Sexuality and the Gospel
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I want to introduce a resource that I hope will be helpful in describing a gospel-centered understanding of sex and intimacy.
Designed for small groups, but also valuable for personal use, this 10-session guide uses Bible study, reflection, writing, prayer, and art to engage people in active participation with God on a journey of restoration and healing.
God is doing something today in the Muslim world, and we in the North American church are only now becoming aware of it.
A guidebook to help congregations care for people dealing with disabilities and other long-term needs.
The new CRC hymnal Lift Up Your Hearts is more than just a songbook. Did you know that, in addition to songs, the hymnal also includes readings, Scripture, and prayers?
A practical resource for assisting church leaders in identifying, understanding and intentionally engaging the fivefold ministries of apostles, prophets, evangelists, shepherds and teachers (APEST) that exist within their congregations.
How mercy ministry in the local church transforms us all.
The Church Guide to Internal Controls by Richard Vargo (Church Law and Tax Report) is a great resource for understanding internal controls that ensure the integrity of accounting and financial information. Check out this book online.
The Church and Nonprofit Tax & Financial Guide published by Zondervan comes out each year and includes the latest tax law changes, expert advice on handling charitable gifts, and key financial policies and procedures. Check online for availability.
These books will simplify the accounting process and methods involved.
How can an adult help a child enter into worship?
What this wonderful little book does is introduce Anglos to the history and the life and the personality of the whole catalog of ethnics we sometimes impolitely gang together under titles like Latina/os and Hispanics.
This book presents an alternative model for churches, from its leadership structure to its mobilization of the laity, that hopes to recreate the church Jesus and the apostles cultivated: a church not chasing the wind but rather going into the world and making disciples of Jesus.
This book is designed to enlighten, encourage and equip church leaders as they seek to rediscover the 'sentness' inherent in the message of the gospel and the purpose of church.
What does effective church leadership look like? Pastor Jeramie Rinne sets forth an easy-to-understand “job description” for elders drawn from the Bible’s teaching on church leadership.
Dan Allender argues that the best leaders live paradoxical lives, where they lead with power because of their weakness, find success through acknowledging their failures and lose their life, so that they might save it.
Check out this great little booklet on how to include and welcome people with developmental disabilities, together with their families. Written by Courtney Taylor, Erik W. Carter and others.
This training tool provides those who aspire to the calling of deacon, an overview of the office, role and function in the body of Christ.
This revised edition and brand new resource kit guides Friendship leaders/mentors, elders, pastors, and families as they help persons with cognitive impairments prepare to express their faith and become full members of a faith community.
Are you interested in nurturing the spiritual growth of people with Autism Spectrum Disorder? Check out this helpful resource!
A highly-insightful, practical, personal and economical online strengths assessment tool, partnered with comprehensive 'unpacking' support through the accompanying book and website.
In Seamless Faith: Simple Practices for Daily Family Life, Traci Smith gives many practical ways to make the practices of daily life practices of faith.
The Elder is designed to help you understand the calling, qualifications, duties, spiritual disciplines and discern God's call on your life to the Office of Elder.
This bible study is more challenging than most Small Group bible studies, encouraging others to dig deeper.
In this book Saccone shows how you can raise up leaders from within your own community and develop them into passionate, faithful servants of God.