Church Institutions category: 259 books
Raised by the Church
Growing up in New York City's Catholic Orphanages
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2011
In 1946 Edward Rohs was left by his unwed parents at the Angel Guardian Home to be raised by the Sisters of Mercy. The Sisters hoped that his parents would one day return for him. In time they married and had other
children, but Ed’s parents never came back for him. And they never signed the legal...
by Loren B. Mead
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1994
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1994
In this third volume of the Once and Future Church Series Loren Mead focuses on what he sees as the age-old call of the church - living and breathing the good news promise of spiritual transformation for all to see. He explores how we as the church may need to change as institutions and as individuals...
When Church Became Theatre
The Transformation of Evangelical Architecture and Worship in Nineteenth-Century America
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2002
For nearly eighteen centuries, two fundamental spatial plans dominated Christian architecture: the basilica and the central plan. In the 1880s, however, profound socio-economic and technological changes in the United States contributed to the rejection of these traditions and the development of a...
Leadership and Conflict in African Churches
The Anglican Experience
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2016
Leadership and Conflict in African Churches: The Anglican Experience investigates the involvement of leadership and conflict in the African church. Mkunga H. P. Mtingele’s previous work with the government as a state attorney and his leadership positions in the Anglican Church gave him sufficient...
Pontiff
The Vatican, the KGB, and the Year of the Three Popes
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
The story of Paul VI, John Paul I, and John Paul II—and an assassination plot—by the New York Times–bestselling coauthors of The Day the World Ended.
The Vatican has remained one of the last unexamined mysteries of the modern world. For centuries, pomp and pageantry have hidden from view...
by Henry Clay Morrison
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2015
Author's preface: We are sending forth this book with an earnest desire to contribute something to the awakening of the American people to a proper appreciation of the dangers that now threaten our institutions and liberties.
It is no longer a secret that the Roman Catholic Church is seeking...
Skeleton Church
A Bare-Bones Definition of Church
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Do you want to be the church?
How can you, if you don't know what the church actually is?
Only after you understand what the church is can you begin to properly live and function as God's church in this world.
Thankfully, Skeleton Church simply and easily defines "church"...
Ecologies of Faith in New York City
The Evolution of Religious Institutions
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
Ecologies of Faith in New York City examines patterns of interreligious cooperation and conflict in New York City. It explores how representative congregations in this religiously diverse city interact with their surroundings by competing for members, seeking out niches, or cooperating via coalitions...
by Stephen J. Bove
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2015
The Enemy was the First Great Theologian, he was the First High Priest of Mysteries, he was the First Master of Esoteric Knowledge. He was the Father of New Religion. Really, he was the First Self-Made God. To those who by nature sought power, he offered his course: Power-Grabbing Made Easy. To those...
THE CHURCH CURE
Overcoming Church Problems
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2018
In order to overcome and church problems, we must first talk about the different problems of the church. Many of the church problems today stem from the isms: liberalism, humanism, modernism, Christian progressivism, theological liberalism, feminism, higher criticism, and biblical criticism. Moreover,...
Ministry of the Missional Church, The
A Community Led by the Spirit
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2007
In a time when churches are focusing on finding strategies and techniques to guarantee success, a movement toward the missional church is emerging. Missional churches are communities created by the Spirit with a unique nature and identity. Purpose and strategies of the church are derivative dimensions,...
Simple Church
Unity Within Diversity
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
“What is simple church?” This is a simple question that doesn’t have a simple answer.
Simple Church: Unity Within Diversity is an attempt to shed light on the above question and provide some answers. The twenty-four contributors all hope this book will help people, both inside and outside...
The Kingdom Focused Church
A Compelling Image of an Achievable Future for Your Church
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2003
The Kingdom-Focused Church will give you everything you need to achieve your church's full potential—and relief from the smorgasbord approach that distracts you from the unique focus, nature, and mission of the church God has saved for you. You'll discover that success doesn't come from copying...
History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Volume 2 (of 7)
Period 1. History of Joseph Smith, the Prophet
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2014
In this second volume is recorded the arrival of a delegation from the exiled Saints in Missouri, seeking advice and the word of the Lord from the Prophet; the organizations of Zion's Camp for the deliverance of Zion; its march from Kirtland to Missouri; its rich educational experiences; its disbandment...