Bøger af Dave Ferguson

What If You Could Change the World without Changing Your Daily Routine?             When you’ve been transformed by God’s love, you can’t help but want others to experience the same grace and freedom. But how do you share it without scaring them away or offending them? For most Christians, “evangelism” is an intimidating word that suggests handing out tracts to strangers or doing other awkward things.             But what if there was a more organic, more authentic way to share your faith with your friends, neighbors, and coworkers?             Dave and Jon Ferguson have found five simple, straightforward practices that will allow any believer to do just that. And by consistently living them out, you can affect not just individual lives but your entire neighborhood and community—one person at a time.

A fun (and funny) coloring vacation through the island of Martha's Vineyard by alphabet. Beaches, farms, colorful characters, historical landmarks, outdoorsy activities, by land and by sea, color your way across the island like both a tourist and an islander. If you've been to Martha's Vineyard, or if you're going, this activity book is a keepsake for children and adults alike.

Becoming a Level Five Multiplying Church continues a conversation started in the Exponential book Spark: Igniting a Culture of Multiplication, drilling down into more detail focusing on how we can each play our part in moving the needle on church multiplication. While Spark introduced these three core elements of culture, in this book Todd and Dave press more deeply into how we live them out. In this expanded version, Alan Hirsch also provides an additional chapter and comments throughout the book.Focusing on the specifics of helping churches identify where they are on the multiplication scale (Levels 1 - 5) and what's needed to become a Level 5 multiplying church, Todd and Dave champion multiplication and equip future church multipliers to move beyond the prevailing addition-growth scorecards. The bottom line, the authors say, is that we need to rethink the operating system that's producing growth but not producing multiplication--and aim for more healthy Kingdom growth that's focused on multiplication.

First published in 2011, this is the updated and revised edition. The Business Owner's Bible - Operating on Faith is an inspiring collection of commentaries on overcoming the challenges business owners face every day. It's about conquering fear and celebrating success, written by a small business owner who has helped hundreds of business owners improve their results and rediscover the joy in owning their business. The Business Owner's Bible - Operating on Faith provides an opportunity to reflect on what business is and how it needs to work to be successful. Moreover, it helps every business owner to recognize how their business can contribute to their life and not become something that takes it over. It's a reflection on what works and what doesn't, how to recognize opportunity and how to build on success. It's about building a business that gives you income - and joy.

Jesus challenges us to heal the hurting, feed the hungry, include the lonely, and help people find their way back to God. Most people listen to the missional challenge of Jesus as if it were a good motivational talk-something to inspire us, but not something we can actually achieve. Others hear the challenge of Jesus and become frustrated with how little they've done. The mission Jesus gave us was not just meant to inspire us, nor was it intended to frustrate us. Jesus gave us this mission because he wants us to actually do it! Within each person lies a potential movement that could change the world. The beginning of such a movement is simple: you living a life as a Christ follower that is worth reproducing. You will reproduce what you say. You will reproduce what you do. You will reproduce what you don't do. You will reproduce who you are. Each of us has the ability to catalyze a movement that can accomplish the mission of Jesus. Some of us have the ability to impact 10 people; some of us have influence over hundreds, while others have the potential to reach thousands. The Rapidly Reproducing Church will present a Biblical strategy that explains how every Christ follower can successfully "e;reproduce"e; himself and maximize his impact for the kingdom of God. The purpose of this book is to communicate a simple strategy that will engage every Christ follower and challenge every leader to become a reproducing leader. Our hope is that every church will become a reproducing church. This book will lay out a brief, but solid theology for a reproducing strategy and then give very practical "e;how-to's"e; for reproducing Christ followers, leaders, artists, groups/teams, venues, sites, churches and networks of churches. Weaved throughout this book will be the amazing story of Community Christian Church, started by five friends who used these reproducing strategies to grow one of the most influential churches in the U.S and develop a network of reproducing churches.

El lector aprenderá a generar un cambio real en su iglesia y comunidad mediante el desarrollo de habilidades prácticas para ayudar a otros a alcanzar su potencial de liderazgo. Descubra cómo activar los dones, ayudar a las personas a apropiarse de ellos y desarrollar un registro de logros simple para medir el progreso en la edificación del Reino.

We all have regrets. Many of them come from our attempts to fulfill unmet longings. The problem is many of us get stuck in in an endless cycle of longing and regret, unable to move forward. In this guide, Dave and Jon Ferguson want to help people recognize specific regrets, release them to God, and learn to see regrets as an opportunity to start over. There are three types of regret: ¿ Regrets of Action ¿ Regrets of Inaction ¿ Regrets of Reaction Our hope is that we would all come to see that God is big enough to redeem even our worst regrets. He can use everything for a greater good. Nothing needs to keep us from the joy and purpose God has for our lives! We can start over and live a life beyond regret. Group leaders will find a session-by-session guide at the back of this guide. We can start over and live a life beyond regret.This Participant's Guide is designed to be used with the Starting Over book. You can find the accompanying videos at startingoverbook.org.

Based on research among congregations across the country, seasoned church coach and pastor Chris Sonksen reveals habits we need to simply let go, along with spiritual practices we need to relearn in order to thrive as individuals and produce growth in our churches.

Nothing is more dangerous than a single compelling idea that is lived out and nothing is more harmless than lots of little ideas never applied. By creatively communicating one Big Idea every week your church will transform people into genuine Christ followers who live out the mission of Jesus. Less is more!