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God Will Make a Way

Spiritual Life and Leadership in a Contested Season

By: Bishop Kenneth H. Carter Jr.

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God Will Make a Way

Spiritual Life and Leadership in a Contested Season

By: Bishop Kenneth H. Carter Jr.

In God Will Make a Way, Bishop Ken Carter shares reflections from his journey from the 2016 General Conference, through his leadership in The Way Forward, his role as Presiding Bishop, into the special 2019 Conference, and the postponed 2020 General Conference in the midst of a pandemic. The book is both a spiritual journey and an inside view of one of the most tumultuous periods of national and denominational history. Carter casts his personal spiritual reflections against a backdrop of life-shaping events: the first Way Forward meetings, the tragedy at Mother Emmanuel, interactions with Kenneth Feinberg, Jurgen Moltmann, and others, the Pulse and Parkland shootings, and more. Throughout, the high points are experiences and conversations between people, often from dramatically different stances, who find common ground, new understanding, and hope while the dark times are from conflict-inspired anger, national violence, and shaken hope.

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The Gifted Pastor

By: Kenneth H. Carter Jr.

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The Gifted Pastor

By: Kenneth H. Carter Jr.

Carter writes a piece which will stir the sympathies of pastors thwarted by their own efforts to emulate a congregation's successful predecessor. Within months, these pastors see little success as fatigue and burn-out set in. All Christians are graced with specific and distinctive spiritual gifts. Too often pastors forget that God has given them particular gifts for ministry. While all pastors must attend to the different tasks of congregational ministry, they need to discover those functions for which they have been particularly gifted. When they begin to make these gifts the focus of their ministry, then deep personal satisfaction and connection with others results. This book is written to help pastors overcome the false belief that if their ministry is to succeed, it must emulate that of a high-profile orator. Carter explains that when we make our distinctive gifts the center of our ministry, we lose the illusion that we are in control, and instead trust that God will complement us with others' gifts to meet the needs of God's people. Key Features: includes a "consumer guide" to spiritual gift inventories; resource lists including retreat centers, congregations, and publications. Key Benefits: Provides pastors a biblical/theological framework for understanding ministerial gifts.

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1426773862

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Finding Our Way

Love and Law in The United Methodist Church

By: Bishop Rueben P. Job,Neil Alexander,Gregory V. Palmer,Hope Morgan Ward,Melvin G. Talbert,Kenneth H. Carter Jr.,Bishop J. Michael Lowry,John K. Yambasu,Rosemarie Wenner

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Finding Our Way

Love and Law in The United Methodist Church

By: Bishop Rueben P. Job,Neil Alexander,Gregory V. Palmer,Hope Morgan Ward,Melvin G. Talbert,Kenneth H. Carter Jr.,Bishop J. Michael Lowry,John K. Yambasu,Rosemarie Wenner

Questions and conflict about homosexual practice and the church abound. We encounter media reports of same-gender unions and clergy trials. This leads to talk in congregations and district preacher's meetings, in the hallways at district, conference and general church gatherings, and in the deliberations of the Council of Bishops where we hear prayers, questions, and an outpouring of conviction or anguish. We observe The United Methodist Church grappling with issues of importance that divide and confound us. We hunger for our church to engage hard questions and decisions in a spirit of generosity, gracefulness, and mutual respect. This book could change the nature of the conversation. It encourages frank and constructive dialogue that will help us conference together and open ourselves to God's guidance. We seek faithful, fair, just, and loving resolution to issues that challenge our faith community. Finding Our Way: Love and Law in The United Methodist Church is authored by several United Methodist bishops. These writers enunciate and clarify pathways that represent faithful, responsible, and constructive ways forward through the current controversies. Each bishop articulates a prescription for moving through current conflict about homosexual practice, same-gender unions, qualifications for ordination, and maintaining the "good standing" of elders. Go to www.ministrymatters.com/FindingOurWay to read the introduction and to comment. Contents: Frame: An introduction about the guiding vision and theological framework as we seek together to be faithful to God and to our covenants. By Rueben P. Job, retired, from the Iowa Area, and by Neil M. Alexander, who is publisher for The United Methodist Church. Part One: Options Enforce (follow the Book of Discipline): The Discipline interprets scripture and contains the rule of law for UM congregations and elders. When sacred promises are violated, leaders must uphold the spirit and letter of the law and follow the process defined by the Discipline. By Gregory V. Palmer, who serves the Ohio West Area. Emend (work to change the Book of Discipline): The General Conference legislative process must be engaged to emend the Book of Discipline -- or not. This is the responsible and thoroughly United Methodist way of moving through disputes and reaching consensus. By Hope Morgan Ward, who serves the Raleigh Area. Disobey (biblical obedience): Scripture and the sanctity of love are a higher authority than the Book of Discipline. Therefore, the current impasse must be broken by loving acts of conscientious fidelity to higher principles. By Melvin G. Talbert, retired, from the San Francisco Area. Disarm (suspending conflict between personal and social holiness): In many kinds of conflicts, in marriage and in war, the conflicted parties drop their weapons or grievances, agree to a cease fire, and search for a peaceful way to resolve their disagreement. By Kenneth H. Carter Jr., who serves the Florida Area. Part Two: Responses Order (supporting our covenant): Our sacred trust depends on keeping our promises. By J. Michael Lowry, who serves the Forth Worth Area Unity (dwelling in God's church as a family of Christ followers): When two elephants fight, the grass suffers. By John K. Yambasu, who serves the Sierra Leone Area. Diversity (coexisting with differences). By Rosemarie Wenner, who serves the Germany Area and is current president of the Council of Bishops. Part Three: Steps Trust God (discernment): Immerse ourselves in an intense process of prayerful discernment. This approach pleads for the guidance of the Holy Spirit and asks all to open themselves without condition or pre-judgment to the insight and inspiration that comes through deep prayer and listening. By Rueben P. Job, retired, from the Iowa Area.

