Church small groups are powerful. Through small groups, God uses intentional relationships to bring change to people's lives. But it's not always easy to foster a small group environment in the local church. It takes a system to produce disciples, churn out leaders, and compel people to be on mission together through small groups. In "Starting Small: The Ultimate Small Group Blueprint," Ben Reed helps you through the process of putting a small group ministry together. Through this book, you will discover how small groups can be a place where people belong so they can become.

Starting Small: The Ultimate Small Group Blueprint

Religion & Spirituality

Reed, Ben

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Think of this book as a toolbox full of leadership tools for pastors and other church leaders. Greg Atkinson has the uncanny ability to get to the heart of issues, and offer solutions and resolutions in a practical and meaningful way. He packs 34 key leadership principles into concise but powerful chapters. This book is the vital leadership training that many seminaries failto offer. It can revolutionize your ministry.

Church Leadership Essentials: What Every Pastor Needs to Know

Atkinson, Greg

Religious Studies

The church campus tells a story. Stories are all around us, in virtually every aspect of our daily experiences, which means that our church and ministry facilities also tell a story. Tim Cool offers a unique perspective on the importance of church buildings. These buildings are vastly more important than most understand. The church campus and the story of the people in the church go hand-in-hand and are interwoven into each other. We cannot neglect the power of story and how our church facilities communicate a story. In this book, several key questions about church facilities are answered: How does church space support the story of the people? How does the church space prime the heart, minds, and emotions of your guests? How does your facility bring people into the story of the church? Church facilities will not save a person from a life of sin and frustration. But the lack of attention to the church campus can indeed be the road block to reaching those people that need to hear the gospel message the most. Don't minimize their impact. This book will reveal how to maximize your church facility to share the greatest story ever told, the gospel.

Why Church Buildings Matter: The Story of Your Space

Cool, Tim

Chuck Lawless loves the local church. He also loves the Great Commission. And one of his passions is to see every member of the body of Christ become a Great Commission member. The concept of Nobodies for Jesus is simple but profound: take 14 days and develop a Great Commission lifestyle. The book weaves through numerous New Testament narratives to show how “regular” people, “nobodies,” became somebody for the sake of the gospel. This book, if taken seriously, has the ability to transform individuals, groups, and even entire churches. The 14-day study guide is excellent for use in multiple settings.

Nobodies for Jesus: 14 Days Toward a Great Commission Lifestyle

Lawless, Chuck

Growing churches today are utilizing multisite and church planting strategies to reproduce themselves for greater outreach and impact. But where? That is the purpose of this book. This book is not intended to address the why of these missional approaches or even the how. This book is a tool and guide to the where. Where should we meet? What kind of facilities are usable for churches? What are the implications of the various options? Tomberlin and Cool reveal the keys to using location as a way to reproduce and increase impact. Locality is all about the convergence of location and facility. The where of a church matters. This book explains the new rules for multisite churches and church plants. Additional contributors to this book include Ed Stetzer, Brad Leeper, and Rich Birch.

Church Locality: New Rules for Church Buildings in a Multisite, Church Planting, and Giga-Church World

Tomberlin, Jim

Come and See: Jesus is Alive! was the final project that Robert (Bob) H. Jackson, completed on this earth. In the last year of his life, he tirelessly worked hour upon hour praying and writing this book. Bob was convinced God desired him to journal some of the miraculous things he witnessed in his over 55 years of ministry. He believed many professing Christians live on the wrong side of Easter, totally missing the expectant power available to those who believe. Instead of seeing the Church of Jesus Christ operating in resurrected power, he believed North American Christianity was far too often dependent upon, and therefore limited by, frail human abilities. What is missing in North American Christianity? According to Bob Jackson, the power of the Holy Spirit coupled with expectant faith is sadly missing! Bob longed for the Church of Jesus Christ to storm the gates of Hell in the power of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, Bob Jackson's invitation to you today is Come and See, Jesus is Alive!

Come and See: Jesus is Alive

Jackson, Rob

Jackson, Robert (Bob) H

It’s a privilege to grow up in the South, and not just because of the sweet tea. And with as many church buildings as coffee shops dotting the southern landscape, it's no wonder many use the terms "Christian" and "Southern" interchangeably. But are those two terms truly synonymous? Or is it possible that some Christians in the South have accepted some behaviors as "Christian" when they are, in fact, more "Southern" than biblical? Writing through the lenses of Scripture and his own experiences, with humor and refreshing honesty, Tims helps us see different ways Christians act Southern while thinking they are acting Christian, and how these behaviors are harmful to them, the church, the South, and the lost.

Southern Fried Faith: How the Bible Belt Confuses Christ and Culture

Tims, Rob

In this little book, George Martin writes letters to Matthew, a fictional, or perhaps more accurately, a composite character, sort of a spiritual "John Doe." Matthew represents new believers in Jesus Christ: a young boy, a high school cheerleader, a plumber, a college professor, a middle aged mother, a seasoned old man, or anyone who has recently believed the gospel and needs to understand clearly new life in Christ. Matthew is that new disciple with all the questions that come, along with all the hopes and the anxieties. Am I truly saved? How can I know for certain? What does it really mean to be saved, to be a child of God? What is now expected of me? Martin’s letters will help you understand questions we all have about the Christian faith.

Understanding Your New Life in Jesus Christ: Letters to a New Believer

Martin, George H.

Every year, thousands of pastors are forced from their ministries, many never to return. Studies reveal that forced terminations, once having occurred in a local church, often repeat themselves in the same church, demonstrating a pattern of dysfunction and difficulty within those fellowships. In Toxic Church, Creech examines how the patterns of family dysfunction find their way into the life of the local church, often producing severe conflict, causing division, enabling sin, and even ending the ministry of the pastor and possibly even the local church. Additionally, Creech outlines a plan for recognizing dysfunction within the church family, diagnosing the root causes of that dysfunction, and taking steps to protect the church and the pastor from what many now call the epidemic caused by toxic churches and the clergy killers within them.

Toxic Church: Why the Church-Pastor Relationship Sours and the Simple Biblical Solution

Creech, Chris

We don’t ask for storms in our lives, but they inevitably come. Even with feelings of desolation, battered by our fiercest storms, there is much to gain through the journey and passing of the trial. K.J. Nally offers practical and biblical insight into how to suffer well through the storms of life. Some modern psychologists tell us we need coping skills to get through life’s crises. Nally, however, reveals through Christ that we are more than conquerors, victorious over trials and able to find joy even in the darkest times. The Storms of Life challenges readers to never give up in Life—even in suffering. Experience hope for real change and lasting peace in emotional pains, hurting marriages, and addictions. No matter what storm you are facing, God is enough. Learn how to rest in that truth.

The Storms of Life: Trusting God through Emotional Pains, Hurting Marriages, and Addictions

Nally, K.J.

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