Small Church

With the first disappearance, the townspeople begin to mistrust outsiders. When the second girl goes missing, neighbors and childhood friends start to eye each other warily. And with the third disappearance, the sleepy little town awakens to a full-blown nightmare. The Church of Dead Girls displays Stephen Dobyns' remarkable gifts for exploring human nature, probing the ruinous effects of suspicion.

Follow the lives, loves and customs of an isolated community in the north Georgia mountains. Former football star, now senior church Elder, Buster Cheatle tries to thread the needle between legal and ethical as he attempts to keep the church viable for its devoted followers. Traditional beliefs are put to the test as a female visiting pastor creates a financial windfall for the little church and the disgraced current pastor continues on his path of self destruction.

Este libro es una crónica sobre el Grupo Pequeño o Movimiento Celular, partiendo de la época de Jesús hasta llegar a la explosión celular en los tiempos modernos. Comiskey destaca las fortalezas y debilidades de estos movimientos históricos de grupos pequeños, y aplica estos principios a la iglesia actual. Crecerás en gratitud y en entendimiento de los valores clave de las células a causa de aquellos pioneros que allanaron el camino.

A Groundbreaking Resource for Preaching If the church wishes to converse effectively with a culture, it must learn the culture’s language. Today, shifts in technology mean that language is increasingly one of symbols and metaphors, stories and images—not words. So what does this mean for the...

¿Qué sucede cuando dejamos de preocuparnos por un mundo exigente lleno de personas problemáticas y, en cambio, simplemente empezamos a amarlas? En este nuevo libro, la continuación del fenómeno en ventas El amor hace, Bob Goff lleva a los lectores a un recorrido interesante, que transforma...

When DeLoyd Stroudamore discovers a cedar chest filled with handwritten stories from 1930s Toad Springs, Florida, he uncovers a world of three-legged gators with Jesus's face, preachers with prison pasts, and beauty shop disasters. Through authentic voices in genuine dialect, these interconnected tales reveal how ordinary people survived the Depression with humor, faith, and resilience.

This book explores how God has used small groups throughout church history, specifically focusing on the early church to the present time. God not only established the early church as a house to house movement, but he also has used small groups throughout church history. This book chronicles the small group or cell movement from Jesus all the way to the modern day cell explosion.

From author and speaker Melanie Dale comes a laugh-out-loud hilarious parenting book that teaches you how to dial back the stress of raising children with the simple premise that we all just need to lighten up a little bit. Most of us thought we’d be amazing parents—and then we had kids. Now...

The development of meaningful relationships, where every member carries a significant sense of belonging, is central to what it means to be the church. So why do many Christians feel disappointed and disillusioned with their efforts to experience authentic community? Despite the best efforts of...

The Field Guide for Small Group Leaders provides basic training and support to help small group leaders succeed in the critical mission of leading others toward spiritual growth and transformation. The premise of serving as a small group leader sounds simple: Invite people to join you in...

This handsome firefighter makes a living coming to the rescue, but Gin doesn't need a man to fight her battles. After Raine’s dad walked out, Ginevieve Lightly never lived in one place too long, a rambling lifestyle that defined her daughter’s youth. When their car dies in Banister Falls...

This story will have you captivated from it’s start to the very end. In this script-converted novel, I’m expanding the yellow brick road journey by adding a few forks in the road. In, “The Big PayBack”, we endeavor to find out why there are six white sheets laying on the floor in the front pulpit of The Sanctuary of Holiness Church and how these six lives are tragically connected.

When she moved back to Cottonwood Springs after a divorce and the publishing company she was working for went bankrupt, Brigid never thought she’d have a ready-made teenage daughter, a huge Newfoundland dog, and a hunky neighbor who wants to get to know her better, a lot better. But first she has to solve Maggie’s murder. When a woman has stolen money and someone else’s husband, finding her murderer is not everyone’s top priority.

THE BIG DEAL... shows how to develop a stronger relationship with God and more effective spiritual lifestyle by taking small steps that lead to big changes. Been running for Jesus a long time (I'm not tired yet) Been singing for Jesus a long time (I'm not tired yet) Been running by day and...

Maybe you feel called to lead your own congregation, or to meet a need of an area that’s devoid of access to a house of worship. My friend, you may be a “religious entrepreneur”! A religious entrepreneur is an individual who creates an organization that has a religious mission. Specifically, this book targets those seeking to start a brand-new or transitioning house of worship. Whether this religious organization and house of worship is a church, mosque, temple, synagogue, or any other religious structure, this book is for you.

Cell-church specialist and pastor Dr. Joel Comiskey studied the world's most successful cell churches to determine how they effectively make disciples who make disciples. These churches have embraced specific principles. Conversely, churches that do not embrace these same principles have problems with their groups and therefore are not as effective in making disciples.

Investors don't back entrepreneurs, they back Investable Entrepreneurs. Too many brilliant business ideas are killed by poor communication, leaving investors unable to understand the very basics of the business. When it comes to pitching, clarity is key. 'The Six Principles of the Perfect Pitch' is a proven process that will help to make your pitch powerful, get you noticed, generate interest and have investors queuing up to help you succeed.

Award-winning author Peter Darcy offers the leaders of church and charity a course in “nonprofit for dummies”. No-Nonsense Non-Profit is primarily a leadership book for new leaders who are unsure of the basics of organizational behavior or the disciplines needed to conduct a successful mission through a non-profit. It is also for those who are currently in leadership positions and want to be more effective in their mission.

Home Cell Group Explosion (2023 version) is the most well-researched and practical audiobook ever written on cell group evangelism! Joel Comiskey traversed the globe to find out why particular churches and small groups are so successful in reaching the lost. He shares the answers freely within this volume.

“Strong on science but just this side of poetry.” —Nature An exploration of the principles, laws, and wonders that rule our universe, our world, and our daily lives, from the New York Times bestselling creator of Lost in Translation Have you ever found yourself wondering what we might...