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Just in Time! Easter Services, Sermons, and Prayers

By: Rev. Kenneth H. Carter JR.

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Just in Time! Easter Services, Sermons, and Prayers

By: Rev. Kenneth H. Carter JR.

Based on the Revised Common Lectionary and broadly ecumenical, this addition to the Just In Time! series provides creative liturgies, sermon helps, and prayers for Easter Vigil, Easter Sunday, and the 40 days of Easter.

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1426728077

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A Beginner's Guide to Practicing Scriptural Imagination

By: Kenneth H. Carter Jr.

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A Beginner's Guide to Practicing Scriptural Imagination

By: Kenneth H. Carter Jr.

What is scriptural imagination? The word imagination does not mean the Bible is fantasy or untrue. A scriptural imagination allows us to look at the world through the stories and images of the Bible. As we view our world with scriptural imagination, we enter a continuous process of becoming more Christlike. In A Beginner's Guide to Practicing Scriptural Imagination, Kenneth Carter focuses on four scripture passages to give readers an easy entry into the practice of scriptural imagination. Carter advocates reading and reflecting on the biblical texts with a group. Carter says that almost every situation and problem we face can be addressed by men and women sitting with biblical texts, listening for what God might be saying through those passages. Equally important is taking time to listen attentively to people who are marginalized. As readers practice the spiritual exercises in this book, they will grow as disciples of Jesus who can then transform their world.

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0835819205

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Near the Cross Large Print

A Lenten Journey of Prayer

By: Kenneth H. Carter, Jr.

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Near the Cross Large Print

A Lenten Journey of Prayer

By: Kenneth H. Carter, Jr.

Prayer nurtures our faith and encourages spiritual growth. This thematic Bible study calls individuals and small groups to a deeper life of prayer during the season of Lent. It guides readers to spiritual transformation and application of Bible study to everyday, practical life experience. By coming near the cross through prayer, we can know and imitate heart of Christ. This thematic Bible study is designed to be used by individuals and small groups during the Lent 2016 season. In addition to the main content, each chapter offers questions for reflection and discussion, a brief prayer, and a focus for the week. The focus emerges from the chapter content and encourages readers to engage in a spiritual practice or do something specific that will help them grow in faith. On the whole, this thematic seasonal Bible study series is designed for transformation and application of Bible study to everyday, practical life experience.

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1501800922

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Just in Time! Baptism Services, Sermons, and Prayers

By: Rev. Kenneth H. Carter JR.

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Just in Time! Baptism Services, Sermons, and Prayers

By: Rev. Kenneth H. Carter JR.

Few services are more important in the life of the congregation than the service of baptism. Part of the Just in Time! series, Baptism Services, Sermons, and Prayers provides prayers, litanies, sermon ideas, and other resources designed to render baptism meaningful to the entire congregation. It also includes ideas for special baptismal services, such as those associated with confirmation and youth retreats.

