Free DownloadBryan Collier, "The Go-To Church: Post MegaChurch Growth"
English | 2013 | ISBN: 142675325X | EPUB | pages: 154 | 1.0 mb
Gone are the days when churches could simply sit on the corner and attract passers-by. But people still long for the peace and confidence faith in God provides; every church has the potential to grow. How? By taking the church to the people, becoming a "Go-To Church" rather than a "Come-Here Church."
Free DownloadMassimo Introvigne, "Inside The Church of Almighty God: The Most Persecuted Religious Movement in China"
English | ISBN: 0190089091 | 2020 | 168 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Branded as "the new Falun Gong" by local authorities, The Church of Almighty God is the most persecuted religious movement in China today. Thousands of police officers are deployed full time to identify and arrest its members. Hundreds of thousands of its devotees are in jail. Authorities claim, perhaps hyperbolically, that it has some four million members and accuse the group of serious crimes. Yet, the movement continues to grow.
Free DownloadAllan Doig, "A History of the Church through its Buildings"
English | ISBN: 0199575363 | 2021 | 392 pages | MOBI | 7 MB
A History of the Church through its Buildings takes the reader to meet people who lived through momentous religious changes in the very spaces where the story of the Church took shape. Buildings are about people, the people who conceived, designed, financed, and used them. Their stories become embedded in the very fabric itself, and as the fabric is changed through time in response to changing use, relationships, and beliefs, the architecture becomes the standing history of passing waves of humanity.
Free DownloadCindy Yik-yi Chu, "The Palgrave Handbook of the Catholic Church in East Asia"
English | ISBN: 9819706580 | 2025 | 1350 pages | EPUB | 147 MB
This Handbook analyses explores the Catholic Church in East Asia following a chronological framework to trace events to the 21st century. This Handbook considers the horizontal strata of society through space, examining key issues such as church architecture, music and images, the Church’s role in education, linguistic and translation issues surrounding Bible studies, evangelization and the building of Church hierarchy, religious formation, and gender relations. Exploring the Vatican’s relations with East Asian countries from the beginning of the Church in Asia, this Handbook offers a key reference to Asian Church history for students and researchers in Christianity studies, History, Cultural and Asian studies.
Free DownloadFlawed Institution-Flawless Church : A Response to Pope John Paul’s Appeal for a Critical Self-Evaluation of the Church By Paul Ungar
2013 | 191 Pages | ISBN: 1443845701 | PDF | 1 MB
Contemporary news headlines, as well as the history of the Church, are replete with scandals, unholy acts, and abuses of power. Such a disappointing trend has shaken the faith of many, and made it fashionable to decry the hypocrisy of "organized religion." Yet despite these massive stumbling blocks, the Church has always insisted, and continues to maintain, that it is none other than the Holy Body of Christ. How can these polarities be reconciled? How can the world’s trust in the Church be renewed in this postmodern era of religious indifference and apathy? How can an obviously flawed institution become the genuine Church, as intended by Jesus Christ? Responding to these questions, the author calls for a critical self-evaluation of the Church in her quest for renewal, presents a much-needed modern interdisciplinary approach to apologetics, and powerfully promotes ecumenism. This scholarly and passionately written book substantiates Christian optimism, and provides a thoughtful and convincing response to the challenges posed by skeptics such as Nietzsche, Freud, Dawkins, and their contemporary intellectual heirs.
