelical readers, the author returns to his findings to see how they stand up to the light of Scripture. What he discovers is that Church Planting Movements are much more consistent with the New Testament lay-led house-church movements that swept rapidly through the Mediterranean world in the face of hostile opposition than today's more sedentary professional institutionalized Christianity. Learn more about Church Planting Movements from the book's website: www.ChurchPlantingMovements.com.
Satan's Deadliest Weapon
Satan's Deadliest Weapon - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Satan's Deadliest Weapon write by Mike Mazzalongo. This book was released on 2016-12-03. Satan's Deadliest Weapon available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Satan uses all manner of devices to draw us into sin and disbelief. This Mini Book sheds light on his tactics, as well as gives reminders to help Christians combat such tactics and obey the words of Jesus.