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Fresh Expressions

A New Kind of Methodist Church For People Not In Church

By: Audrey Warren,Kenneth H. Carter Jr.

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Fresh Expressions

A New Kind of Methodist Church For People Not In Church

By: Audrey Warren,Kenneth H. Carter Jr.

A wave of new Christian churches are emerging to reach unchurched and dechurched people who live in a culture that is increasingly non-religious and multi-religious. These new forms of church gather and network with people who typically have never been to church. The new faith communities listen to people and go where they are on the journey toward Jesus. They are deeply ecumenical but do not lose their distinctiveness because they learn fresh ways to communicate their identity through discipleship. Fresh Expressions began in the United Kingdom where it ignited over 3000 new faith communities. In the United States the movement is putting down roots in Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Florida. Ken Carter and Audrey Warren offer this book as a group study for church leaders and congregations who are in the grip of Holy Spirit motivation to renew their tradition by reaching people who are dechurched or not yet in a discipleship relationship with Jesus. Each chapter includes two Bible study experiences for group conversation.

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Unrelenting Grace

A United Methodist Way of Life

By: Rev. Kenneth H. Carter JR.

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Unrelenting Grace

A United Methodist Way of Life

By: Rev. Kenneth H. Carter JR.

A way of life: embracing grace, seeking holiness, building connections. United Methodist people long to love God and serve their neighbors. Unrelenting Grace by Bishop Ken Carter shows us how to come together and embrace grace, seek holiness, and build meaningful connections promoting strength and healing. Unrelenting Grace evokes insights and courage to overcome feelings of isolation, loneliness, and alienation. The book is an inspiring and practical resource for United Methodists who want to move forward with confidence and hope. As we wrestle with the effects of the pandemic, social disruption, and conflicts, Unrelenting Grace offers guidance for stepping into the future as individuals and as communities of faith. Ken Carter reminds us of our core values as United Methodists, prompting readers to rediscover, redefine, and reclaim the power of grace, holiness, and connection. We see afresh ways to bridge the gap between faith and life, and rediscover deep connections of unity and love.

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The Gifted Pastor

By: Kenneth H. Carter Jr.

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Baptism Services, Sermons, and Prayers

By: Kenneth H. Carter

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Baptism Services, Sermons, and Prayers

By: Kenneth H. Carter

Resources designed to render baptism meaningful to the entire congregation.

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Embracing the Wideness

The Shared Convictions of The United Methodist Church

By: Kenneth H. Carter Jr.

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Embracing the Wideness

The Shared Convictions of The United Methodist Church

By: Kenneth H. Carter Jr.

Embracing the Wideness contrasts a generous orthodoxy with the culture wars that seek to drive a wedge between Christians with deep faith convictions. A generous orthodoxy is possible for The United Methodist Church because scripture supports both a confessing movement and a reconciling movement. In addition to our divergent understandings of holiness in The United Methodist Church, we apparently have two distinct conceptions of church. These two conceptions of church present in American Methodism grew from seeds planted in the earliest practice of British Methodism: A separatist church, which views holiness as a calling that separates us from the world—“come out from among them and be separated” (2 Corinthians 6:17). Here holiness is a quality that distinguishes Christians from the world. An activist church, which understands holiness as a movement for change in an unjust world. The boundaries between church and society are blurred, with the “wheat and tares” growing together (Matthew 13) until God’s final judgment. At times, a denomination is able to hold these two conceptions of church in tension. And at times, as in recent experiences of American Christianity, there is fragmentation and division. The division may finally be the result of clearly articulated values that are not compatible. And the division may also be the result of how leaders do harm to each other. What great things could be accomplished if we rediscovered orthodoxy in service of the healing, instead of dividing, of our bodies—our churches! Such a generous orthodoxy would help us not to become immersed in the emotional processes that pit people against each other. Such a generous orthodoxy would keep us from becoming stuck in cycles of harmful collusion and escalating conflict. Such a generous orthodoxy would know that the source of our capacity to be healed of our schisms is a miracle beyond our human power or goodness or intelligence.

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Robust Regression

Analysis and Applications

By: Kenneth D. Lawrence

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Robust Regression

Analysis and Applications

By: Kenneth D. Lawrence

Robust Regression: Analysis and Applications characterizes robust estimators in terms of how much they weight each observation discusses generalized properties of Lp-estimators. Includes an algorithm for identifying outliers using least absolute value criterion in regression modeling reviews redescending M-estimators studies Li linear regression proposes the best linear unbiased estimators for fixed parameters and random errors in the mixed linear model summarizes known properties of Li estimators for time series analysis examines ordinary least squares, latent root regression, and a robust regression weighting scheme and evaluates results from five different robust ridge regression estimators.

