An illustrated record of thousands of mysterious sightings, including unidentified phenomena viewed from spacecraft, accounts of terrestrial sightings and speculation about future encounters

Product Description: Ideal for new converts who want to become church members, this book examines the mission of the church as a whole and individually. Focuses on Christian growth, a believer's new life in Christ, church structure, and service evangelism.

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Product Description: What do you really need to know to become an authentic Christian disciple? Hinson offers important information about essential aspects of discipleship and shows you how to enrich your faith through the power of Christian disciplines. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Men owe God ten percent of any net increase of their income. But which institution lawfully collects the tithe in God's name? The answer today is what it was when Abraham paid his tithe to Melchizedek the priest (Gen. 14:20): the institutional Church. Melchizedek served Abraham bread and wine (v. 18) and blessed Abraham in God's name (v.19). The Church has lawful monopoly claim on the tithe because it has lawful monopoly jurisdiction over the administration of the sacraments. Today, there are parachurch ministries that falsely claim a portion of the tithe. This book presents a theology of the tithe in terms of a theology of the institutional Church. It refutes the arguments that tithing and dominion go together apart from tithing to the institutional Church.

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Product Description: Billy Graham has called Luis Palau""one of God's most gifted evangelists"". Now, Palau offers this""spiritual map""for new believers. Practical notes, articles, scripture, and more provide a solid introduction to Christianity that will encourage new be

Product Description: This book introduces us to the meaning of church membership, the traits of a good church, and how we are to function as parts of the body. Written for lay men and women, it includes practical discussions on church leadership, male and female roles, worship, spiritual gifts, confrontation, unity, and prayer...read more

The author of A Question of Character examines the current state of American Protestantism and argues that the churches have been co-opted by liberal secular forces. 50,000 first printing. Tour.

Examines the current state of American Protestantism and argues that the churches have been co-opted by liberal secular forces (view table of contents)

Product Description: This book uncovers some of the pain people experience in the church. Too many people have been wounded in the house of the Lord. Dan Lupton provides a vision of what the church being the church really looks like. Then he seeks to create in us an intense longing for that dream to become a reality...read more

Product Description: One man's struggle to discover God's purpose for His church. Some questions are trivial. Some are important. And some are downright vital, freighted with eternal significance. Many Seventh-day Adventists are presently asking a question that clearly fits into the vital category...read more

Product Description: The statistics are staggering. Thom Rainer in his book High Expectations found that if members of a church only attend worship services, only 16% will still be attending in five years. If however they become an active part of a Sunday School, that percentage goes up to 83%...read more

Product Description: Linn challenges us to change the way we define church membership and to view it as a spiritual discipline. He introduces us to a new concept of membership, "covenant membership," in which the church and its members are bound together in a relationship of mutual support and responsibility...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

What is a congregation for? What are members for? What are pastors for? Bob Sitze, an evocative and sometimes whimsical writer and workshop leader, offers a new vision for congregations and their leaders—a vision that releases us from the growing burden of trying harder to invent and implement "better" worship, evangelism, stewardship, small groups, long-range planning, mission statements, and the like. Sitze argues instead that as congregations apply the insights of "simpler lifestyles" to their life together, they will find joy and fulfillment by more closely matching their expectations for ministry with personal and corporate assets. Recognizing that most congregations will not be able to carry out a complete transformation of their communities, Sitze advocates a "small-step approach" to change and provides readers with the necessary tools to engage what is possible without trying too hard. He points readers toward the congregation of the future and assures them that they have the capacity to reimagine their own congregation. A design for a simple, experiential workshop that can also be used in other adult education settings provides a method for sharing Sitze’s vision with an array of members. Foreword by Janet O. Hagberg, Director of the Silent Witness National Initiative.