Winter 2003 Offering Christ Today

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NextChurch.NowAvailable for purchase January 2004
NextChurch.Now Revised Edition
With Updated Statistics and Instructional DVD

Craig Kennet Miller

NextChurch.Now states that the primary evangelistic strategy for the 21st century is the creating of disciple-making faith communities. Using the experience of the New Testament church at Ephesus as a guide, Miller challenges new and existing churches to rekindle a passion for ministry in the midst of a rapidly changing world. New with this updated edition is a DVD ideal for training leaders in key concepts from the book. Led by Miller, the DVD features five 15-20 minute sessions on the following topics:

  1. What Is a Faith Community?
  2. Who Are Your People?
  3. Creating a Discipleship System
  4. Creating Experience-Based Worship
  5. Creating a Healthy Core Group

An invaluable tool for helping your congregation become a disciple-making faith community.
ISBN 0-88177-419-7 $24.95

Disciple-MakingAvailable for purchase January 2004
Lay Speakers Create Disciple-Making Faith Communities
Advanced Course

Craig Kennet Miller Miller helps lay speakers learn about the need for new faith communities and the ways they can be involved in this special ministry. What they will learn is based on the information from the revised and updated book NextChurch.Now Revised Edition with DVD, which has guided church planters during the early years of the twenty-first century. The course includes video from the DVD included with the text.
ISBN 0-88177-413-8 16 pages; $5.95
Full DisclosureFull Disclosure:
What the Bible Says About Financial Giving

By Herb Miller
Financial giving is an important element of our spiritual relationship with God. There are twenty financial stewardship themes that recur and evolve in the Old and New Testaments. Full Disclosure identifies these themes, lists their historical importance, and illustrates contemporary applications for each theme. The themes fall into three categories: (1) Why should we give? (2) How does giving benefit us? and (3) How should we give?
(DR411) ISBN 0-88177-411-1 128 pages; $17.95
Faith and MoneyFaith & Money:
Understanding Annual Giving in Church

By Michael D. Reeves and Jennifer Tyler
Grounded in the gospel, Faith & Money
  • Identifies the challenges of fund development in local congregations,
  • Develops a consistent theological foundation for fund development, and
  • Guides congregations in building worthy expectations and attitudes on how to fund ministry.
(DR410) ISBN 0-88177-410-3 128 pages; $17.95
Making God RealMaking God Real for a New Generation:
Ministry With Millennials Born From 1982 to 1999

By Craig Kennet Miller and MaryJane Pierce Norton
Making God Real captures the essence of the largest generation the world has ever seen. Learn how to witness to this Millennial Generation. Chapters include; Who Are the Millennials? Millennials and Their Families, Millennials and Their World, The Spirituality of Millennials, and Models for Ministry With Millennials.
(DR376) ISBN 0-88177-376-X Ê 176 pages; $19.95
Homebound MinistryBuilding a Ministry for Homebound and Nursing-Home Residents
By Marie White Webb
In this practical manual, Webb shares her understanding and insight into ministry with the homebound and those living in continuing-care retirement communities. Equip yourself with valuable information designed to enrich your ministry with the frail elderly. This resource includes:
  • Sound information about the needs and characteristics of the frail elderly;
  • Helpful advice for organizing and implementing a visitation ministry;
  • Suggestions for leading worship in care facilities;
  • Guidance in dealing with grief, fears, and end-of-life issues;
  • A model for training volunteers.
(DR403) ISBN 0-88177-403-0 64 pages; $9.95
ninezLa niñez
Presente y futuro de la iglesia: Manual de estudio para el desarrollo de ministerios con la niñez

Liana H. Pérez-Félix
La niñez: presente y futuro de la iglesia es un recurso del Plan Nacional para el Ministerio Hispano. Este manual de estudio está diseñado para capacitar a maestros(as) y a líderes de la iglesia local encargados de organizar, desarrollar y dirigir ministerios con la niñez en los ministerios hispanos y comunidades de fe.
(DR340) ISBN-088177340-9 96 páginas; $13.95

 

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