Growing an Engaged Church: How to Stop Doing Church and Start Being the Church Again In Loving Memory Parallel to the rites of

Parallel to the rites of the catechumenate for the unbaptized

the teachings of saints

In addition to a general introduction to each book of the Bible

showing Matthew's prose to be not terse so much as economical--astoundingly so given its depth

Markings: “OI” (Oil of the Infirm)

Growing an Engaged Church: How to Stop Doing Church and Start Being the Church Again In Loving Memory Parallel to the rites ofGrowing an Engaged Church offers unique, research based, often counterintuitive solutions to the challenges facing churches today, including declining congregant participation, decreasing contributions, and slumping membership. Ministers, priests, and church boards will find the evidence and answers in this book provocative, eye opening, and, most importantly, actionable. What if members of your congregation . . . were 13 times more likely to have