Imagine looking at the daunting task of leading a church to revitalize. Imagine the number of questions you might have. Then imagine an all-star team of experts coming alongside you to guide you in this leadership challenge. Imagine no more. You have that resource in your hand. Lead to Revitalize! is a gift to those of us who are leading and helping churches toward revitalization. Now, open the pages to this book and receive this gift for yourself!Thom Rainer

Renewal, the second book in the Footbridge series, guides K–12 educators in bringing Indigenous voices and the philosophy, principles, and practices of Indigenous land-based education into their teaching. This text encourages educators to:respectfully renew their own relationships with landdirectly engage students with the land, no matter where they are locatedguide students in learning through observation, listening, and discussion and to take ac...

With threats to global biodiversity growing, it is increasingly necessary to examine the frameworks we employ to ensure conservation is successful and effective. Conservation of the ocean and its biodiversity can thus take many forms and area-based fisheries management has been used for centuries to improve the performance of fisheries and reduce their ecological impact. Such measures have also developed and in 2010 the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) recognized the importance of ...

This book explores how Pentecostal meaning-full worship frees people into a cosmic liturgy that wills humanity to Pentecost. A liturgical turn has marked recent Pentecostal studies, producing a growing body of liturgical theologies. This cutting edge work analyses four theologians at its forefront: Tanya Riches, Daniela Augustine, Chris E.W. Green, and Wolfgang Vondey. It does so through a "liturgy as primary theology" approach, which defines liturgy as "t...

Are you ready to see your small church, Business, or ministry flourish like never before? This dynamic and practical guidebook is the must-have resource for every pastor, leader, and visionary looking to expand their reach and spheres of impact. Whether you’re just starting out or seeking to revitalize your congregation of 50 people or less! Let’s Go we can do it! In this book, you’ll discover: • Proven strategies for growing your church family from 5 to 50 members and beyond, while mainta...

Northern Ireland's political system is dominated by an Irish Catholic nationalist versus British Protestant unionist faultline, based upon the long-running argument over whether the region should remain part of the United Kingdom or form part of a United Ireland. Yet the largest category of elector in Northern Ireland says they are neither a unionist nor a nationalist and the third most popular political party is now Alliance, which is not aligned to either of the two traditional constitut...

Our children are faced with one crisis after another in our schools. School shootings, the pandemic, widespread social unrest, and the growing breakdown of the fiber of our families and the country. I often wonder how our children cope with having to go to school every day while dealing with so many pressures. In 2005, I wrote a book for kids titled, “Can Jesus Go to School with Me?” I wrote the book as I was preparing to deliver the Back-To-School address to students enrolled in the distr...

Including ten new chapters on nature, globalization, development and risk, and a new section on practicing geography, this is a completely revised and updated edition of the best-selling, standard student resource.Key Concepts in Geography explains the key terms - space, time, place, scale, landscape - that define the language of geography. It is unique in the reference literature as it provides - in one volume - concepts from both human geography and physical geog...

Your heart aches for your grandchildren, even if you don't get many chances to see them in person. You deeply want them to know how much God loves them, to grow in their relationship with him, and to make wise, God-honoring decisions. The good news is, just because you can't spend as much time with them as you'd like, that doesn't mean you can't have a huge impact on their lives!In Long-Distance Grandparenting you'll learn how to make the most of the opportunities you do h...

Roxanne Redman’s husband hasn’t fathered a child, but he’s suddenly arrested for fifty-thousand dollars’ worth of delinquent child support—and their nightmare is just beginning.Roxanne’s husband, Parker Redman, is shocked when he’s arrested for delinquent child support … especially since the devoted husband hasn’t fathered any children. The Parkers’ best friends, James and Serena, are in the final stages of a bitter divorce.When the divorce is final, James believes his night...

Real love was all they ever wanted. A man who would protect and not hurt them. Someone loyal who would always put them first. In Giannis and Rio, cousins Dakota and Breelyn have found that and so much more. The ladies have discovered that not all men are the same, and that when you least expect it, the love of the right one can resuscitate a deceased heart, giving it new life. Sadly, just as their lives seem to be moving in the right direction, tragedy strikes, and for one of the women, th...

New York Times bestselling author Carl Weber has brought together the best Urban street writers to participate in the Kingpin series where every city has an underworld leader …Type Kingpins of Memphis in any search engine and you’ll see images of Craig Pettis and his alleged crew, and that’s how Ethan Wade Carruthers prayed it remained. Though he had never met the youthful-faced man covered in diamonds, he knew the information he found wasn’t completely accurate, because he should ...