Category: Church

Table of Contents Critique Evaluation Bibliography Footnotes The first acknowledgement presented in the book Launch: Starting a New Church from Scratch is that the decision to begin a new church can be quite frightening. The book goes ahead to narrate the story of Thomas and Searcy who used unpredictable approaches to plant a new church…

Table of Contents Introduction Efforts of the Local Church Role of Pastor in Disciple Making The Role of Saints Spiritual Gifts and Disciple Making Conclusion Bibliography Footnotes Introduction The Great Commission sent out the apostles to make disciples, but not to build organizations1. This is a fact that the modern church needs to keep in…

Introduction The effective management of a church organization is crucial for the realization of its vision and goals. Besides fostering the congregations spiritual nourishment and growth, the church needs to experience growth that denotes desirable progress (Jackson-Jordan 77). For this reason, church leaders need to consider the demographic elements of its congregation and the overall…

Which of the non-negotiable commitments to you find most difficult to keep? How do you plan to strengthen your commitment in that area? There are four non-negotiable commitments. Each of them plays an important role in understanding God, human beliefs, and the power of faith. First three commitments are clear, and it is hard for…

This essay compares and contrasts two church denominations. The essay looks deeply into the origins of the primitive Methodist church and the Methodist Episcopal church. It further explores the similarities and differences in their beliefs and practices. Conclusively, this essay establishes that save the Methodist Episcopal Church is more polished and sophisticated in their approach…

Ed Stetzer is a famous Baptist leader whose contributions are impressive and influential indeed. In his book, Planting Missional Churches, the author introduces several effective church models (Stetzer 2006). Each of them has its strong and weak points. In this discussion, two models, the apostolic harvest church and the team planting will be compared in…

Because in the early modern period, the forces of globalization put a variety of historical personalities in contact, challenges and conflicts were inevitable since they were and remained parts of human nature. Furthermore, globalization was associated with a rapid pace of social change, which, in the historical context, was very often accompanied by the increased…

The Jesus movement arose from Judaism in Israel; it had many followers worldwide. The Jesus movement created a legacy of Gods people; believers perceive Jesus as their Lord and wish to unite with him.1 It also involves common beliefs of followers and suggests that Gods people will possess virtue through Gods kingdom. It is necessary…

Table of Contents Healthy Church as the Goal for Discipleship An Evaluation of the Personal Ministry Initial Steps towards Improvement of Spiritual Health Bibliography Footnotes Healthy Church as the Goal for Discipleship For a church to be spiritually healthy, the main ingredient is a close-knit community of believers, which has all the properties of the…

Religion has always been a rather controversial topic in politics. Most Republicans, like Santorum, have a rather negative attitude towards separating it from the state. While many Democrats, however, while acknowledging its value in American society, believe that faith should not interfere with any political deeds and processes. The following text will review two articles…