Author: William TemplePublisher: New York : Macmillan Company
ISBN:
Category : Christian sociology
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The Church Looks Forward
Author: William TemplePublisher: New York : Macmillan Company
ISBN:
Category : Christian sociology
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The Church Looks Ahead
Author: Charles Edwin SchofieldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Protestant churches
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Growing the Church
Author: Gary VickeryPublisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 1098075161
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
My mother made sure that all of us were in church on Sunday and that we went to all the Revivals and to vacation Bible schools every summer, and after I was married, I continued that practice with my family. In the '50s–'60s and part of the '70s, all churches were always full with people, sometimes having to stand up in the back. But then near the end of the '70s, I noticed a decline in church attendance and fewer people were being baptized, and this has continued to be a trend today. I noticed this, and I'm sure others have also, and yet nothing was done. I decided to start writing down my ideas about this several years ago, and I kept them in a notebook. After I retired, I had more time, so I decided to put together a plan to not only stop this but also to turn it around; and long before I wrote this book, I put this plan into action. The first church had between fifty and sixty people when this started, and in just about three years, this church had grown to almost three hundred members. So I tried it again with another church in another state, and basically the same thing happened. So being retired, I decided to put this plan together in a book that has taken me almost ten years to implement and write. It does work; however, you just can't wish it to happen. It takes work and work from everyone, but if we are to follow Christ's commandments, it should be a work that is enjoyable and a blessing both for you and to the souls you win, and the blessings will continue as you watch your church grow. May God bless you in your endeavor. Don't give up.
Interior
Author: Newcomen Looks Ahead!
Author: Edward Randolph WellesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Dare We Look Ahead?
Author: Bertrand RussellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political science
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
The church looks ahead
Author: Eric Lionel MascallMy Book of the Church's Year
Author: Peter KwasniewskiPublisher:
ISBN: 9781519297457
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
This is a charming children's book that walks through the traditional Catholic liturgical year in its seasons and symbols, while highlighting some of our most beloved saints. The graphic design is brilliantly done -- no book compares with this one for a striking and memorable overview of the liturgical year. It makes a superb catechetical tool.
The Churchman
Author: Primacy in the Church from Vatican I to Vatican II
Author: Maximos VgenopoulosPublisher: Northern Illinois University Press
ISBN: 150175128X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The primacy of the bishop of Rome, the pope, as it was finally shaped in the Middle Ages and later defined by Vatican I and II has been one of the thorniest issues in the history of the Western and Eastern Churches. This issue was a primary cause of the division between the two Churches and the events that followed the schism of 1054: the sack of Constantinople by the crusaders in 1204, the appointment by Pope Innocent III of a Latin patriarch of Constantinople, and the establishment of Uniatism as a method and model of union. Always a topic in ecumenical dialogue, the issue of primacy has appeared to be an insurmountable obstacle to the realization of full unity between Roman Catholicism and the Orthodox Christianity. In this timely and comprehensive work, Maximos Vgenopoulos analyzes the response of major Orthodox thinkers to the Catholic understanding of the primary of the pope over the last two centuries, showing the strengths and weaknesses of these positions. Covering a broad range of primary and secondary sources and thinkers, Vgenopoulos approaches the issue of primacy with an open and ecumenical manner that looks forward to a way of resolving this most divisive issue between the two Churches. For the first time here the thought of Greek and Russian Orthodox theologians regarding primacy is brought together systematically and compared to demonstrate the emergence of a coherent view of primacy in accordance with the canonical principles of the Orthodox Church. In looking at crucial Greek-language sources Vgenopoulos makes a unique contribution by providing an account of the debate on primacy within the Greek Orthodox Church. Primacy in the Church from Vatican I to Vatican II is an invaluable resource on the official dialogue taking place between the Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church today. This important book will be of broad interest to historians, theologians, seminarians, and all those interested in Orthodox-Catholic relations.