Growing the Church in the Power of the Holy Spirit Audiobook by Cindy Strickler, Brad Long, Paul K Stokes
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Title: Growing the Church in the Power of the Holy Spirit Subtitle: Seven Principles of Dynamic Cooperation Author: Cindy Strickler, Brad Long, Paul K Stokes Narrator: Maurice England Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins Language: English Release date: 12-24-09 Publisher: Zondervan Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

Publisher's Summary: This biblically grounded book asserts that many leaders overlook the necessary precondition of discerning and cooperating with the empowering will of the Holy Spirit before putting their programs and activities into action. It is a highly practical guide for nurturing relations between believers and the Spirit, in order to better advance the Kingdom of God. ©2009 Brad Long (P)2010 Zondervan

Members Reviews: Different from the rest of the field As I've spent a lot of time looking at books in this vien over the last few years, this one is unique in its approach to church growth. Instead of programs and strategic planning type stuff, Growing the Church in the Power of the Holy Spirit focuses on how to develop a godly leadership team that learns how to discern and cooperate with the Holy Spirit. Programs and planning might be the RESULT of cooperating with the Holy Spirit, but that's beyond the scope of the book. The focus is more on the spiritual development of the leadership to gain the skill of discerning what God might be calling the church to. Looking at the story of Lazarus, the writers map out an image of the dance of cooperation. As they look at that story, they unfold the 7 basic dynamics to cooperating with the Holy Spirit and what that might look like in terms of growing your church. The authors draw from years of personal teaching experience around the world and practical experience in churches to build a beautiful image of cooperating with the Holy Spirit. The principles they outline have been field tested around the world, and several stories from different cultures back it up. This is not a book of large church vs. small church, country vs. city, or any other type. Rather, this book is focused on helping you discover how to cooperate with the Holy Spirit. The authors fully believe that the Holy Spirit speaks and gives gifts at the right moment, and the book is full of illustrations of cooperating with the Holy Spirit and expressing those gifts.

Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit Several years ago I had the opportunity to participate in a large gathering of Christian leaders from across the denominational spectrum. Roman Catholics, Episcopal, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Assembly of God, Baptist, Methodist, Quaker, and non-Denominational. The question on every leader's mind was "How do we discern the Spirit's leading?" In other words how do we as the Church, discern that the Spirit of the living God is leading His Church rather than denominational polity and endless programs. Have we lost the voice of the Holy Spirit in endless programs and Human Resource policies? As a pastor I worked for a large denomination in the United States. I cannot tell you the times, rather than seeking God in prayer and asking Him how we should respond in certain situations, we immediately contacted the HR department or the denominational handbook. The Church must move from man-centered church-growth techniques and wrestle with the hard fact that Jesus gave only one means of growing His Church. Jesus said, "I will grow my Church" and then later He told the disciples "You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes." The growth of the Church is the Lord's and we are called to cooperate with Him.