The pastor's person -- The pastor's purpose -- The pastor's practice. Abstract As a pastor or pastoral staff member you have one of the most demanding jobs in the world. This book will encourage you to delight increasingly in the Lord, who has made pastoring the desire of your heart.
Basic considerations of true spirituality. The law and the law of love ; The centrality of death ; Through death to resurrection ; In the Spirit's power -- Biblical unity and true spirituality. The supernatural universe ; Salvation : past-future-present -- Moment-by-moment practice of true spirituality. The fruitful bride -- Man's separation from himself. Freedom from conscience ; Freedom in th…
Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-86).
Power Evangelism Definitions and Directions / John Wimber -- We Are at War / Ed Murphy -- Territorial Spirits / C. Peter Wagner -- Deception: Satan's Chief Tactic / Timothy M. Warner -- Finding Freedom in Christ / Neil T. Anderson -- The Holy Spirit and Power: A Wesleyan Understanding / Donald Hohensee -- Pentecostal/Charismatic Understanding of Exorcism / L. Grant McClung, Jr. -- Sickness and …
Revival power : God has set his people "a-praying" / C. Peter Wagner -- The roots and the fruits of the Argentine revival / Pablo A. Deiros -- Power evangelism, Argentine style / Carlos Annacondia -- Dealing with demons in revival evangelism / Pablo Bottari -- Vision of the future / Omar Cabrera -- The Holy Spirit, the anointing and revival power / Claudio Freidzon -- Confronting the powers in …
pt. 1. Sponsoring church fundamentals -- pt. 2. Attitudes toward church sponsorship -- pt. 3. Finding the church planting model that fits -- pt. 4. Understanding the phases of new church development -- pt. 5. Finding the resources -- pt. 6. The route to spin-off success -- pt. 7. Selling the idea for becoming a sponsoring church.
Preface / David P. Gushee and Walter C. Jackson -- Section I. Transitions into community -- The nature of Christian community and the theological seminary / Mark A. Seifrid -- Facing doubt and crisis with integrity in a seminary setting / Melanie Greer Nogalski and James D. Nogalski -- The seminary experience : tips and traps / Marsha A. Ellis Smith -- Section II. Personal formation and calling…
Part 1. Preparation for discovery -- The state of pastoral leadership in America -- Re-envisioning pastoral leadership -- The biblical basis for re-envisioning ministry -- Design, direction, and development -- The leader's behavior -- Part 2. Process of discovery -- Our initial exploration -- Our follow-up exploration -- Four critical questions -- Part 3. Practice of discovery -- Embracing the …
Contents Part I: The church prophet's role in the world today -- Overview -- Church prophet importance -- A history of the prophetic -- Resident prophet ministry origin -- The prophetics agency status -- The church prophets role -- The church prophet -- Your church prophet -- Prophecy class 101 -- Prophetic job description -- Part II: Guidelines for establishing a prophetic company -- Getting s…
Part I. Hermeneutics -- Part II. Religious pluralism -- Part III. Christian living in a pluralistic culture -- Part IV. Pluralism within the camp. Abstract After an initial survey of pluralism, The Gagging of God divides into four parts: Part 1 looks at the history behind modern pluralism, especially the revolution in hermeneutics, literary theory, and epistemology; part 2 addresses religio…