The purpose of this series is to identify and connect congregations and church leaders who seek to multiply their ministries by repeating, deepening, and improving on the Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations:, which include:

#1- Radical Hospitality
#2- Passionate Worship
#3- Intentional Faith Development
#4- Risk-taking Mission and Service
#5- Extravagant Generosity

This DVD in the series focuses on the second of the five practices- Passionate Worship. Practicing passionate worship, whether traditional or contemporary, means an extraordinary eagerness to offer the best in worship, honoring God with excellence, and with an unusual clarity about the purpose of connecting people to God.

The purpose of this series is to identify and connect congregations and church leaders who seek to multiply their ministries by repeating, deepening, and improving on the Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations:, which include:

#1- Radical Hospitality
#2- Passionate Worship
#3- Intentional Faith Development
#4- Risk-taking Mission and Service
#5- Extravagant Generosity

This DVD in the series focuses on the first of the five practices- Radical Hospitality. Practicing radical hospitality means we present the absolute utmost of ourselves, our creativity, and our abilities to offer the gracious invitation and welcome of Christ to others.

The purpose of this series is to identify and connect congregations and church leaders who seek to multiply their ministries by repeating, deepening, and improving on the Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations:, which include:

#1- Radical Hospitality
#2- Passionate Worship
#3- Intentional Faith Development
#4- Risk-taking Mission and Service
#5- Extravagant Generosity

This DVD in the series focuses on the fourth of the five practices- Risk-Taking Mission and Service. Risk-taking pushes us out of our comfort zone, stretching us beyond service to people we already know, exposing us to people, situations, and needs that we would never ordinarily encounter apart from our deliberate intention to serve Christ

There is an old saying in the black community that goes, "God Don't Like Ugly." According to McKinney, the issues named above have led to ugly in the black church and have thus weakened its status as the strongest institution in the black community. These issues are but a few covered in the groundbreaking book, Getting to Amen. This important resource provides a set of practical tools, based on Christian principles, psychological theory and research on African American religious culture, that will help churches move beyond disputes and disagreements to harmony and heartfelt Amen!

This tape shows a new approach to evangelism and church growth, to accompany the book by Joe Harding, as an introduction and supplementary aid to the complete study. While not ignoring the importance of reaching new persons with the life-changing news of God's love in Jesus Christ, the GROWTH PLUS concept teaches that new conversion is only the beginning of a continuing process of holistic growth. It features Ezra E. Jones, Joe Harding, Herb Miller, Eddie Fox, and others who have used the program.

Produced for the Third National Consultation on Cooperative Parish Ministry held in Louisville, KY, in 1991, this video tells the stories of Cooperative Parish Ministry. Christians are a cooperative people, coming together to build buildings, feed hungry neighbors, teach Church School, plant gardens and do numerous other tasks. These are Christians coming together cooperatively in love.

Open ended discussion from a Family Systems point of view regarding immature vs. mature leaders in a congregation. Authored by Peter L. Steinke.

Segment I: The Anxious Congregation
Segment II: The Responsible Congregation

This is a documentary on the role of clergy and lay leaders in preventing child abuse. This program is intended for training sessions for clergy and lay leaders on recognizing and responding to child abuse. Arrange for a skilled facilitator to conduct the program.

This DVD shows the work of Holland UMC mission team to build Henderson House in Kansas. This project lasted for 6weeks starting the last week in May 2005. Approximately 35 volunteers helped with this project. Henderson Settlement is a mission institution of Red Bird Missionary Conference related to GBGM. Its purpose is to meet the basic human needs of people in southeast Kentucky and northeast Tennessee.

This resource will help you to envision the church's work of evangelism through the concept of hospitality. Rather than to add another "program" to the church's evangelism repertoire, the purpose of this resource is to renew the church's understanding of evangelism and to offer a model of hospitality as a guide for the church in sharing the good news of Jesus. In leader's guide, you will find everything you need to plan and coordinate a month-long emphasis on Hospitality Evangelism. Included are plans for a 2-3 day retreat, ideas for four worship services with four reproducible bulletin inserts, teaching procedures for four bible study lessons, a video discussion guide for four small group sessions, a format for the intergenerational fellowship, plus a variety of suggestions related to Hospitality Evangelism. The participant's guide contains thirty days of devotionals and four bible study lessons. The video consists of four five-minute video segments that can be used to demonstrate good hospitality evangelism.