Organic Community (ēmersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith) - 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 Organic Community (ēmersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith) write by Joseph R. Myers. This book was released on 2007-05-01. Organic Community (ēmersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Community is a fundamental life search and one of the key aspects people look for in a congregation. But community can't be forced, controlled, or easily created. The problem, says Joseph R. Myers, is that churches are too focused on developing programs instead of concentrating on environments where community will spontaneously emerge. Organic Community challenges key leaders to become environmentalists--people who create or shape environments. Outlining nine organizational tools for creating a healthy environment, Myers shows readers how to diagnose their current situation and implement patterns that will develop possibilities for healthy communities.
Intuitive Leadership (ēmersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith)
Intuitive Leadership (ēmersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith) - 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 Intuitive Leadership (ēmersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith) write by Tim Keel. This book was released on 2007-10-01. Intuitive Leadership (ēmersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. As our culture shifts from modern to postmodern, pastors and church leaders are finding that old, rigid church leadership systems and structures no longer seem to work. Church leaders are searching for and discovering new, creative ways of leading--emphasizing intuition, creativity, narrative, and an embrace of the chaos and tension of our time. Tim Keel, pastor of a thriving emergent church and a rising leader in the emergent church movement, offers a thought-provoking yet practical exploration of this new style he calls Intuitive Leadership. His fresh approach will be welcomed by pastors and lay leaders interested in the emergent conversation and how Christian mission should look in our rapidly changing culture.
Free for All (ēmersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith)
Free for All (ēmersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith) - 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 Free for All (ēmersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith) write by Tim Conder. This book was released on 2009-08-01. Free for All (ēmersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Is our study of the Bible as pure as we think it is? In Free for All, Tim Conder and Daniel Rhodes show how the way we read the Bible is held captive by the dominant culture in which we find ourselves. They aim to expose the cultural authorities that influence our understanding of the Bible and provide a way for communities to encounter the text as communities. This journey into community interpretation of the Bible not only honors the text and liberates its voice, but also catalyzes transformative practices of proclamation, hospitality, ethics, mission, and imagination. Church leaders, pastors, small group leaders, and those interested in the emerging church conversation will find Free for All an energizing resource to infuse their study of God's Word with new life.
Formational Children's Ministry (ēmersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith)
Formational Children's Ministry (ēmersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith) - 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 Formational Children's Ministry (ēmersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith) write by Ivy Beckwith. This book was released on 2010-01-01. Formational Children's Ministry (ēmersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Much ministry to children looks more like mere entertainment than authentic spiritual formation. But what if children's ministries were rooted in a mind set whereby we taught children, with our words and actions, how the story of God, the story of church history, the story of the local community, and the story of the child intersect and speak to one another? What if children's ministry was less about downloading information into kids' heads and more about leading them into these powerful, compelling stories? Beckwith aims to help ministers and parents create a ministry that captures children's imaginations not just to keep them occupied, but to live as citizens of the kingdom of God. In addition to providing theological reasons for formational children's ministry, the book offers examples of how Ivy and other practitioners are implementing a formational model.
The Justice Project (ēmersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith)
The Justice Project (ēmersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith) - 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 The Justice Project (ēmersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith) write by Brian McLaren. This book was released on 2009-09-01. The Justice Project (ēmersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Justice and the call for change are in the air. Whether it's extreme poverty, human rights, racism, or the Middle East, news outlets bombard us with stories about the need for justice in the world. But how are Christians to respond to these stories and the conditions to which they refer? Here's help. Editors Brian McLaren, Elisa Padilla, and Ashley Bunting Seeber have amassed a collection of over 30 brief chapters by some of the most penetrating thinkers in the justice conversation, including René Padilla, Peggy Campolo, Will and Lisa Samson, Sylvia Keesmaat, Bart Campolo, Lynne Hybels, Tony Jones, and Richard Twiss. Divided into sections, "God of Justice," "Book of Justice," "Justice in the USA," "Just World," and "Just Church," The Justice Project invites readers to deepen their understanding of the pressures our world faces and to take up the challenge of alleviating them. Never has the world been in greater need of Christians who "do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God." This resource will help them do just that.
