Creating a Prodigal-Friendly Church
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Creating a Prodigal-Friendly Church

  1. 192 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Creating a Prodigal-Friendly Church

About this book

Most of us have prodigals in our lives, whether a child, brother, sister, husband, wife, or friend. The ache for these dear ones is like no other. They may hurt us and disappoint us, but somehow we cannot stop loving them. And yet we cannot live their lives for them.The Prodigal-Friendly Church looks at why people leave the church, how we can retain them, how we can reach those who have already gone, and how we can help those who return feel like they belong. Jeff Lucas offers no easy recipes for success, but plenty of truthtelling, hope, and encouragement.This book discusses the principles of:• Reach: How do we reach those who've already left the church?• Return: How do we help people return to the church?• Retain: How do we retain the people we've worked so hard to reach? Ultimately we are called to bring our prodigals to the cross of Christ, for there we find the mingling of our own utter helplessness and God's total power to intervene and save. When the Father's house is filled with the Father's love, there is hope that the prodigals will come home.

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Information

Publisher
Zondervan
Year
2009
eBook ISBN
9780310297024

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Chapter 1: Overture: Grace and Mr Perlman
  8. Chapter 2: Dissonance The Mutterers
  9. Chapter 3: Intermezzo: Dining With The Prodigal Zacchaeus
  10. Chapter 4: Mancando: Are We Preventing A Parting?
  11. Chapter 5: Serenade: An Uncommon Homecoming
  12. Chapter 6: Intermezzo: The Very Best For The Worst of Sinners
  13. Chapter 7: Subito: The Sudden Return of The “Good Guy”
  14. Chapter 8: Capriccio: The “Advanced” Christian
  15. Chapter 9: Galliard: From Parting To Partying
  16. Chapter 10: Vivace: Laughing Our Way Back To Life
  17. Chapter 11: Staccato: An Angry Young Man Comes Home
  18. Chapter 12: Agitato: Killer King — When Anger Gets The Best of Us
  19. Chapter 13: Pizzicato: The New Family Prodigal
  20. Chapter 14: Dolce: Mirror, Mirror
  21. Chapter 15: Oratorio: True Holiness
  22. Chapter 16: Andante: Scandalous Praise Reports
  23. Chapter 17: Pianissimo: Winning Over Big Brother
  24. Chapter 18: Obbligato: Turning The Tables On Exclusion
  25. Chapter 19: Coda: And They All Lived . . .
  26. Notes
  27. About the Publisher
  28. Share Your Thoughts