Books: Church
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The Deliberate Church: Building Your Ministry on the Gospel - Mark Dever, Paul Alexander
Pastors Mark Dever and Paul Alexander provide a model of a biblical church in this resource for pastors, elders, and others interested in the vitality of their church. This highly practical book proposes an attitude of complete reliance on and submission to the Gospel in building a healthy church.
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The Great Evangelical Disaster - Francis A. Schaeffer
Have Christians compromised their stand on truth? Has the evangelical church sold out to the world? A serious look at the spread of accommodation in the Christian world.
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Liberating Ministry from the Success Syndrome - R. Kent Hughes, Barbara Hughes
How does one measure success in ministry? Longtime pastor Kent Hughes and his wife Barbara urge readers to turn to God's Word rather than numbers.
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The Market-Driven Church: The Worldly Influence of Modern Culture on the Church in America - Udo W. Middelmann
What happens to a church when it buys into the myths of the surrounding culture? In America, the result is a church secularized and lifeless, a church preoccupied with itself and obsessed with reducing faith to a form of personal expression. Udo W. Middelmann calls for the American church to stand apart from culture by offering what the marketplace cannot--the love, encouragement, moral clarity, and compassion that come only from knowing God. He pleads with Christians to regain the essentials of their faith and to return the church to its rightful place as a shaper of society.
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Nine Marks of a Healthy Church (New Expanded Edition) - Mark Dever
Any church can be healthier and glorify God better in all that it is and does. Pastor Mark Dever suggests nine marks have grown rare in today's churches and that distinguish a healthy, biblical church from its less-healthy sisters--marks like expositional preaching, a biblical understanding of evangelism, and strong church discipline. Whether you are a pastor, lay leader, or involved member of a congregation, you can help cultivate these elements in your church, bringing it new life and health for God's glory.
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Total Church: A Radical Reshaping around Gospel and Community - Tim Chester, Steve Timmis
As two pastors outline the biblical calling to make both the gospel and community central in the Christian life, they apply this dual focus to evangelism, social involvement, church planting, discipleship, youth ministry, and more, urging the body of Christ to rethink its perspective and way of life.
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What Is a Healthy Church? - Mark Dever
Guides both pastors and members to recognize key characteristics of a healthy church and then challenge each person to do his or her part in developing those characteristics in the local church body.
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What Is a Healthy Church Member? - Thabiti M. Anyabwile
For Christians, playing an active part in the local church is not optional. God intends for every believer to contribute to the mission of the local church and experience profound spiritual growth as a result. This book shows church members, pastors, and church leaders what a healthy church member looks like.
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Worship: Beholding the Beauty of the Lord - Joseph "Skip" Ryan
What is worship? Long-time pastor Skip Ryan answers this question and more as he examines what the Bible has to say about the act of worship.
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Worship Matters: Leading Others to Encounter the Greatness of God (Foreword by Paul Baloche) - Bob Kauflin
This book focuses on the essentials of God-honoring worship, combining biblical foundations with practical application in a way that works in the real world. The author--a pastor and noted songwriter--skillfully instructs fellow pastors, musicians, and worship leaders to root corporate worship in unchanging scriptural principles rather than divisive cultural trends.
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Young, Restless, Reformed: A Journalist's Journey with the New Calvinists - Collin Hansen
What makes today’s young Calvinists tick? Collin Hansen investigates the Reformed resurgence among young evangelicals, talking to the leading pastors and theologians of this growing movement. He uncovers common threads in their diverse testimonies and suggests what the church might look like when these young evangelicals become tomorrow’s leaders.
