Reach. Welcome. Disciple — Online.Digital Discipleship is a practical, theologically grounded guide for Church of England clergy, churchwardens, and PCC members who want to grow their church’s outreach and discipleship through digital tools — without losing the heart of the gospel.Whether you're starting from scratch or looking to strengthen your existing digital presence, this full-length handbook will equip your church to:Launch or im...

Valerian Spicer had something to prove. Not to others, but to herself. This is the story of a woman who at age 30 found herself in a rut and decided to dedicate herself to boxing. Within two years, she was an English champion. Within four years, she’d quit her office job and was flying around the world, competing at tournaments, beating some of the best boxers of the era.Learning of Valerian’s rise in the sport, it becomes clear that hers is not your typical boxing story. It’s not t...

The Diamond Method Advanced Selling Skills is designed to be a self help training guide. No matter if you are fresh and new to sales and marketing or a veteran you will find the content of this book useful. Simple to follow and easy to read and all at your own pace.It can be read quickly from start to finish to get an overall view of the sales process or read in stages so you can try out the ideas and then move on to the next stage. Its an excellent tool for trainers and managers w...

Disability Politics and Theory, a historical exploration of the concept of disability, covers the late nineteenth century to the present, introducing the main models of disability theory and politics: eugenics, medicalization, rehabilitation, charity, rights and social and disability justice. A.J. Withers examines when, how and why new categories of disability are created and describes how capitalism benefits from and enforces disabled people’s oppression. Critiquing the currently...

This book outlines digital discipleship principles for building an online community and provides practical instruction for how to do it no matter how big or small a local church may be.There are more than 2.3 billion professing Christians in the world and more and more new churches launching globally, yet statistics show that in-person church attendance is declining or plateauing in every nation. Although social technology has been around for more than two decades,...

Do you know what God was doing in Genesis chapter 1at the beginning of time?This book will help you to establish the same in your organization and ministry ORDER. This book will help you improve your management abilities to prepare for a new season of growth in your business and ministry, remember order brings increase. God will not give you what you are asking for but what you can manage! Discover: - Fundmentals of contemporary church management. - Ministry organization and structurs. - F...

If you are responsible for managing digital communications in your parish, staying current with trends in the rapidly changing world of social media can seem like an overwhelming task. Which social medium platforms make sense for your church community? How can you make them an effective tool for ministry?As a veteran social media expert, author, and sociologist, Meredith Gould has helped answer these questions and more in her best-selling book The Social Media Gospel. In this secon...

What is your worst fear about self publishing your book? The question most often asked is, "How can I sell my book?", or some variant of that general problem. For the believer, that misses the true point of the exercise. The questions need to be: What is the Lord's vision for my writing? Who are the sheep or non-believers upon whom He wants my focus? What is the result I am seeking from my book? What ...

"Christianity is fundamentally a communication event. It is God revealing God's self to the world. And God uses a large variety of media to accomplish that revelation."—Shane Hipps, author of Flickering PixelsViral videos and retweeted posts fill the air around us. In the midst of constant news feeds and mobile alerts, ministries have unprecedented opportunities to connect with people yearning for community with others and God.But how? In this post-website world, it?s no longer en...

Grace and Gigabytes: Being Church in a Tech-Shaped Culture explores change and ministry at the intersection of technology, culture, and church. In today's tech-shaped culture, we learn and we know through questions, connection, collaboration, and creativity--the networked values of the digital age. Drawing on experiences from a career as an instructional designer in the technology industry and a lifetime of leadership in the Lutheran church, Ryan M. Panzer argues that digital technology is...

Online church is the new front door to visitors. Is your church connecting effectively with people behind the screen?When the pandemic forced congregations to set up online services in record time, people thought it would be temporary. But for too many, online church has become a staple, the new front door for visitors.But what does this mean for congregations who struggle to effectively reach online guests? Is it possible to create a connected virtual experience that foste...

The digital reformation accelerated Friday, March 13, 2020, when the President declared a national emergency due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Church leaders quickly cobbled together virtual worship services, assuming faith communities would be apart for only a few weeks. As weeks stretched into months, however, leaders began to acknowledge that there was no going back to a previous normal, to a time of mostly in-person faith communities.In The Holy and the Hybrid: Navigating the C...