Growing The Church In The Powe Of The Holy Spirit - Seven Principles of Dynamic Cooperation
By Zeb Bradford Long, Rev. Cindy Strickler, and Rev. paul Stokes
Zondervan Books
Catalog number: 978-0-310-29209-8
Price $17.00 plus postage and handling
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We are really excited about the publication of this book which gathers up the practical teaching on the Holy Spirit and makes direct application to the local congregation. This is for pastors, church leaders and all who love the church and want her to be the body of Jesus Christ.
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Here are comments from two pastors whose congregations serve as examples in the book because they are applying the principles that we describe.
“Every congregational leader should read Growing the Church in the Power of the Holy Spirit ! What the reader will not find is another magical programmatic formula. What the reader will find is a refreshing balanced biblical understanding of the very heart of God’s plan to grow His Kingdom. The two foundations and seven dynamics expounded in the book are biblical elements tested in the crucible of everyday ministry. We started our church on these foundations and dynamics and we have the joy of watching God reap His bountiful harvest through us! The Body of Christ will be enriched, deepened, and expanded by implementing the dynamics taught in this book.”
-The Rev. Dr. Peyton Johnson
Founding Pastor of Lakeview Community Church
Tarpon Springs, Florida
“So many church growth books assume know-how on the part of leaders with regard to praying and hearing from the Lord, but the crying need of leaders is to learn how to hear and grow strong in cooperating with the Holy Spirit before jumping into the vast array of strategic planning models. Growing the Church should serve as a basic 101 course for leaders seeking to dance with the Holy Spirit, that is, to discern the leading and to move with the Holy Spirit in the mission of the local church.
-The Rev. Dr. Richard White
Senior pastor, Montreat Presbyterian Church
Montreat, North Carolina
There is a lost and hurting world next door, down the street, and across oceans. As churches and Christ-followers, we are mandated to reach those who are lost with the Good News of Jesus. Unfortunately, too often, churches and individuals rely on business techniques, charismatic leadership, or other human endeavors.
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| How Jesus Draws us to God
By Douglas McMurry
Winepress
Price: $11.00 plus postage and handling
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- A book for people hungry for God
- A dynamic statement of Christian basics
- A tool for disciple-makers
- A devotional springboard into the Scriptures
- A 22-week guide for Bread groups
This book is a proven way of introducing new Christians to the basics of biblical teaching. It has also helped old-timers in churches to grasp these basics in a refreshing and renewing way.
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Used as a gift to non-Christians, it can help to plant seeds of faith, and to interest people in the promises and commands of Christ. Most of all, it is a means of challenging small groups of Christians to practice what they believe. |
| Preparing the Way for the Holy Spirit
By Zeb Bradford Long and Douglas McMurry
Chosen Books, a division of Baker Books
Catalog number: 0-8007-9246-7
Price $14.00 plus postage and handling
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Divisive factions long ago reduced the Holy Spirit to tongues. Now a postcharismatic "third wave" outpouring may bring more balanced spiritual revival.
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| Rebuilding our Worldview to Embrace the Power of God
By Zeb Bradford Long and Douglas McMurry
Chosen Books, a division of Baker Books
Catalog number: 0-8007-9215-7
Price $12.00 plus postage and handling
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This book provocatively surveys the historical relationship of Christians to their culture, calling the church to its supernatural roots.
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| By Zeb Bradford Long and Douglas McMurry
Zondervan Publishing House
Price: $13.00 plus postage and handling
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Would you like to pray with more consistency, more authority and more of a sense that your prayers make a difference? Prayer that Shapes the Future guides you into the kind of prayer that you've been longing for: powerful, life-changing participation with your heavenly Father in bringing forth His kingdom on earth. |
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| By Zeb Bradford Long
Chosen Books, a division of Baker Books
Catalog number: 0-8007-9262-9
Price: $12.00 plus postage and handling
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The wilderness: that stormy, often frightening realm where Christians inevitably find themselves at some point in their spiritual journey. Brad Long wrote this book during his own wilderness experience while working as a missionary in Taiwan.
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By Zeb Bradford Long and Rev. Cynthia Strickler
Chosen Books, a division of Baker Books
Price: $14.00 plus postage and handling
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We offer this book to you with the prayer that it will help you grow in cooperating with the Holy Spirit in the area of inner healing and deliverance ministry. The need for this type of Christ-centered ministry in the world is vast. Most people suffer from hidden wounds as a result of living in a fallen world. However, God's original plan for humanity included spiritual, emotional, physical and relational wholeness. As Christians, we are invited to participate in the process of restoration with Jesus, who heals from the inside out and sends us to pray for the healing of others.
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