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Gardens in the Desert

How the Adaptive Church Can Lead a Whole New Life

By: Michael Adam Beck,Kenneth H. Carter Jr.

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How the Adaptive Church Can Lead a Whole New Life

By: Michael Adam Beck,Kenneth H. Carter Jr.

Your church can thrive in this strange new world! Many church people and leaders feel like exiles in their own land. We are facing tremendous challenges. And, just as for those who came before us, the challenges are also opportunities. If we adapt to our new environment, as people and as the body of Christ. Gardens in the Desert offers local and denominational church leaders a practical, inspired, scripture-rooted vision for how we can do this—how we can become God’s church now for God’s intended future. Michael Adam Beck and Ken Carter draw from Jeremiah 29 to provide wise guidance for leaders and churches seeking to adapt and thrive. Jeremiah’s imperatives resonate deeply today, compelling us to experiment, cultivate new relationships, prioritize faith-sharing with people of all ages, interact with others in humility, to “seek the wellbeing of the other,” and to move forward with confidence. The chapters are brief and packed with practical ideas and instruction. The authors include ideas from leaders inside and outside the Church, offering multiple ways for leaders to see and understand what it means to be an adaptive leader and how to shape an adaptive church. The book is rich with lists, diagrams, illustrations, clarifying questions, and frameworks, making the material easy to grasp. It is an excellent resource to share with leadership teams at every level of the local church and in denominational settings. Gardens in the Desert is for laity, leaders, and clergy who have been feeling lost, immobilized, powerless—as exiles—and who are ready to do something new.

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1791033814

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Fresh Expressions of People Over Property

By: Bishop Kenneth H. Carter Jr.,Audrey Warren

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Fresh Expressions of People Over Property

By: Bishop Kenneth H. Carter Jr.,Audrey Warren

Our church buildings, synagogues, and other religious places – which once stood as beacons of hope and reverence for its community – have become a burden for the organizations who seek to keep them standing. In efforts to patch leaky roofs and paint over years of wear, leaders are putting more and more money each year into property instead of people. The practices we have fallen into to keep a building running are not only demoralizing to the pastoral profession and the mission of the church, but they also run the risk of violating property tax laws and incurring more debt. What if our properties didn’t have to be a source of pain but one of purpose and profit? Can we as faith-based organizations begin to think collaboratively about how we might further our missions by creatively and intentionally rethinking how we utilize the space we inhabit? In Fresh Expressions of People Over Property the authors reflect on strategies, scriptures, and stories that help leaders faithfully re-imagine their community spaces so that they reflect that God and God’s people value people over property.

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1791004768

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Adaptive Ecclesiology

Cultivating Gardens of Healing in a Desert of Trauma

By: Michael Adam Beck,Kenneth H. Carter Jr.

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Adaptive Ecclesiology

Cultivating Gardens of Healing in a Desert of Trauma

By: Michael Adam Beck,Kenneth H. Carter Jr.

This digital-only e-book provides foundational material on adaptive leadership for the church. It is for seminary students, people training for ministry in other settings, and local church leaders who are striving to understand the biblical and theological underpinnings of adaptive ecclesiology. These readers will also gain knowledge about how this approach has worked historically, and how it is used inside and outside the Church today. The authors’ main book on the topic, Gardens in the Desert: How the Adaptive Church Can Lead a Whole New Life, is more practical in its focus, helping pastors and other leaders know how to begin shifting toward adaptive ecclesiology in their own local churches. The Adaptive Ecclesiology digital-only e-book is a deeper look at the foundations of the topic.

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1791035434

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Converge Bible Studies: Holy Spirit and Community

By: Kenneth H. Carter, Jr.

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Converge Bible Studies: Holy Spirit and Community

By: Kenneth H. Carter, Jr.

