Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The concept of diakonia has developed over the last decades, especially within the ecumenical movement, to a degree that may be characterized as a paradigm shift. Three main features characterize this change: First, the ecclesial dimension of diakonia is now strongly underlined. While diakonia earlier often was perceived as the activity of professional diaconal workers or agencies, it is now emphasized that diakonia belongs to the nature and the mission...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
At a time when more and more Christians are coming across people from different cultural backgrounds this book addresses a number of important questions. How do we understand what culture is all about? How do we reach out to people from different cultures? What impact does culture have on "making disciples"? What impact does culture have on the local church? This book seeks to address and answer these questions – it is relevant to all Christians...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
For more than forty years this classic study has challenged and instructed more than 1.5 million readers in reaching the world for Christ. With a foreword by Billy Graham and now repackaged for a new generation of readers, The Master Plan of Evangelism will show every Christian how to minister to the people God brings into their lives. Instead of drawing on the latest popular fad or the newest selling technique, Robert E. Coleman looks to the Bible...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Many people today, especially among emerging generations, don't resonate with the church and organized Christianity. Some are leaving the church and others were never part of the church in the first place. Sometimes it's because of misperceptions about the church. Yet often they are still spiritually open and fascinated with Jesus. This is a ministry resource book exploring six of the most common objects and misunderstandings emerging generations...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Christianity is a surprising religion. It has changed the world in remarkable ways throughout history simply through Christians living out their faith. More recently, we've become afraid of a habituated Christianity, thinking that routines will rob our faith of its vitality. The net effect is that we've replaced the habits that surprise the world with habits that mimic the world-and both we and the world suffer for it. Integrating the five habits...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
God is seeking to enter the heart of every person on this planet. Yet, for those who are not gifted evangelists, the task of communicating the gospel can seem daunting. What if there was another way? There is, and it's called the conspiracy of kindness. Operating on a simple premise, this exciting form of servant evangelism enables every follower of Christ, from brand-new to mature believer, to become an effective evangelist through unassuming acts...
Author
Language
Español
Formats
Description
¿Cansado de sentirse torpe e intimidado en las conversaciones?
¿Quiere aumentar su seguridad y capacidad en las conversaciones con sus parientes, amigos y compañeros de trabajo?
Gregory Koukl ofrece estratégicas prácticas para ayudarle a permanecer en control mientras maniobra con comodidad y gracia cualquier conversación sobre sus convicciones cristianas.
En un mundo cada vez más indiferente a las verdades cristianas, los seguidores de...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a national survey conducted by author Thom Rainer and his staff, eight out of ten unchurched men and women said they would come to church-if only someone would invite them. When and how is the next big question. Rainer helps you figure out where your neighbors, friends, and coworkers are in their spiritual quest, and how you can know who among the unchurched people in your life are receptive to Christ. In this fascinating book, Rainer identifies...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Who Are Unchurched Harry and Mary? He or she could be the neighbor who is perfectly happy without God. Or the co-worker who scoffs at Christianity. Or the supervisor who uses Jesus' name only as profanity. Or the family member who can't understand why religion is so important. Inside the Mind of Unchurched Harry and Mary isn't a book of theory. It's an action plan to help you relate the message of Christ to the people you work around, live with, and...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fulfill One of Your Deepest LongingsEvery follower of Jesus has a sincere desire to share God's love with others. We want to tell friends and family about who Jesus is, what he means to us, and all he has done for them. Deep in our hearts we have a burning passion to pass on the good news we have received. But, where do we start? We want to share our faith, but we don't want it to feel awkward, uncomfortable, or unnatural for them or for us! Organic...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
You don't need to memorize evangelical formulas or answers. You just have to be willing to ask questions.
There was something different about the way Jesus communicated with the lost: He didn't force answers upon people; He asked questions. So why don't we?
Campus ministry veteran Randy Newman has been using a questioning style of evangelism for years. In this thought-provoking book, he provides practical insights to help Christians engage others...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
I Dared to Call Him Father is the fascinating true story of Bilquis Sheikh, a prominent Muslim woman. Her unusual journey to a personal relationship with God turned her world upside down-and put her life in danger. Originally published in 1978, the book has sold 300,000 copies and is a classic in Muslim evangelism. The 25th anniversary edition includes an afterword by a missionary friend of Bilquis who plays a prominent role in the story and an appendix...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Following his well-received Ancient-Future Faith, Robert Webber presents a new model for evangelism and discipleship, the first in a series of four books applying his theoretical ideas to practical situations. Part 1 of Ancient-Future Evangelism surveys evangelism and Christian formation throughout the church and then translates the process for twenty-first-century Christians. Webber presents evangelism as four distinct stages and suggests three accompanying...
Author
Language
English
Description
How did Jesus reach others in a polarized and divisive world? And, can we do that today? In his book, Shalom: How to Reach Anyone Anywhere, Paul Clayton Gibbs suggests the answers to those questions can be found by asking a different question: "Why is it that we spend so much of our time, energy, and resources inviting people, when Jesus spent so much of His getting Himself invited?"
This book invites its readers to rediscover the lost the art of...
Author
Language
English
Description
Keep them from the Evil will awaken your senses to why we have to go through the test and trials of life and are expected not only to endure but to thrive. If you are like me, I thought after learning the Lord's Prayer in the Bible, I had received a free pass to fun in the sun and rides on the celestial clouds. As I have grown in the things of God, I know when Jesus declared he would "keep them from evil," he was telling us to get ready for some of...
Author
Language
English
Description
In Organic Outreach for Families, Kevin and Sherry Harney share insights from the Scriptures and give practical advice from their own experience to help you learn how to transform your home into a lighthouse of God's amazing grace. The Harneys discuss five ways you can naturally share your faith with others: Reaching your own children with the message of Jesus, Sharing God's grace with your extended family, Raising your children to be beacons of light...
Author
Language
English
Description
Living Faith Went To Cuba is a true story of the life of the author, whose unwavering faith and trust in God defied rejections and discouragements. Family, friends, associates, poverty, sickness and the powers of darkness in high places crumbled at her feet as she take her stand for that which was the convictions of her inner being. Living Faith Went To Cuba is The Gospel In Action of a woman with a plan. A plan that had Divinely empowered her, causing...
Author
Language
English
Description
Where is your "third place"-that location where you regularly interact with those who are far from God? U.S. Navigators president Doug Nuenke challenges readers to consider a place where believers can connect to non-Christians and build lasting relationships that will encourage them to become followers of Christ.
Author
Language
English
Description
Veteran evangelist Larry Moyer has spent ten years researching the most common issues and problems in personal evangelism. This handbook will lead believers step-by-step into a thorough understanding of the Gospel message. Practical and easy-to-follow, this definitive introduction to spiritual growth will help new believers who may be overwhelmed by their new relationship and the pressures of fitting in the Christian life. With group discussion questions...
40) Real Evangelism
Author
Language
English
Description
Real Evangelism shows how aspects of church culture actually dampen the evangelistic task entrusted to it. Smith exposes what he calls "subtle substitutes" to evangelism. While there is nothing wrong with ministries that help established Christians, Bailey Smith impresses upon the church that these types of ministries must not take place of reaching out to the lost.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request