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The Church As Learning Community

A Comprehensive Guide to Christian Education

By: Norma Cook Everist

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The Church As Learning Community

A Comprehensive Guide to Christian Education

By: Norma Cook Everist

Norma Cook Everist contends that it is meaningful to say that in ministries of administration, outreach, and pastoral care, the church is functioning as a learning community. Whenever and wherever Christians are being formed into the image of Jesus Christ through ministry, there Christian education is taking place. Christian education is the name we give to that process of formation. Building on this central insight, Everist has written a major new introduction to the tasks and practices of Christian education. Part 1 of the book focuses broadly on what it means to be the church in the world. Part 2 shows how being a learning community requires ongoing growth in faith throughout the span of life. Part 3 shifts focus to the church as it moves into the community and world.

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Abingdon Press

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1426729200

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9781426729201

Open the Doors and See All the People

Stories of Church Identity and Vocation

By: Norma Cook Everist

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Open the Doors and See All the People

Stories of Church Identity and Vocation

By: Norma Cook Everist

This journey book invites the reader to go with the author on her travels to dozens of congregations all over the United States, discovering their assets and strengths as well as their struggles and fears. She was not critic, nor teacher, nor consultant, but visitor. Guest. She learned from the people of God she met, appreciated them, and gave thanks. The book was written for enjoyment; it quite possibly also will challenge. The purpose of the book is to help congregations claim their identity in the body of Christ and be strengthened for their vocation in God's public world. The key to unlocking the book is to use the questions for reflection and discussion. Stories beget stories. By focusing on issues in other contexts congregations are sometimes able to talk more easily about important questions they face in our own settings.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1498284256

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9781498284257

Church Conflict

From Contention to Collaboration

By: Norma Cook Everist

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Church Conflict

From Contention to Collaboration

By: Norma Cook Everist

You love your work. You love the people--most of the time. They respect you, most of the time. You work together with colleagues, staff, and laity, with energy and enthusiasm, most of the time. But then something goes wrong: a word spoken in anger, a misunderstanding, and things turn sour. What do you do? How do you deal with conflict, whether it be long or short-term, low or high intensity? Conflict is a part of the human predicament, yet it need not define or control your ministry. This book is designed to help the reader ask certain key questions about the nature and scope of the conflict they are experiencing and, based on the answers to those questions, move beyond conflict. The author lays out the variety of responses to conflict, running the gamut from avoidance to accommodation to compromise to collaboration. Written with the real needs of congregations in mind, this book will serve as a reliable guide to all who wish to move through conflict into a more effective and authentic fulfillment of their calling.

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Abingdon Press

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0687038014

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9780687038015

Where in the World Are You?

Connecting Faith & Daily Life

By: Norma Cook Everist,Nelvin Vos

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Where in the World Are You?

Connecting Faith & Daily Life

By: Norma Cook Everist,Nelvin Vos

Everist Vos challenge congregations to take a new look at and mission -- to see themselves as God's people in the world. Explore exciting new understandings that come from starting with people in the world rather than with church structures. Professors Everist (clergy, Wartburg Theological Seminary) and Vos (laity, Muhlen-berg College) bring their insights to bear on how people's daily struggles, needs, and hopes can connect to God's mission through practical steps. These include spiritual growth and the challenge of mutual accountability. A reflections section helps readers discern God at work in their lives.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1566997011

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The Church As Learning Community

A Comprehensive Guide to Christian Education

By: Norma Cook Everist

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A Comprehensive Guide to Christian Education

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Seventy Images of Grace in the Epistles . . .

That Make All the Difference in Daily Life

By: Norma Cook Everist

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Seventy Images of Grace in the Epistles . . .

That Make All the Difference in Daily Life

By: Norma Cook Everist

How can faith speak directly to people's real lives? How can conversation around Scripture make "all the difference" in the arenas of one's daily world? People who have heard the Bible many times--or for the first time--want to know in the terms and images of their life situation. "When my world seems to be shaking all around me, why doesn't it help to hear 'You are forgiven'?" And further, "What can I say to someone who feels totally alienated from God?" Seventy Images of Grace in the Epistles will help people make connections and empower them for their ministries in daily life. The book presents an interplay of stories of people's actual lives and Epistle images of grace. Readers will begin to recognize the depth of the human predicament and the power of the gospel, thereby becoming equipped for Christian discipleship and vocation, not from duty or guilt, but from freedom. "Guides for Engagement" will help readers turn the book into a learning event.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1625647395

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Open the Doors and See All the People

Stories of Church Identity and Vocation

By: Norma Cook Everist

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Church Conflict

From Contention to Collaboration

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From Contention to Collaboration

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1426788126

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Book's by Norma Cook Everist

The Church As Learning Community

The Church As Learning Community

Open the Doors and See All the People

Open the Doors and See All the People

Church Conflict

Church Conflict

Where in the World Are You?

Where in the World Are You?

The Church As Learning Community

The Church As Learning Community

Seventy Images of Grace in the Epistles . . .

Seventy Images of Grace in the Epistles . . .

Open the Doors and See All the People

Open the Doors and See All the People

Church Conflict

Church Conflict

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