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When God Changes a Church

When God changes a church, it transitions to become
a church for the un-churched.

Greater Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church is a church with a rich historic past. It has maintained a presence within the community of Birmingham, Alabama, for 123 years. The past twenty-nine years has seen the church move through several distinctive periods. The eighties were a decade of decline, when the church's public presence almost disappeared from the radar screen. The nineties was a period of maintenance,...

In Just Say Yes Robert Schnase shows church leaders how to unleash people for fruitful ministry. He teaches leaders to spot their own nay-saying, and gives specific instructions for reversing the culture of 'No' that has become so prevalent in many churches. Step by step, Schnase shows readers--pastors, other church leaders, and congregants--how to make significant change in their attitude and actions, to become a permission-giving church.

This set of resources is the next step in the author's effort to reshape church leaders across the mainline denomination. Just Say Yes Becoming a...

This set of resources is the next step in the author's effort to reshape church leaders across the mainline denomination. Just Say Yes ...

"Enlightening, thought provoking and honest, a bit like the North itself" -- Kate Bottley (the "Gogglebox Vicar")

Foreword by John Sentamu, Archbishop of York

From the monks of Lindisfarne to the Synod of Whitby, the North is historically considered to be a cradle of Christianity in England, but in today's society is there a "gospel for the North"?

Does it make sense to talk of a gospel for a specific place when there is "one Lord, one faith, one baptism" (Ephesians 4:5)? Can we even consider the North of England as a distinct entity with its own particular identity?

This book...

A New Generation Church is a church with attendees whose average age is at least as young as the average age of the community in which the church exists. Any church can become a New Generation Church that reaches and continues to reach the next generation.

The Psalmist writes:

We will not hide these truths from our children; we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord, about his power and his mighty wonders. (Psalm 78:4 NLT)No Christian would purposely hide the timeless truths of Christianity from the next generation. But often we do, not because of...