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books:

Discipled Warriors: Growing Healthy Churches That Are Equipped for Spiritual Warfare

3 reviews
Chuck Lawless

Kregel Academic & Professional, 2002

Building a Healthy Church
Numerous books are being written on the subject of church growth. The book was written because of the author's desire to see churches be strong enough to win the battles against Satan as they are growing. Three main ideas are raised. The first is that too little consideration is being given to the theological foundation. Without a well-grounded foundation the church that develops will be ...

Membership Matters: Insights from Effective Churches on New Member Classes and Assimilation

3 reviews
Chuck Lawless

Zondervan, 2005

Insightful and practical
I've known Chuck since he was my grader in Thom Rainer's "Introduction to Church Growth" class at Southern Seminary in the Fall of 1995. During my own M.Div. and Ph.D. work, he became more than a grader. Chuck became my friend. I'm currently serving as chairman of my home church's Long-range Planning Committee. One area in which we've identified a great need for improvement is in our new ...

Zondervan Practical Ministry Guides: Serving in Your Church Prayer Ministry 5 Pack
Chuck Lawless

Zondervan Publishing Company, 2003

The Challenge of the Great Commission: Essays on God's Mandate for the Local Church

Pinnacle Publishers, 2005

"All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age" (Matt. 28:18-20, NASB). With these words, Jesus gave to his disciples their marching orders. They were to take the gospel to all ...

Serving in Your Church Prayer Ministry
Chuck Lawless

Zondervan, 2003

This compact prayer manual shows how to build and participate in a praying church and includes stories and examples from a cross section of churches, evaluation charts, and discussion questions so both church staff and lay leaders can use it individually or in group settings.