Do you want to reignite your passion for the local church and see your congregation live out the Great Commission by growing and making disciples? If so, implementing the revolutionary Intentional Growth Planning™ operating system will benefit you, your church, and your community!Just as laptops and smartphones have an operating system, the church needs a biblically based operating system where its various programs and activities can effectively plug in to....

Do you want to reignite your passion for the local church and see your congregation live out the Great Commission by growing and making disciples? If so, implementing the revolutionary Intentional Growth Planning™ operating system will benefit you, your church, and your community!Just as laptops and smartphones have an operating system, the church needs a biblically based operating system where its various programs and activities can effectively plug in to....

What can you learn from1,000 churches? A lot.We know God called you to lead His church. What if the gap betweenyour best intentions and lasting impact could be closed?After equipping thousands of pastors and leadership teams, Bart Rendel,Doug Parks, and the Intentional Churches team have uncovered the surprisingsecret to lasting gospel impact: radical alignment to the Great Commission.Most church leaders are passionate about God's mis...

Randy Pope has created a blueprint for pastors and church planters with The Intentional Church. Such an organization must model a dynamic spirit of worship and servanthood that will cause it to become a magnet for people needing help. Part of the blueprint involves having a God-honoring purpose, a faith-oriented commitment, a well-defined mission, biblically-based job descriptions, and more. A relevant resource for pastors and lay persons.

True discipleship challenges us to radically redefine success in minstry – not by “how many”, but rather, by “what kind” of disciples we have made – for the mandate (our walk with God) must precede the mission (our work for God). In this insightful books, Rev Edmund Chan sounds the clarion call to return the Church to her disciplemaking roots – of reproducing disciples of “a certain kind”!

Your genes respond to your thoughts, emotions, and beliefs. The way you use your mind shapes your brain, turning genes on and off in ways that can dramatically affect your health and wellbeing. In this best-selling, award-winning book, researcher Dawson Church reveals the exciting applications of the new science of epigenetics (epi=above, i.e., control above the level of the gene) to healing. Citing hundreds of scientific studies and telling the stories of dozens of people who have used hi...

Do you face well-intentioned dragons?Every church has them--sincere, well-meaning Christians who leave ulcers, strained relationships, and hard feelings in their wake. They don't intend to be hostile; they don't consciously plot destruction or breed discontent. But they often do undermine the ministry of the church and make pastors question their calling.Ministering to Problem People in Your Church will guide you in dealing with these challenging p...

Possession with Intent is a compelling and biblically grounded resource that calls churches to move from passive programming to purposeful building. With twelve chapters centered around intentional ministry elements-such as prayer, worship, stewardship, and vision-Dr. Jeremy W. Odom delivers theological insight and practical tools for leaders seeking sustainable growth and spiritual vitality. Rooted in Scripture and shaped by the Black Church experience, this book is a roadmap to ...

Change is rapidly occurring in almost every area of our society. However, the one notable exception to this is often found in the church, especially in smaller churches. Instead of responding to the changes around them, these churches have adopted a maintenance mentality, which is primarily interested in survival and riskfree ministries that are inwardly focused and fail to meet the needs of those outside their church community. If our churches are going to have an impact on today's culture, ...

Do women belong in leadership in the church? Are women allowed to preach and/or have authority over men? Does God actually call women into the ministry? Does the Bible have anything to say about women in leadership roles? The answer to all of the above questions is a resounding yes! Yet author Robbie Cansler’s debut book has so much more to say and explore about the role of women in church leadership and beyond. She Leads delves into the scriptural witness—from Genesis all the way through ...

The last decade has seen an explosion of urban beekeeping in the US, Canada, and Europe, a well-intentioned response to perceived threats to the global honey bee population. Many thousands of people have taken up this seemingly environmentally friendly hobby, tending backyard and rooftop hives (or paying a company to do so) and encouraging honey bees to make honey and pollinate flowers. What could be wrong with that?Quite a lot, in fact. In The Honey Trap, scientist and au...

This provocative book shows how the United States Supreme Court has used constitutional history in church-state cases. Donald L. Drakeman describes the ways in which the justices have portrayed the framers' actions in a light favoring their own views about how church and state should be separated. He then marshals the historical evidence, leading to a surprising conclusion about the original meaning of the First Amendment's establishment clause: the framers originally intended the establis...