Many communities have overwhelming needs that God's church can meet, but only if local churches, businesses, and ministries combine their resources. Citing scores of practical examples and easily implemented ideas, Daniel Bernard illustrates how pervasive city problems can be solved and how the city can actually be transformed through unified efforts. His organization, Somebody Cares, Tampa Bay, is a role model for trans-denominational unity. By bringing ministry leaders together with pastors and businesspeople, this organization takes God's love and the necessities of life to needy individuals and families. Success stories and startling ideas from ministry leaders around the world provide pastors and laypeople with the tools they need. This book is a call to action for people everywhere who care about evangelism, racial reconciliation, and community transformation.
The worldwide prayer movement is ushering in revival, and the spiritual forecast for America's cities is rain--the latter rain of Christ's presence that will bring the end-time harvest. Bernard details how the physical water cycle is a representation of what happens when one prays, with the end result being a great outpouring of God's spirit in the land. (Christian)
YOU CAN TRANSFORM YOUR COMMUNITY! God calls His Church to take the Gospel into the world, but what about meeting the day-to-day needs of your local community? Daniel Bernard uses practical, motivating examples from his ministry, Somebody Cares Tampa Bay, and from Christians all over the U.S. to illustrate how unity among believers and parnerships with local businesses can transform communities. If you're concerned about the problems close to home, The Church at Its Best will give you tools to begin solving them. Bernard offers scores of effective ideas, including: . Prayer tools to help you bless your neighbors . 84 ways to promote unity among churches . 33 reasons the Church needs the poor . 77 ways to effectively minister through your business A call to action for people everywhere who care about their cities! "Not written out of the ivory tower of theory but from the crucible of experience." -Doug Stringer, founder, Somebody Cares America/International "If you are up for a challenge, read these pages. You will fall in love with your city and with the Lord at a deeper level than you thought possible." -Steve Sjogren, founding pastor, Vineyard Community Church, Cincinnati "Daniel Bernard's practical insights and encouragement will be of significant help to anyone who desires to minister effectively in a city." -Dr. Paul Cedar, chairman, Mission America Coalition "As we put this cutting-edge book into practice, we can change our neighborhoods..." -Pat Robertson, founder and chairman, Christian Broadcasting Network
Cet ouvrage propose une découverte du patrimoine naturel, architectural, historique et ethnologique du Berry. Province du centre de la France jadis célébrée par George Sand et Alain-Fournier, les pays qui la composent offrent aux yeux du lecteur-voyageur mille-et-une facettes étonnantes, des étangs sauvages de la Brenne à la monumentale cathédrale de Bourges, au rythme de traditions encore vivaces. Illustrée par une carte régionale et près de 200 photographies en couleurs, cette somme d'informations essentielles fait résonner le cœur d'un Berry riche de son passé et résolument tourné vers l'avenir.
Originally published in 1972, Minority Perspectives is the second in a series exploring metropolitan problems within the government structure. The 1960’s were a period of civils rights movements as well as poverty in the United States and in the 70’s, it became clear that poverty was closely linked to race. This report sets out to explore issues contributing to the metropolitan-minority poverty problem such as racial exclusion and public policy. The papers included in this report discuss issues such as political power in metropolitan areas, the impact an address can have on economic opportunity for minority groups and the effects that laws and litigation can have on poverty. This title will be of interest to students of environmental and urban studies.
Containing practical instructions, this book attempts to impart knowledge about the heart of God and what should be the heart of the Church to the readers.
