Chuck Lawless
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Membership Matters : Insights From Effective Churches On New Member Classes
$22.99Add to cartInsights from Effective Churches on New Member Classes and Assimilation Findings from a national study to improve membership classes and to motivate current members into active ministry How do churches move members-both old and new- into ministry? Many church staff and lay leaders know they need to start new member classes as a point of entry into their churches but don’t know how. This book is based on a national study of effective churches and shows how growing churches implement new member classes and motivate their members into ministry. Membership Matters is designed to be a guide for church leaders wanting to start or improve a membership class. It includes models for classes and examples of resources such as church covenants, class schedules, and lesson outlines. It also gives direction on motivating uninvolved members to participate in ministry. One chapter chronicles an ongoing discussion among pastors of growing churches that are effectively motivating members to do ministry.
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Serving In Your Church Prayer Ministry
$18.99Add to cartA compact prayer manual for both church staff and lay leaders Prayer is essential to the health and growth of the church, yet many churches fail to make prayer a priority. How can churches move beyond talk to action? How can prayer group members grow in their experience of prayer? This short, practical manual shows how to participate in a praying church. It is based on the premise that to have a praying church, the pastor needs to be a praying leader who is supported by a team of praying laypersons. Then the fire of prayer will spread throughout the congregation. Serving in Your Church Prayer Ministry is filled with stories and examples of churches that model effective prayer_everything from Charles Spurgeon9s Monday night prayer meetings at London9s Metropolitan Tabernacle in the 1800s to contemporary Tuesday night gatherings at the Brooklyn Tabernacle led by Jim Cymbala. Chapters include activity suggestions, charts, and discussion questions for both church staff and lay leaders for individual or group use.
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Discipled Warriors : Growing Healthy Churches That Are Equipped For Spritua
$20.99Add to cart1. Establishing The Foundation Of A Church
2. The Goal: Discipled Warriors
3. Discipled Warriors Exalting God
4. Discipled Warriors Evangelizing The World
5. Discipled Warriors Equipping Believers
6. Discipled Warriors Edifying Others
7. Discipled Warriors Encountering God
8. Discipled Warriors Encouraging One Another
9. Leading In Change Without Losing The Battle
10. A Concluding Challenge
215 PagesAdditional Info
Putting on the armor of God is the essence of both biblical discipleship and biblical spiritual warfare. Using solid biblical exegesis, Discipled Warriors deftly presents a well rounded, proven model for fighting the enemy based on the same principles as those for developing a healthy church.Punctuated with stories and real-life examples, this timely book provides workable strategies and resources for equipping discipled warriors to meet the challenges of being the church in the twenty-first century.