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The church has always been potentially just one generation away
from extinction. But now, with a generation of
under-thirty-five-year-olds turning away from institutional
expressions of Christianity, churches in the West recognize that
they face a challenge that is more urgent and radical than it has
been for many generations. In this acclaimed study, the authors
identify some of the major storm centres through which churches
must navigate, not in order to return to a previously more tranquil
world, but to enter an entirely new one. They look at mission,
church structures, developing new leaders and mentoring, worship,
spirituality and evangelism, and ask how our ministry must change
in order to serve a new generation of Christians.
God often seems most distant when we are going through our hardest
times. And yet many people have found that it is exactly at the
moments of their greatest struggle that they have met God most
closely. Through vivid retellings of the stories of eight biblical
characters who met God at points of extremity in their lives, Ian
Coffey offers us inspirational ways of making the struggles we face
an opportunity for growth. By sharing both modern examples of
people who have faced the same sorts of struggles, and events in
his own life, he gives us practical help and hope in our hardest
moments. Esther & courage Jeremiah & inadequacy John &
doubt Paul & fear Peter & imprisonment Ruth & loss
Elijah & despair Mark & failure Full of rich reflection and
thought-provoking questions, it will help us to discover the God
who walks with his people through their darkest moments.
Can welding a gatepost bring glory to God? Does ironing your
children's uniforms help you grow as a disciple? Will your new
crime prevention strategy do anything to further the kingdom? To
all three Ian Coffey says a resounding 'yes'. With lively Bible
teaching and drawing on a wealth of real-life stories, he shows how
work was part of God's good plan for men and women - given to us so
we can make a creative contribution in his world. Whatever your
work, God is interested in it, God can transform it, and God wants
to use it - for his glory.
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