| You Only Have to Die Contributor(s): Harnish, James A. (Author), Harnish (Author) |
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ISBN: 0687066883 ISBN-13: 9780687066889 Publisher: Abingdon Press OUR PRICE: $20.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2004 Annotation: A moving testimony to how a church can experience rebirth by discerning its core mission. The key to becoming a Spirit-energized, people-loving, life-giving, community-transforming congregation, says Harnish, is really very simple. All you have to do is be willing to die. He describes how God calls each congregation to a specific mission, how God grants discernment to understand what that mission is, and how God enables the congregation to die to its entrenched attitudes and behaviors in order to be resurrected to a new life of ministry and witness. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Church - Growth - Religion | Christian Ministry - Pastoral Resources - Religion | Institutions & Organizations |
| Dewey: 253 |
| LCCN: 2003021506 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.55 lbs) 200 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Mainline - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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| Publisher Description: A moving testimony to how a church can experience rebirth by discerning its core mission. The key to becoming a Spirit-energized, people-loving, life-giving, community-transforming congregation, says James A. Harnish, is really very simple. All you have to do is be willing to die. This book describes how God calls each congregation to a specific mission, how God grants discernment to understand what that mission is, and how God enables the congregation to die to its entrenched attitudes and behaviors in order to be resurrected to a new life of ministry and witness. |
Contributor Bio(s): Harnish, James A.: - The Rev. Dr. James A. Harnish retired after 43 years of pastoral ministry in the Florida Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. He was the founding pastor of St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Orlando and served for 22 years as the Senior Pastor of Hyde Park United Methodist Church in Tampa. He is the author of A Disciple's Heart: Growing in Love and Grace, Earn. Save. Give. Wesley's Simple Rules for Money, and Make a Difference: Following Your Passion and Finding Your Place to Serve. He was a consulting editor for The New Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible and a contributor to The Wesley Study Bible. He and his wife, Martha, have two married daughters and five grandchildren in Florida and South Carolina. |