This book is a collection of essays on the Holy Spirit from Christian leaders who are active in Holy Spirit Renewal Ministries. It is the story of a conference that became a family. The chapters present a biblical and theological understanding of the Holy Spirit, with stories of experiencing and encountering the Spirit.Like both wings of an airplane are needed to get off the ground and soar, soaring with God’s Spirit requires good thinking about the Spirit and encounters and experi...

This is a book about the primacy and centrality of God and his unsurpassable presence, and what this means for the Church. The presence of God is the core, the sine qua non, of mere Christianity. Gods presence is what is needed to win the day over the present powers of darkness. This book shows what it means for a church to be presence-driven, and what leadership looks like in the presence-driven church.

Every follower of Jesus is called to have a praying life. But many confess that they are too busy to pray. This book is a record of observations, experiences, reflections, and biblical and theological conclusions, written by a busy pastor who discovered praying as a conversation with God that has lasted for forty years.It is also a challenge to pray, and a call to a praying lifestyle. The conviction of the author is that what the Church most needs today is to recover praying as a r...

Are you hungry to help others through leadership but don't feel like you have the authority?"If you're ready to lead right where you are, this book can show you how to start." - Dave Ramsey, #1 National bestselling author and host of The Ramsey Show.One of the greatest myths of leadership is that you must be in charge in order to lead. Great leaders don't buy it. Great leaders--whether they have the official authority or not--learn...

DECREE is author Patricia King's bestseller. And now this Third Edition it had been updated and expanded! With more decrees and a bigger format, the DECREE book is better than ever. Filled with powerful decrees from Scripture, it puts the Word of God to work in your life. When you begin declaring these decrees in the key areas of your life, get ready for the Kingdom to come and your breakthrough to manifest, because God's Word never returns void and it accomplishes all it is sent to do! Al...

'An unputdownable book which deals with life in the Church and politics in a more than readable way.' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'a really worthwhile read.' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'a liberating story for all Christian women.' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐First published in 2014 and set in an imagined future - Archbishop is a fascinating novel for our times today.The Church of England is on its knees. Yet one woman is mak...

"Your legacy, regardless of where you are in your leadership journey, starts now. Leading well now means finishing well later." - Brad LomenickWe need great leaders. More than ever we need authentic, collaborative, inspiring men and women of integrity at the helm of society- and too often our leaders fall short. Some focus on personal success, alienating those they lead. Others shift their principles when it is convenient.There is a better way. You can ener...

Life's inevitable difficulties and disappointments can discourage us from praying, but our response should be to pray anyway and keep praying. Whatever our want or need, God invites us to come to Him with confidence, believing that He is able to answer - and He will answer.We can pray for:Forgiveness like DavidWisdom like SolomonHealing like HezekiahA child like HannahDeliverance like JonahMercy like the 10 lepersSalvation like the thief on the crossBut are you conv...

From the bestselling author of Reimagining Church comes an essential guide that provides practical, effective tools for finding vibrant Christian communities.Driven by a passion for the body of Christ, Frank Viola has written some of today's most authoritative and celebrated works on the growing home, organic, and missional church movements. Now Viola shares practical keys to a healthy and successful church plant.Viola contends that many congregations today are str...

Following the example of St. Ignatius, we believe that praying the Examen will lead to a better life. The 500-year-old daily practice of honest self-assessment and reflection is a founding principle of Ignatian spirituality. What we don’t know is if St. Ignatius ever felt like changing it up a bit. Jesuit speaker and author Mark Thibodeaux, SJ, is confident that St. Ignatius wouldn’t mind a little flexibility in his prayer.Join Thibodeaux as he guides you through new and unique ver...

Over the past ten years, the North American mission field has experienced dramatic changes, which in turn have required congregations, middle judicatories, and denominations to adapt. Among these adaptations is an expectation for clear goals and quantified progress towards those goals. Church leaders who have never needed to measure their goals and progress with metrics may find this change daunting. The use of metrics-denominational and middle judicatory dashboards, and the tracking of co...

"Darlene Zschech is possibly the most amazing mentor I know."--Louie GiglioDarlene Zschech, one of the world's most respected worship leaders, writes honestly and realistically of how both current leaders and those coming along after them can overcome hurdles and by the grace of God work together for the good of the church. In this critical message, she urgently challenges the church to raise up a new generation of leaders whose hearts are centered on God. Her leadership ...