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One of the best and most even-handed presentations of key developments bearing on women in ministry over the nearly twenty centuries of Christianity’s existence is Ruth A. Tucker’s and Walter Liefeld’s Daughters of the Church: Women and Ministry from New Testament Times to the Present (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1987).
James R. Beck, Craig L. Blomberg (Editor), Craig S. Keener (Contributor), Linda L. Belleville (Contr... • Two Views on Women in Ministry
While gathered environments (such as Sunday services and small groups) can grow the church, only scattered servants can bring life to broken cities.
Alan Scott • Scattered Servants: Unleashing the Church to Bring Life to the City
we will likely see more consolidation of churches into medium and larger churches.
Collin Hansen • The Great Dechurching
Everything! There is simply no substitute. It is for this reason that theologian Leslie Newbigin states: parachurch ministries “have power to accomplish their purpose only as they are rooted in and lead back to a believing community,” the community of the local church.
Kelly M. Kapic • A Field Guide to Becoming Whole: Principles for Poverty Alleviation Ministries
The answer to your community is your church. The Church is God’s plan, God’s move, God’s outpouring. Moves of God come and go, but your local church, God willing, will have a place in your community for generations to come.
Andrew Murray • Seeing The Church: When your purpose collides with God's passion
At the core of this change is the deep conviction that God is the primary actor who is out ahead of us in the neighborhood.
Alan J. Roxburgh • Joining God, Remaking Church, Changing the World
