| Church Stuff |
These
articles are about various church ideas, and the book reviews are about
topics associated with church-type things.
| Barnabas Ministry
Articles |
| Church Leadership, Ideas and Structure | |
| Church
Concepts (44k) Primary church structures, church divisions, large churches vs. small churches. |
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| The
Eldership:
A Noble Task (32k) The work and qualifications of the eldership |
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| The
Fallacy of Christian One
True Wayism (29k) The problem with one-true-wayism and some thoughts about solutions. |
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| Financial
Support for Full-Time Workers (55k) Study in the New Testament on the topic of compensation for ministers |
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| The
'IN' Crowd: Ministering With Introverts in Mind (from the Christian
Standard) Link to article published by the Christian Standard on-line in January, 2006. |
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| The
Institutional
Church Just what is the institutional church for, anyway? |
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| Introducing the Emerging Church (10k) | |
| Organizational
Models
for Christian Training (14k) Hierarchical discipling based upon the Jethro paradigm and New Testament example. |
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| Small
Groups in the Church (2k) Study notes concerning healthy small groups in a large church. |
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| Statistics
and Christianity (18k) A discussion of the pros and cons of utilizing statistics in the church and in one's spiritual life. |
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| Thoughts
on
Followership (25k) Healthy and spiritual patterns of followership. |
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| Thoughts on Primitivism (16k) Perspectives on "restoring the early church." |
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| Why I'm a "Revolutionary"
(12k) One man's thoughts on the being a "revolutionary" (as used by George Barna in the book of the same name). |
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Worship and Church Assembly |
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| The
Assembly (51k) General discussion of meetings of the church in the New Testament era. (Taken from Chapter 7 of "Keeping The Faith"). |
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| The
Role of Women in the Assembly (28k) A discussion of passages relating to the role of women in the assembly. |
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| Worship,
Service and Sacrifice (23k) General discussion worship, service and sacrifice in the context of meetings of the church in the New Testament era. (Taken from Appendix Aof "Keeping The Faith"). |
| Barnabas Book Reviews |
| Church Leadership, Ideas and Structure | |
| A New Kind of
Christian: A Tale of Two Friends on a Spiritual
Journey
(7k) Brian D. McLaren (Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA, 2001). 192 pages. |
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| Becoming Conversant with the
Emerging Church (10k) D.A. Carson (Zondervan, Grand Rapids, MI. 2005.) |
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| Confessions of a Reformission
Rev.- Hard Lessons
From an Emerging, Missional Church (20k) Mark Driscoll (Zondervan, Grand Rapids, MI. 2006.) |
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| The
Connecting Church: Beyond
Small Groups to Authentic
Community (28k) Randy Frazee Zondervan (Grand Rapids, MI., 2001) |
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| Dining
with the Devil: The Megachurch Movement Flirts with Modernity (13k) By Os Guinness (Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, MI, 1993) |
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| Firestorm:
Preventing and
Overcoming Church Conflicts (10k) Ron Susek (Baker Books, Grand Rapids, MI. 1999). 253 pages |
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| The
Habits of
Highly Effective Churches (2k) George Barna (Regal/Gospel Light, Ventura, CA. 1999.) |
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| The
Jesus Proposal: A Theological Framework for
Maintaining the
Unity
of the Body of Christ (14k) Rubel Shelly and John York (Leafwood Publishers, Siloam Springs, AR 2003. 219 pages, hardback). A proposal for Christian unity in the twenty-first century. |
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| The
Purpose Driven Church: Growth Without Compromising Your Message &
Mission (8k) Rick Warren (Zondervan Publishers, Grand Rapids, MI. 1995.) 400 pages. |
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| Radical
Restoration (5k) F. LaGard Smith (Cotswold Publishing, Nashville, TN. 2001. 316 pages). A fresh look at the "restoration" paradigm for today. |
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| Reclaiming
God's Original Intent for the Church
(5k) Wes Roberts and Glenn Marshall (NavPress, Colorado Springs, CO, 2004). 191 pages. |
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| Revolution
(15k) George Barna (Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, IL. 2005.) |
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| Two
Views on Women in
Ministry James R. Beck, Craig L. Blomberg General Editors. Contributors Craig S. Keener, Linda L. Belleville, Thomas R. Schreiner, Ann L. Bowman. Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, MI. 2001. |
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| Velvet Elvis: Repainting
the Christian Faith
(13k) Rob Bell (Zondervan, Grand Rapids, MI, 2005). 208 pages. |
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| Willow
Creek Seeker Services: Evaluating a New Way of Doing Church G. A. Pritchard (Baker Books, Colorado Springs, CO. 1996.) 334 pages. |
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Worship and Church Assembly |
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| The
Worship Maze: Finding a Style to Fit Your Church (5k) Paul Basden, Intervarsity Press, Downers Grove, IL. 1999. |
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| Pagan
Christianity: The Origins of Our
Modern Church Practices, Revised and Updated (16k) By Frank Viola and George Barna, Barna/Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. Carol Stream, IL 2008. |
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| Worship
Evangelism: Inviting Unbelievers into the Presence of God (7k) Sally Morgenthaler, Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, MI. 1999. |