Resources & Tools

Welcoming / Reaching Outside the Church

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African Youth and Students

Type: VHS
Author:
( Africa , General , Global , Multicultural , Welcoming / Reaching Outside the Church , Youth )

Young people from North America join African youth in Zaire at the All Africa Youth and Students Assembly. Cultural differences and similarities become evident as young people are interviewed on location in Kinshasa. Shares insights on the role of the church in students' lives, THEIR role in the church and global economic issues with a major impact on Africa. Excellent for ecumenical mission study. Includes leader's guide.

AIDS: A Healing Ministry

Type: VHS
Author: National Consultation on AIDS Ministries
( AIDS/HIV , Clergy , General , Pastoral Care , Pastoral Skills , Welcoming / Reaching Outside the Church )

The purpose of the 1987 National Consultation on AIDS Ministries (where this video was filmed) was to enable persons from the local churches and annual conference to develop visible inistri8es in a compassionate and hope-filled response to the challenges of AIDS.

Assimilating New Members (Creative Leadership Series)

Type: BOOK
Author: Schaller, Lyle E.
( Church Growth , General , New Members , Outreach , Welcoming / Reaching Outside the Church )

Discusses those things that attract and hold new members of a local church together. Shows how to evaluate the local church recruitment and assimilation processes, recognize counterproductive behavior patterns, and make people more effective by involving more members in the ongoing life of the church.

Baby Boomerang, The: Catching Baby Boomers as They Return to Church

Type: BOOK
Author: Murren, Doug
( Church Growth , General , Generations , Visioning , Welcoming / Reaching Outside the Church )

In the past few years, baby boomers have been returning to church, inquiring about spirituality and looking for meaning in their lives. This book offers practical, appropriate ways to catch boomers as they return to church.

Basic Ecclesial Communities: The Evangelization of the Poor

Type: BOOK
Author: Barreiro, Alvaro
( Central America , General , Hispanic Ministry , New Members , North America , Outreach , Poverty , Theology , Welcoming / Reaching Outside the Church )

The birth of the Basic Ecclesial Communities is a startling example of what can happen when the Church takes seriously the Lord's command to preach the good news to the poor. Seeks to promote practical pastoral experiments among and with marginalized Christians within North American society. Inspiration from Latin America!

Basics: Confirming What I Believe - 7 Essentials in the Christain Faith

Type: BOOK
Author:
( Basic Concepts , Christian Education , General , Small Group Ministry , Small Groups , Welcoming / Reaching Outside the Church )

This resource is designed for small groups. There are two tracks in the same book…entry level and advanced level. The topics are: orientation, God the Father almighty, Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit, the church universal, forgiveness of sins, and life everlasting.

Becoming a Contagious Christian - Youth Edition

Type: KIT
Author: Willow Creek
( Evangelism , Faith , General , Outreach , Welcoming / Reaching Outside the Church , Youth )

Designed with both you and your students in mind. Everything you'll need to help students discover and develop and discover their unique evangelism styles. Includes and Evangelical Styles Assessment; activities for individuals, partners, and small groups; and video dramas that model and bring to life the evangelistic skills students can use every day. Included: Video cassette, Student's Guide, Leader's Guide, and PowerPoint Presentation on CD-ROM.

Becoming a Contagious Christian: Communicating Your Faith in a Style that Fits You

Type: VHS
Author: Mittelberg, Strobel and Hybels
( Christian Education , Christian Life , Evangelism , General , Group Study , Outreach , Small Groups , Welcoming / Reaching Outside the Church )

Releasing the hidden evangelist in every Christian. A Proven course designed to equip believers for effective evangelism in today's world, showing ordinary believers how they can share the Gospel in a natural and powerful way while being the person God made them to be. Each session's exercises, discussions, self-assessments and video vignettes give step-by-step guidance to help participants become effective communicators for Christ to those around them. For small to large groups,...

Becoming a Contagious Christian: Participant's Guide

Type: BOOK
Author: Mittelberg, Strobel, and Hybels
( Christian Education , Christian Life , Evangelism , General , Group Study , Outreach , Welcoming / Reaching Outside the Church )

Participant's guide designed to help you get the most out of the "Becoming a Contagious Christian" course. Contains an easy-to-use, hands-on means of identifying and developing an evangelism style that's effective for you.

Becoming American: The Odyssey of a Refugee Family

Type: VHS
Author:
( Asia , Asian American , General , Multicultural , Outreach , Refugees , Social Justice , United States , Welcoming / Reaching Outside the Church )

Traces one refugee family's experiences from their home in Laos to a refugee camp in Thailand, and from there to Seattle, Washington, where they are finally resettled. A deeply moving film encouraging action and awareness. Includes discussion guide.

