Churches & Church Leadership
epub |eng | 2017-03-30 | Author:Allard, Paul;

3. Constans and Constantius (337–361) What was to become of the religious policy inaugurated by Constantine? And how would relations between paganism and Christianity be continued by his successors? Three ...
( Category: Church History January 1,2023 )
epub |eng | 2017-12-15 | Author:Brian Titley

An eight-day retreat followed in preparation for the “day of reception.” Retreats were a regular part of religious lives, and they gave postulants a realistic sense of what was to ...
( Category: Church Institutions & Organizations December 27,2022 )
epub |eng | 2013-12-15 | Author:Bryan Collier

The Second Site You might assume that the second site was pretty much a repeat of the first site—multiple locations, site pastor, moving to the community, and so on. The ...
( Category: Church Growth December 21,2022 )
epub |eng | | Author:Michael J. Quicke

Dynamics of Community Formation Combining the picture of the church as God’s building work with living stones and the vision of church as missional community involves complex dynamics (already anticipated ...
( Category: Church Institutions & Organizations October 2,2022 )
epub |eng | 2019-03-13 | Author:David A Currie

What should we praise God for?—Rejoice“We should praise God for . . . his great love.” his eternal faithfulness.” how growing numbers of nations and peoples are praising him.” What ...
( Category: Church Institutions & Organizations October 1,2022 )
epub |eng | 2020-05-11 | Author:Tod Bolsinger

LISTENING: HAMMERING IN ATTUNEMENT We had just finished hiking twenty miles. The morning had started at Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park and continued through miles of forested trails, up ...
( Category: Church Leadership October 1,2022 )
epub |eng | 2021-11-30 | Author:Kenneth J. Garrett [Garrett, Kenneth J.]

Trauma: Leaving Is Painful and Costly Abusive churches use fear, obstacles and punishments to prevent members from leaving. When I envisioned a life away from the abusive church, I realized ...
( Category: Pastoral Resources October 1,2022 )
epub |eng | | Author:Marlea Gilbert & Christopher Grundy & Eric T. Myers & Stephanie Perdew

For Reflection and Discussion How is the Bible handled in your congregation’s worship or in other worship you have attended? Who reads from it? What do your congregation’s practices say ...
( Category: Church Institutions & Organizations September 30,2022 )
epub |eng | 2020-09-15 | Author:Daniel Henderson [Henderson, Daniel]

Practical Transparency A final and very practical dimension of integrity is what I call “functional transparency.” Having no areas of our life that are “off limits” keeps a leader from ...
( Category: Church Leadership September 28,2022 )
pdf |en | | Author: Thomas M. Izbicki

( Category: Canon Law August 10,2022 )
epub |eng | 2017-05-15 | Author:Greta Austin [Austin, Greta]

Chapter 8 Eliminating Conflicts Between Canons Burchard edited his collection to ensure that his canons appeared to come from authoritative sources. Yet he did not, apparently, believe that all canons ...
( Category: Canon Law July 13,2022 )
epub |eng | 2008-11-28 | Author:Judi Upton-Ward [Upton-Ward, Judi]

Chapter 15 The Teutonic Knights during the Ibelin—Lombard Conflict* Nicholas Morton Historians have generally assumed that during the civil war, 1229–43, between the representatives of Emperor Frederick II and the ...
( Category: Church Institutions & Organizations May 22,2022 )