Enthusiastic Endorsements
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"You
can't just let this be another book you read. You need to let Reese's
message affect you, and your faith community, and through you, other people." -Brian McLaren
"The
church is changing from the inside out. We're seeing growth,
creativity, and fun! It feels like these changes will last. I am more
spiritually alive than I have been for years. I love being 'unbound!'"
-Presbyterian (USA) pastor
"Unbinding the Gospel is the rarest
of gifts...a power pack! Reese does the extraordinary. It's realistic,
clear, and direct, but also hopeful, humble, and genuinely spiritual."
-Todd Hunter, National Director, Alpha USA
"Unbinding the Gospel is like crabgrass. Prayer, faith sharing, and creativity are sprouting up all over this church. The grumps can't kill it." -Disciples of Christ pastor
"I expect the Unbinding Series to move at least 20,000 churches into their first invitational foray into the community in anyone's memory." -George G. Hunter, III, Distinguished Professor of Evangelism & Church Growth, Asbury Theological Seminary
One pastor held up a
copy of Unbinding the Gospel in a bar. He asked, "Does anyone want to
talk about God and faith and having new hope in your life?" Five people
picked up their beers and baskets of peanuts and walked over. Eight
weeks later, 30 of them meet weekly. Some are showing up at church. -Church of the Brethren
"The 'don't ask, don't tell' evangelism program will not reverse the trend. Humor, whimsy, and joy in the faith will serve us better. Reese's book is written to provoke, to tease, and to charm us back into telling our story." -The Christian Century
"This should be required reading in all mainline churches. Our continuing existence may depend upon it." -Richard Peace, Robert Boyd Munger Professor of Evangelism and Spiritual Formation, Fuller Theological Seminary
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To Order
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Contact Chalice Press
Phone:
1-800-366-3383
Web:
www.ChalicePress.com
Fax:
770-280-4039
Mail:
Chalice Press
P.O. Box 933119
Atlanta, GA 31193-3119
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UNBINDING THE GOSPEL
- SECOND EDITION
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- Now Available -
Unbinding the Gospel - Second Edition
Now with a 40-day prayer journal!Start your church on a journey that has inspired tens of thousands of readers. The best-selling Unbinding the Gospel is the first step for your congregation to be transformed. Start this experience with one small group study with key leaders. If they love it, move on to more small-group studies of Gospel with your church leaders and teachers (20% of your worship attendance). *Be sure to order a copy for each participant.
Each person will need a Personal Prayer Journal.If Gospel helps...keep going to step 2! Regular price: $20.99 Special offer: $13.64Order Now
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Step 2 - All-church saturation study
Unbinding Your Heart
40 Days of Prayer
and Faith Sharing
Unbinding Your Heart is a six-week version of Unbinding the Gospel for the entire congregation.
Your church will:
- Pray each day's scripture and prayer exercise
- Study a chapter each week with their small group
- Worship together with sermon, music, and prayers centered on the week's chapter
Your whole congregation will start to pray, to talk about their faith, and risk sharing their faith beyond church walls if you prepare well and give the Spirit room to maneuver.
*Be sure to order a copy for each participant.
Each person will need a Personal Prayer Journal.
Regular price: $19.99 Special offer: $12.99Order Now |
Support for Steps 1 & 2 -
Pastor's and Leader's Guide
Unbinding Your Church
For pastors, before leading your study of Unbinding the Gospel, you'll want to read the introduction, and chapters 1 & 4 of Unbinding Your Church. It will allow you to have a more effective Gospel study and explains our research-tested process.
Unbinding Your Church offers:
- Step-by-step planning tools: "Best methods" for pastors, church staff, organizers, small group leaders, prayer group leaders, and children/youth leaders. Plus calendars, checklists, rosters, forms, diagrams, Web site ideas, and much more!
- Worship resources: Seven engaging, theologically rich, inspiring sermons you can adapt or adopt; short Bible teachings on texts; children's activities, prayers, and complete coordinated music plans.
*Order one copy for the pastor to read before your first GOSPEL study. If you move to Step 2, you will need three more copies for key lay leaders.
Regular price: $19.99 Special offer: $12.99Order Now |
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 Martha Grace Reese, the author of the Unbinding Series, combines the experience of a researcher, corporate attorney, congregational pastor, middle judicatory minister, and consultant. She directed the only major study of evangelism in mainline churches, funded by the Lilly Endowment. The Unbinding Series is grounded in four years of research and more than 1,200 interviews.
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Want to participate in a Lilly Endowment project to coach you through the Unbinding Series?For more information, visit:www.GraceNet.info
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