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Author | : Adam L. Gustine |
Publisher | : InterVarsity Press |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2019-02-12 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0830873406 |
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IVP Readers' Choice Award Stop outsourcing justice! Many local churches don't know what to do about justice. We tend to compartmentalize it as merely a strategy for outreach, and we often outsource it to parachurch justice ministries. While these organizations do good work, individual congregations are left disconnected from God's just purposes in the world. Adam Gustine calls the local church to be just and do justice. He provides a theological vision for our identity as a just people, where God's character and the pursuit of shalom infuses every aspect of our congregational DNA. As we grow in becoming just, the church becomes a prophetic alternative to the broken systems of the world and a parable of God's intentions for human flourishing and societal transformation. This renewed vision for the church leads us into cultivating a just life together—in community, discipleship, worship, and more—extending justice out into the world in concrete ways. Let's hold being and doing together, so we can become just, compassionate communities that restore shalom and bring hope to the world.
Author | : Jim Martin |
Publisher | : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2012-09-21 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1414377614 |
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Are you ready for a new way to seek justice – an ancient way to know God? Finally, a practical guide on how to do justice and grow in discipleship —from those on the frontlines of the battle in the world’s darkest and most dangerous places. Jim Martin and International Justice Mission are experts not only at bringing rescue to victims of violence, sex trafficking, slavery, and oppression, but also, at bringing churches into the fight, through concrete steps that actually make a difference. Learn how to carry out one of the Bible’s core commands—to seek justice—in a way that amounts to more than mere words and good intentions. In the process, you’ll discover one of the most powerful tools to grow faith and deepen discipleship. In The Just Church, Martin shares tangible, accessible strategies to respond to God’s call to seek justice, defend the widow and orphan, and rescue the oppressed . . . whether in far-off places or right in your own community
Author | : Chris Howson |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 169 |
Release | : 2011-02-17 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1441175806 |
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What does liberation theology actually look like in 21st century Britain? How can the Church respond faithfully to issues like war, climate change and vast global inequalities? A 'fresh expression' church in the centre of Bradford has explored these questions through radical forms of worship, non-violent direct action (for example, physically resisting the unjust detentions of asylum seekers) and experimenting with new ways of being community that help to build the reign of God. Church members have been arrested, come under the scrutiny of security forces and been super-glued together at the gates of hell (aka Aldermaston Atomic Weapons Establishment). This is their story: their successes and disasters, and their modelling of a new version of the Action/Reflection cycle called EARS (Education, Action, Reflection, Sustaining), aimed at helping other Christians to evolve their own way of thinking, growing - and demonstrating the relevance of Church in today's contexts.
Author | : Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
Download A Just Peace Church Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The classical just war criteria were helpful in a world of soldiers in uniforms with negotiated holidays. But just war no longer proves helpful in a world where small bands of terrorists with modest bundles of cash can do unspeakable terror to unarmed civilians. In this new world, war itself has become dysfunctional. What are the theological, political, and programmatic bases needed to become a peacemaking church? A Just Peace Church seeks to locate a position between pacifism and just war.
Author | : Ed Stetzer |
Publisher | : B&H Publishing Group |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1433669307 |
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It is time to take heart and rework the scorecard. --
Author | : Daniel M. Jr. Bell |
Publisher | : Brazos Press |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2009-10-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781441206817 |
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This provocative and timely primer on the just war tradition connects just war to the concrete practices and challenges of the Christian life. Daniel Bell explains that the point is not simply to know the just war tradition but to live it even in the face of the tremendous difficulties associated with war. He shows how just war practice, if it is to be understood as a faithful form of Christian discipleship, must be rooted in and shaped by the fundamental convictions and confessions of the faith. The book includes a foreword by an Army chaplain who has served in Iraq and study questions for group use.
Author | : Thom S. Rainer |
Publisher | : B&H Publishing Group |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2011-06 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0805447997 |
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Now in paperback, this multi-awarded national best seller shares a clear message from case studies of 400 North American congregations: church is done best when it's kept simple.
Author | : Tim Chester |
Publisher | : Crossway |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2008-08-21 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1433542749 |
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"Church is not a meeting you attend or a place you enter," write pastors Tim Chester and Steve Timmis. "It's an identity that is ours in Christ. An identity that shapes the whole of life so that life and mission become 'total church.'" With that as their premise, they emphasize two overarching principles to govern the practice of church and mission: being gospel-centered and being community-centered. When these principles take precedence, say the authors, the truth of the Word is upheld, the mission of the gospel is carried out, and the priority of relationships is practiced in radical ways. The church becomes not just another commitment to juggle but a 24/7 lifestyle where programs, big events, and teaching from one person take a backseat to sharing lives, reaching out, and learning about God together. In Total Church, Chester and Timmis first outline the biblical case for making gospel and community central and then apply this dual focus to evangelism, social involvement, church planting, world missions, discipleship, pastoral care, spirituality, theology, apologetics, youth and children's work. As this insightful book calls the body of Christ to rethink its perspective and practice of church, it charts a middle path between the emerging church movement and conservative evangelicalism that all believers will find helpful.
Author | : Mark Dever |
Publisher | : Crossway |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2005-09-09 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1433518422 |
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Dever and Alexander propose a model of complete reliance and submission to the Gospel when building a healthy church. Great resource for pastors, elders, and others interested in the vitality of their church.
Author | : Tony Dale |
Publisher | : Karis Publishing |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2000-09 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780971804012 |
Download Simply Church Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In this book the authors explore some dynamic trends in society and church that are pushing believers into simpler ways of doing church. -- from back cover.