When the Holy Spirit showed up with power in Acts 2, it’s unlikely many of the believers present in Jerusalem that day had any idea the magnitude of what was in store. The Spirit began building the church then and is still active in the world today. In these four sessions based on Acts, Carter explores the work of the Holy Spirit in three areas: shaping, guiding, and disrupting. He maintains that the Holy Spirit creates Christian community, shapes and reshapes community, and works through groups of believers to speak to the culture. In Holy Spirit and Community, you’ll learn how to recognize the Spirit at work in your community. Converge Bible Studies is a series of topical Bible studies based on the Common English Bible. Each title in the series consists of four studies on a common topic or theme. Converge can be used by small groups, classes, or individuals. Primary Scripture passages are included for ease of study, as are questions designed to encourage both personal reflection and group conversation. The topics and Scriptures in Converge come together to transform readers’ relationships with others, themselves, and God.

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God Will Make a Way

Spiritual Life and Leadership in a Contested Season

By: Bishop Kenneth H. Carter Jr.

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Spiritual Life and Leadership in a Contested Season

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Just in Time! Prayers and Liturgies of Confession and Assurance

By: Rev. Kenneth H. Carter JR.

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Just in Time! Prayers and Liturgies of Confession and Assurance

By: Rev. Kenneth H. Carter JR.

In a brief introductory chapter, the author addresses the question of why we need to confess our sins, and offers three reflections in response: Sin as Pride, Sin as Violation of Boundaries, Sin and the Possibility of Forgiveness. The book includes seventy prayers of confession and words of assurance, with accompanying liturgies and music suggestions (Scripture and hymn indexes included!). The prayers are offered in three sections, confession and pardon related to: The Human Condition, The Holy Scriptures, The Liturgical Year. The Just in Time! Series offers brief, practical resources of immediate help for pastors at an affordable price.

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1426727062

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Sawmill

The Story of Cutting the Last Great Virgin Forest East of the Rockies

By: Kenneth L. Smith

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The Story of Cutting the Last Great Virgin Forest East of the Rockies

By: Kenneth L. Smith

A history of logging in the Arkansas and Oklahoma Ouachita Mountains from 1900 to 1950 not only examines man's interaction with a major forest resource but also looks at the effects of the forests' depletion on the people and towns that made their livelihood from the mills. Reprint.

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0938626698

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Finding Our Way

Love and Law in The United Methodist Church

By: Bishop Rueben P. Job,Neil Alexander,Gregory V. Palmer,Hope Morgan Ward,Melvin G. Talbert,Kenneth H. Carter Jr.,Bishop J. Michael Lowry,John K. Yambasu,Rosemarie Wenner

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Finding Our Way

Love and Law in The United Methodist Church

By: Bishop Rueben P. Job,Neil Alexander,Gregory V. Palmer,Hope Morgan Ward,Melvin G. Talbert,Kenneth H. Carter Jr.,Bishop J. Michael Lowry,John K. Yambasu,Rosemarie Wenner

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Near the Cross

A Lenten Journey of Prayer

By: Kenneth H. Jr Carter

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Near the Cross

A Lenten Journey of Prayer

By: Kenneth H. Jr Carter

Pray with the mind and heart of Jesus.

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Fresh Expressions

A New Kind of Methodist Church For People Not In Church

By: Audrey Warren,Kenneth H. Carter Jr.

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A New Kind of Methodist Church For People Not In Church

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Gardens in the Desert

How the Adaptive Church Can Lead a Whole New Life

By: Michael Adam Beck,Kenneth H. Carter Jr.

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How the Adaptive Church Can Lead a Whole New Life

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A Way of Life in the World

Spiritual Practices for United Methodists

By: Kenneth H. Carter

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A Way of Life in the World

Spiritual Practices for United Methodists

By: Kenneth H. Carter

What does it mean to be a United Methodist?" The answer to this question, says Kenneth H. Carter, Jr., is to live a particular way of life and follow a particular form of discipleship. The distinctive aspects of that way of discipleship are contained in what has recently come to be known as "the practices." Christian practices are things done together, over time, in response to God's grace. They constitute an extended argument against some harmful alternative in the culture; they address and define a fundamental human need; they come to focus in worship; and they add up to a way of life. Carter contends that there are 6 essential practices in the United Methodist tradition: (1) searching the scriptures, (2) generosity with the poor, (3) testimony, (4) singing, (5) Holy Communion, and (6) Christian conferencing. Written primarily for those who lead in United Methodist congregations, this book will give the reader not only an understanding of what the central United Methodist practices are, but also how they can be taught. Being formed in and by these practices does not happen overnight; it happens across a lifetime of observing the practices in others and trying them out oneself. Neglecting the Christian practices--failing to attend to them--can mean a life devoid of much of the purpose and power that life in the Spirit can hold.

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