Between Two Alters

Type: VHS
Author: Marty, Martin
( Christian Life , General , Health , Modern/Contemporary , Money , Psycology , Technology , Welcoming / Reaching Outside the Church )

Discusses issues that Christians face in living out their faith in today's contemporary culture. Contains six 30 minute programs on 2 videos covering: The Mind, The Body, Work, Wealth, The Neighbor, and Technology. Explores each challenging conflict with the helps of guests who are business persons, writers, a physician, a lawyer, non-profit organization presidents, educators and others.

Beyond 30 Seconds: Developing a Welcoming Congregation

Type: VHS
Author: Igniting Ministry Series
( Church Admin/Leadership , Church Renewal , General , Group Study , New Members , Outreach , United Methodist , Visioning , Welcoming / Reaching Outside the Church )

Takes you and your congregation to the next level. 7-session video curriculum for small or large groups invites us to look beyond the TV commercials to truly become people who understand and welcome newcomers. Each session explores how a small group can assist a congregation to view welcoming, not as a program, but as a way of living within the body of Christ. Includes video, leader's guide and learner's guide.

Beyond the Walls: A Congregational Guide for Lifestyle Relational Evangelism

Type: BOOK
Author: Hollis, James W. Jr.
( Evangelism , General , Outreach , Welcoming / Reaching Outside the Church , Witness )

Ministry of evangelism designed for the local church, led by laity, proactively involved in the community and grounded in a deep spiritual vision of the love of Christ and the guidance of the Holy Spirit. 6 hands-on training sessions.

Bishops Initiative: Community with Children and the Poor

Type: VHS
Author: Council of Bishops
( Children , Children at Risk , General , Poverty , Welcoming / Reaching Outside the Church )

This short video (tape 2 in a series from the Council of Bishops) sparks discussion on ways you can build community with children and the poor. It includes 8 witnesses by children, and important statistics and perspectives on children and the poor. Comes with discussion questions. Part of the Bishops Initiative on Children and Poverty.

Bonds of Belonging: Pathways to Discipleship for Church Members

Type: BOOK
Author: LaSuer and Sells
( Church Growth , Church Membership , General , New Members , Welcoming / Reaching Outside the Church )

For church leaders trying to welcome visitors. Shows: 1)that there are bonds of belonging which ca open a pathway of discipleship and 2)that belonging must come before joining. How-to book about how and why people belong and what your congregation can do to open up the way for yourself and others.

Building Bridges: The Art and Practice of Evangelistic Calling

Type: BOOK
Author:
( Church Membership , Church Renewal , Evangelism , General , New Members , Outreach , Program Structure , Welcoming / Reaching Outside the Church )

When is it appropriate to visit prospective church members? How can ewe set up an evangelistic calling program in our community? What's the best way to call on inactive church members? These questions and more are answered in this concise, readable manual.

Burning Heart, The: Visions for Asian American Missional Congregations

Type: BOOK
Author: GBGM
( Asia , Church Growth , Culture , Evangelism , General , Welcoming / Reaching Outside the Church )

This national mission resource is the result of careful work and planning done by the GBGM to assure and guide the work of United Methodists among Asian Americans.

Christian Identity and Religious Pluralism: Religions in Conversation

Type: BOOK
Author: Barnes, Michael
( Ecumenical , Faith , General , Religions , Theology , Welcoming / Reaching Outside the Church , World Religions )

How should Christians respond to the problem of religious pluralism? Is it possible to accept the idea that God is revealed in other faiths without sacrificing one's own religious identity? Barnes shows how a Spirit-centered theology of religions can overcome many of the difficulties involved in more traditional christological approaches. He addresses interfaith dialogue, Christology, ecclesiology, missiology, and the nature of theology itself.

Christianity at the Turn of the Century

Type: VHS
Author: Campolo, Tony
( Christian Life , Church Renewal , Ethics , Evil , Faith , General , Identity , Modern/Contemporary , Science/Scientific , Values/Ethics , Welcoming / Reaching Outside the Church )

Tony Campolo discusses the Christian faith at the end of the 20'th century and into the 21'st century, which he believes will be Christianity's" best and brightest day." Joining Tony, a Baptist, are a pastor of a suburban Presbyterian church, a confirmation director of an urban Lutheran church and a Hispanic American pastor of an inner city Latino church. There are 6 segments (about 25 min each) with a discussion guide: 1. Faith Beyond Reason, 2.The Quest for Identity, 3. Right and Wrong, 4....

Church for the Unchurched

Type: BOOK
Author: Hunter, George G. III
( Church Growth , Church Renewal , Evangelism , General , Outreach , Welcoming / Reaching Outside the Church , Witness )

A rebirth of the apostolic way. Shows that there is an apostolic way for a congregation to live out the gospel.
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