Church Movement

Are Church Planting Movements Real? Are they fabrications? How can we know? David Garrison (PhD, University of Chicago) set out to answer these questions by analyzing twenty-five years of onsite assessments of Church Planting Movements conducted by the Global Research Department of the Southern Baptist International Mission Board. This book pulls back the curtain on in-depth evaluations of twenty-eight reported movements from Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas. The findings are surprising. Discover what is really happening in reported movements across Cuba, India, East Asia, Africa, and...

Church Planting Movement is Dr. David Garrison's classic study of more than two dozen church-planting movements on five continents. This 360-page book examines the phenomenon of first-century movements that are occurring today among Muslims, Hindus, Animists, and post-Christian Secularists. Gain invaluable insights into how these movements are happening and how they can take place in your own community.

Marks of a Movement calls us back to the disciple-making mandate of the church through the timeless wisdom of John Wesley and the Methodist movement. With a love for history and a passion for today's church, Winfield helps us reimagine church multiplication in a way that focuses on making and...

Church Unique is written by church consultant Will Mancini - an expert on a new kind of visioning process to help churches develop a stunningly unique model of ministry that leads to redemptive movement. He guides churches away from an internal focus to emphasize participation in their community and surrounding culture. In this important audiobook, Mancini offers an approach for rethinking what it means to lead with clarity as a visionary. Mancini explains that each church has a culture that reflects its particular values, thoughts, attitudes, and actions.

How to Start a Church -- EVEN if you have never been to Bible school or seminary. Don't know how to plant a healthy church? Want a step-by-step plan that's CHRIST-CENTERED? Need a strategy for church planting that will work anywhere in the world? Ever wish you could start a church that changes lives? Starting churches has quickly become THE way to reach lost people today. The problem? Copying church planting models doesn't produce the same results. The secret is to plant a church deeply in love with Jesus and committed to obeying His commands. In this guide, "Simple Church Planting," you'll...

Now updated with a new preface by Michael Pollan and an exclusive bonus chapter. This audiobook also includes a foreword written and read by Graham Hancock, the New York Times bestselling author of America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization. THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER As seen on The...

Movements of disciples and churches are transforming lives around the world—from the underground churches of Iran to the suburbs of California, from the bustling streets of Indonesia to inmates on Texas death row.

The Church of Christ, at this present hour, is host to a multitude of frustrated and disenchanted ministers and scholars. From the inside of ministry, the veneer of our movement disappears and the blemishes take center-stage. Discouragement is common. In response to this state of affairs, we asked an eclectic cast of authors, ministers, and scholars to answer the question, "Why did you stay within our movement?" The result is a diverse set of answers which we hope will create some hope for the future of our people. Contents: Preface, Scot McKnight Introduction, Benjamin J. Williams I Stayed...

Black American Faith: Exploring the AME Zion Church and Moorish Science Temple Unlock the rich tapestry of Black American spiritual history with this compelling 2-in-1 volume. Black American Faith brings together two profound journeys of faith and empowerment, offering an accessible and inspiring look at the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church and the Moorish Science Temple of America. Discover a Legacy of Freedom and Faith Dive into the remarkable story of the AME Zion Church, the "Freedom Church," which stood at the heart of abolitionist movements and civil rights struggles. Explore ...

The church began as a discipleship movement known as “The Way”. Despite the best of intentions, church as we know it in the West is unknowingly blocking discipleship multiplication - which we must have to accomplish the Great Commission. It’s time for the church in the West to be in The Way, without being in the way.

There is a reason some churches feel different the moment you step inside. The air is quieter. The movements are deliberate. The symbols seem to mean something. You sense that what is happening is not improvised—it is inherited. That is the world of Anglo-Catholicism. Most people have never been shown how to understand it. They see candles, vestments, incense, and ritual—but miss the deeper story. This book changes that. It takes what can feel complex, mysterious, even intimidating… and makes it clear, practical, and deeply compelling. Inside, you will discover: Why the Eucharist ...

Trace the dramatic rise of Christianity from a fragile ancient movement to a global faith in this fast-paced history. Perfect for a quick commute or learning on the go, this inspiring overview cuts through technical debates to deliver the big picture of religious evolution. Experience the...

A pioneer of the “exvangelical” movement examines how toxic right-wing beliefs took over American Christianity—and why people are leaving the church and speaking out against it With the rise of Trumpism, the American evangelical movement has more political influence than ever—yet at the...

We expect evil to appear in obvious forms: malice, cruelty, and contempt. We also expect to find villains at the helm of evil movements and organizations, leaders with dark impulses and motivations. But all too often, malevolence is more subtle, hiding behind our own best intentions. In The...

Emmett Till offers the first truly comprehensive account of the 1955 murder and its aftermath. It tells the story of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old African American boy from Chicago brutally lynched for a harmless flirtation at a country store in the Mississippi Delta. His death and the acquittal of his killers by an all-white jury set off a firestorm of protests that reverberated all over the world and spurred on the civil rights movement.

An overview of the life and controversial teachings of W. Carl Ketcherside (1908–1989), as reflected in his journal, Mission Messenger, and the numerous books he published over the years. Much of what Ketcherside wrote can be found in the writings of the fathers of the Stone-Campbell restoration movement, from which this book quotes extensively in support of his position. It is significant to note that division among Christians in early nineteenth-century America arose from differences in doctrinal deductions or interpretations, as expressed in various creeds. The Campbells proposed that ...

This is a book I wrote back in 2009 as a loving correction to churches of Christ. I hope that it will help you as you seek to follow Christ more fully.

A shattered life. A discovered truth. A fierce new family. For sixty years, Isaac Goldberg built his life on the unyielding foundations of reason, historical evidence, and Rabbinical tradition. As a respected history professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, his world was secure. But after surviving the catastrophic crash of Flight 815, Isaac was stripped of his pride and left with nothing but a King James Bible. In the quiet isolation of an island, the ancient prophecies of his people finally aligned with the pages of the New Testament. He found the Messiah. Returning to Jerusalem ...

In Pure, Linda Kay Klein uses a potent combination of journalism, cultural commentary, and memoir to take us “inside religious purity culture as only one who grew up in it can” (Gloria Steinem) and reveals the devastating effects evangelical Christianity’s views on female sexuality has had...

The Jesus People movement was a unique combination of the hippie counterculture and evangelical Christianity. It first appeared in the famed "Summer of Love" of 1967, in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district, and spread like wildfire in Southern California and beyond, to cities like Seattle, Atlanta, and Milwaukee. In 1971 the growing movement found its way into the national media spotlight and gained momentum, attracting a huge new following among evangelical church youth.