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Discussing Money & Values in Small Groups

By: John Ronsvalle,Sylvia Ronsvalle,U. Milo Kaufmann

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Discussing Money & Values in Small Groups

By: John Ronsvalle,Sylvia Ronsvalle,U. Milo Kaufmann

Text is written as a study guide for helping small groups grow in their understanding of the role of money in their lives.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1566994667

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9781566994668

The Poor Have Faces

Loving Your Neighbor in the 21st Century

By: John Ronsvalle,Sylvia Ronsvalle

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Loving Your Neighbor in the 21st Century

By: John Ronsvalle,Sylvia Ronsvalle

Christians now have an unprecedented level of personal wealth--and an equally unprecedented opportunity to make a difference in an impoverished world. The Ronsvalles individualize the faces of the poor and describe a strategy to match churches with specific needs to make the vast needs seem manageable.

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164

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Baker Publishing Group (MI)

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0801077648

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9780801077647

The State of Church Giving Through 2015

Understanding the Times

By: John L. and Sylvia Ronsvalle Ronsvalle,Sylvia Ronsvalle

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Understanding the Times

By: John L. and Sylvia Ronsvalle Ronsvalle,Sylvia Ronsvalle

The State of Church Giving through 2015: Understanding the Times is the 27th edition in empty tomb, inc.'s annual series.Chapters update church member giving and membership data in the U.S., including: (1) 1968-2015 data for a composite set of Protestant denominations. (2) 1921-2015 data for 11 denominations. (3) Future trends. (4) Denominational international ministries. support, 2003 through 2015 (5) Cost-per-day for various church populations to address global needs. (6) Potential giving levels for all church members, and specific groups such as Catholics in nine archdioceses. (7) U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Survey 2015 data for charitable cash contributions, analyzed by age, region, and income levels. Chapter 8 micro-reviews five major sections of church history, and then explores current issues facing the church. In particular, the challenges of post-World War II affluence for the church are discussed. After briefly considering Augustine's and Luther's interactions with money, present-day church leaders' responses to this affluence are reviewed. The suggested solution is recovery of a larger purpose for the church, a positive agenda for the affluence. Information about closing, in Jesus' name, the "Promise Gap" -- the difference between the under-age-5 mortality rate reduction targets set by world leaders in 1990 and 2000 and actual rates in the 40 countries not on target to meet those goals as of 2015 -- is presented, including detailed tables about the causes of death in each country. Dynamics that could interfere with, and others that could strengthen, the pursuit of this larger purpose are considered.

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0984366571

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The State of Church Giving Through 2017

What a Can-Do Attitude in the Church+$16 Billion Can Do in Jesus' Name for the Children Dying in the Promise Gap

By: John Ronsvalle,Sylvia Ronsvalle

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The State of Church Giving Through 2017

What a Can-Do Attitude in the Church+$16 Billion Can Do in Jesus' Name for the Children Dying in the Promise Gap

By: John Ronsvalle,Sylvia Ronsvalle

The State of Church Giving through 2017: What a Can-Do Attitude in the Church+$16 Billion Can Do in Jesus' Name for the Children Dying in the Promise Gap is the 29th edition (Oct. 2019) in empty tomb, inc.'s annual series. Chapters update church member data in the U.S., including: - 1968-2017 data for a composite set of denominations; - 1921-2017 data for 11 denominations; - Future trends; - Denominational overseas ministries support through 2017; - Cost-per-day for various church populations to address global needs; and, - Potential Catholic giving in ten archdioceses. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Survey 2017 data for charitable cash contributions is analyzed by age, region, and income levels. Other giving estimates and media reporting of philanthropy in the U.S. are reviewed. Chapter 8 is the special focus chapter. The downward trends in church giving and membership, explored in the earlier chapters, can be reversed. Ecclesiastes 3:11 says God has placed eternity in the human heart, but people don't understand. Currently, people are looking in a variety of places for direction. The church has not, but can, provide guidance for a positive agenda for affluence as people pursue this spark of eternity. People can help, in Jesus' name, close the Promise Gap - - the difference between, 1) goals set to reduce the global Under-5 Child Mortality Rate (U5MR), and 2) the actual U5MR. Given 1 million children have been dying in the Promise Gap each year, the church can bring its networks, resources, and hope to this worthy task. As the book states, "It's time for the church to stop letting Hollywood have all the good lines.

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0984366598

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Discussing Money & Values in Small Groups

By: John Ronsvalle,Sylvia Ronsvalle,U. Milo Kaufmann

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The State of Church Giving Through 2014

Speaking Truth to Power. Twenty-Sixth Edition 2016

By: John Ronsvalle,Sylvia Ronsvalle

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Speaking Truth to Power. Twenty-Sixth Edition 2016

By: John Ronsvalle,Sylvia Ronsvalle

Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and he will give you everything you need" (Luke 12:31, NLT). "Son of man, these leaders have set up idols in their hearts" (Ezekiel 14:3, NLT). "No one can serve two masters. Either he will the one and love the other or be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money" (Matt. 6:24, NIV). " greed, which is idolatry" (Col. 3:5, NIV). " for everyone looks out for his own interests, not those of Jesus Christ" (Phil. 2:21, NIV). "Why do you call me. 'Lord, Lord," and do not do what I say?" (Luke 6:46, NIV). "And the Lord proved their message was true by giving them power to do miraculous signs and wonders" (Acts 14:3, NLT). "Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins" (James 4:17, NIV). "You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it" (John 14:14, NIV).

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1532616414

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