Free Download Steeple Chasing: Around Britain by Church
by Peter Ross
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1472281926 | 352 Pages | True ePUB | 2 MB

Free Download Jay E. Adams, "Handbook of Church Discipline: A Right and Privilege of Every Church Member"
English | 1986 | pages: 128 | ISBN: 0310511917 | EPUB | 0,4 mb
This is a handbook for pastors, elders, and all Christians who want to see how Scripture presents the process of discipline that should operate in the Christian community. It was written in response to the various concerns that threaten to tear apart marriages, families, friendships, and congregations-concerns that call for a biblical approach to discipline that can heal fractures, restore right relationship, and ensure the health of the church. Developed around the five corrective steps found especially in Matthew 18:15-17, this book helps church leaders deal with the sorts of problems that require the church's disciplinary response. Charting a course that combines discernment with appropriate action, this simple, readable handbook can have a profound effect on the community of believers.

Free Download Nadya Williams, "Cultural Christians in the Early Church: A Historical and Practical Introduction to Christians in the Greco-Roman World"
English | ISBN: 0310147816 | 2023 | 256 pages | EPUB | 896 KB
In the middle of the third century CE, one North African bishop wrote a treatise for the women of his church, exhorting them to resist such culturally normalized yet immodest behaviors in their cosmopolitan Roman city as mixed public bathing in the nude, and wearing excessive amounts of jewelry and makeup. The treatise appears even more striking, once we realize that the scandalous virgins to whom it was addressed were single women who had dedicated their virginity to Christ.

Free Download Church History in Plain Language Workbook by Bruce Shelley, Stacey Shelley Lingle, edited by Marshall Shelley
English | August 30, 2022 | ISBN: 0310138965 | True EPUB | 176 pages | 1.3 MB
This workbook is designed to accompany the fifth edition of Bruce Shelley's Church History in Plain Language.

Free Download Peter Herriot, "Warfare and Waves: Calvinists and Charismatics in the Church of England"
English | ISBN: 1498226213 | 2015 | 220 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Why is the Church of England perceived by many as homophobic, misogynist, or just plain weird? Because two movements within it, the Calvinists and the Charismatics, have recently achieved a degree of influence disproportionate to their numerical strength. And how has this come about? Both movements are well organized and wealthy. The Calvinists have played the media and ecclesiastical politics games with skill and determination, while sternly identifying themselves as guardians of the one true Reformed doctrine, having no truck with "the world" The Charismatics, on the other hand, have embraced many elements of late-modern culture but retain a premodern worldview. Peter Herriot argues that to recover from the opportunity costs and reputational damage that it has suffered at their hands, the Church of England must seize back the agenda from the Calvinists and face outwards rather than inwards. In its efforts to come to terms with globalization, the elephant in the Anglican crypt, the church's leadership will need to sideline the Calvinists and encourage the Charismatics with their recent increased social involvement. Written by a social psychologist, this book is full of detailed case studies that give a vivid insight into the organizational structures and subcultures of these two very different evangelical movements.

Free Download Stephen B. Bevans, Darrell Guder, "The Mission of the Church: Five Views in Conversation"
English | 2016 | ISBN: 0801097401 | EPUB | pages: 224 | 3.2 mb
Leading Voices from across Christian Traditions Discuss the Mission of the Church

Free Download Gerald Bray, "The Church: A Theological and Historical Account"
English | 2016 | ISBN: 0801030862 | EPUB | pages: 288 | 1.7 mb
Renowned evangelical theologian Gerald Bray provides a clear and coherent account of the church in biblical, historical, and theological perspective. He tells the story of the church in its many manifestations through time, starting with its appearance in the New Testament, moving through centuries of persecution and triumph, and discussing how and why the ancient church broke up at the Reformation. Along the way, Bray looks at the four classic marks of the church-its oneness, holiness, catholicity, and apostolicity-and illustrates how each of these marks has been understood by different Christian traditions. The book concludes with a look at the ecumenical climate of today and suggests ways that the four characteristics of the church can and should be manifested in our present global context.

Free Download Jan Martijn Abrahamse, "Ordained Ministry in Free Church Perspective Retrieving Robert Browne (c. 1550-1633) for Contemporary Ecclesiology "
English | ISBN: 9004440712 | 2020 | 452 pages | PDF | 2 MB
In Ordained Ministry in Free Church Perspective Jan Martijn Abrahamse offers a methodologically innovative way to understand ordained ministry in terms of covenantal theology by returning to the life and thought of the English Separatist Robert Browne (c. 1550-1633).

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English | 2018 | ISBN: 031053481X | EPUB | pages: 208 | 0.7 mb
The church across North America has struggled to minister effectively with children, teens, and adults with common mental health conditions and their families. One reason for the lack of ministry is the absence of a widely accepted model for mental health outreach and inclusion.

Free Download Massimo Introvigne, "Inside The Church of Almighty God: The Most Persecuted Religious Movement in China"
English | 2020 | ISBN: 0190089091 | EPUB | pages: 168 | 1.3 mb
Branded as "the new Falun Gong" by local authorities, The Church of Almighty God is the most persecuted religious movement in China today. Thousands of police officers are deployed full time to identify and arrest its members. Hundreds of thousands of its devotees are in jail. Authorities claim, perhaps hyperbolically, that it has some four million members and accuse the group of serious crimes. Yet, the movement continues to grow.