How are human subjects treated in biomedical research? What are the expressed standards and self-reported behavior of biomedical researchers in regard to what has sometimes been called their "animal of necessity"? What are some of the determinants of the "strict" and "permissive" patterns which describe the standards and behavior of biomedical researchers? These are the important questions asked and answered in Research on Human Subjects. It is a book based on four years of intensive research. Two studies were completed, one on a nationally representative sample of biomedical research institutions, a second on a sample of 350 researchers who actually use human subjects. In their chapters on "the dilemma of science and therapy," the authors look at the tension between the values of humane therapy and discovery in science. They show that the significant minority of researchers who are "permissive" on the issues of informed consent and a favorable risk-benefit ratio are more likely to be those who are "relative failures" in pursuing the science value. Research on Human Subjects also documents the inadequate training that biomedical researchers get in the ethics of research on human subjects not only in medical schools but in their postgraduate training as well. The medical schools pay relatively more attention to the scientific training of their students than they do to the ethical training that should be its essential complement. The local peer review groups that screen research on human subjects in the institutions where it is carried on are another central focus of attention of the research and analysis reported in this book. The peer review groups do a fairly good job but, the authors show, there are various conditions of their relative efficacy which are not met by review groups in many important research institutions. The medical school review groups, for example, have not been outstanding performers with respect to the several conditions of relative efficacy. In the concluding chapter, the authors discuss the general problem of the social responsibilities of powerful professions and make very specific suggestions for policy change and reform for the biomedical research profession and its use of human subjects.
God's perspective is what you need in order to keep the fires of evangelism burning within you, and this book provides just that. Just as Abraham commissioned his servant to bring home a bride for his son Isaac, God calls us to build up Christ's bride. Daniel Bernard shares his insights on this biblical passage.
Les Français rappellent par son petit nom, " Ségolène ". C'est normal, elle fait partie de la famille. En vingt ans de vie politique, elle est devenue une figure familière, une -combattante respectée. Ses révoltes d'enfance au sein d'une tribu gouvernée par un officier d'artillerie lui ont forgé une volonté à toute épreuve. Une aptitude à l'insoumission tranquille. Un goût, du paradoxe policé. Ça plaît. Enarque aux pieds nus, aussi libre à l'égard du socialisme que le fut son maître politique François Mitterrand, républicaine d'avant la séparation de l'Eglise et de l'Etat, souris des villes et belle des champs, féministe de feu révérée par les hommes, Madame Royal fait exploser schémas et conformismes. Singulière synthèse entre France de droite et peuple de gauche, cette femme de pouvoir séduit les gemmes du monde, les femmes de tête et, les femmes d'intérieur. Quand ses camarades cancanent sur ses petitesses, les Français saluent ses fulgurances (destruction des paysages, pédophilie, ,violence te télévisuelle, il n'est pas de petits sujets !). Elle raisonne comme son peuple et résonne avec son époque, qui ne 'rêve plus de grand soir mais de petits bonheurs individuels. A la suite de son éclatante victoire de mars 2004, qui a donné un peu d'oxygène à ,son camp, Ségolène Royal a transformé ses Poitou-Charentes en vaste laboratoire. Elle y étrenne son costume de Présidente. Ca tombe bien, la gauche se cherche un chef François Hollande, son compagnon, l'a trouvée. Et si c'était elle, la première femme à l'Elysée ?
The ever-increasing interest in the spine and its pathology is not surprising. Acting as the main support of an erect posture unique in the animal kingdom, the human spine is, owing to its numerous articulations, at the same time a supple structure that can respond to the many stresses which are put on it. Constant movement is necessary to preserve its function, but regular and well is also essential. The high frequency of spinal disorders result positioned rest ing from misuse is easily explained by day-to-day reality. Among the disorders that result from misuse of the spine, herniated disk, leading to radicular compression, is one of the most frequent. New tech niques, less invasive and yielding more precise information, have been pro gressively developed for the diagnosis of this disease and at the same time new methods of treatment have appeared, giving us a much broader range of choices and decisions to make. In the face of this evolving, complex situation, a multidisciplinary team from Strasbourg decided to clarify the topic. A single man's experience, what ever his qualities, would certainly have been insufficient and the necessarily limited views of a single speciality would also have been a handicap. This re markable work is thus the result of collaboration between clinical and inter ventional radiologists and a neurosurgeon.
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