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El manual del narrador de La Biblia florece describe los textos, versículos clave, tema, escenario, personajes y trama de cada historia en El libro de historias La Biblia florece. Vista como un todo, la Biblia es una historia maravillosa llena de imágenes y dramatismo. Como una fl or que florece, el drama del Dios triuno se desarrolla a lo largo de las Escrituras. Toda la historia está conectada para mostrar que el Evangelio de Cristo y su Reino es el cordón que une todas las Escrituras. Hemos reunido docenas de hermosas imágenes de una manera que vincula las historias de la Biblia en Cristo. El libro de historias La Biblia florece contiene hermosas obras de arte que representan historias clave de la Biblia. Las imágenes del Libro de historias están numeradas para corresponder con este manual del narrador. Aquí un narrador encontrará información útil para darle vida a estas historias. El manual del narrador comienza con una introducción a la narración que analiza los elementos básicos de las historias y las habilidades importantes para contar grandes historias. Describimos el texto, el versículo clave, el tema, el escenario, los personajes y la trama de cada historia.

The life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ represent the core-the roots-of authentic Christian theology and worship. Similarly, the taproots of the Church are found in the primary truths of Christian faith in the biblical writings of the apostles, articulated by the Fathers, and expressed in the teaching and practice of the ancient Church. These roots are sacred; in them we come to know God's story of love in Christ and by faith make that story (his-story) our own. This seminar will outline the ways in which churches can renew its spirituality and mission by inhabiting the Story of God in Scripture expressed in the Great Tradition. Special focus highlights the promise of this rediscovery for the contemporary urban church's worship, discipleship, and mission.

God's chosen and preferred method of transformation is to call and equip those who make themselves unconditionally available to him in order to accomplish his will. TUMI mentors play a significant role in aiding this cause, helping to recruit, train, and deploy urban men and women for effective urban ministry. This manual lays out the foundational principles and critical responsibilities that any mentor needs to facilitate learning with students, from planning classes to offering students counsel.

For America's inner cities, the need of the hour is plain. God must mobilize urban disciples of Jesus to reclaim broken neighborhoods, and advance the Kingdom in them. The SIAFU Network (pronounced see-AH-foo) is a national movement calling urban disciples to stand together for Christ in the city! This book explains why we need the movement, and then shows you how to organize a SIAFU chapter in your church or organization. Join us as we identify, equip, and release a new generation of Christ-followers in the cities of America, and beyond!

This year's guidebook, The Spirit of the LORD: The Sacred Roots Annual 2012-2013, highlights the person and work of the Holy Spirit in our Lord's revelation and redemption. A complimentary resource to our Church Year Calendar by the same name, this Annual follows the Lectionary's Year C readings, tracing the meaning of Jesus' kingdom ministry through the lens of the Holy Spirit's anointing and leading. Come, join us as we seek and celebrate the presence of God's gracious guarantee of our inheritance in Christ - the Spirit of the LORD!

Are You Fit to Represent Christ and His Kingdom? The Great Commission of our Lord Jesus commands us to make disciples of all nations, i.e., among all the people groups of the families of humankind. In order to fulfill his great command, we must understand what it means to be a disciple, a follower of our Rabbi Jesus in the 21st century. The Vision for Discipleship Seminar is the Urban Ministry Institute's attempt to raise up a new generation of qualified spiritual laborers who will catch the passion to invest in others for the sake of the Church and Christ's Kingdom. This handbook represents the text that guides the dialogues among the Seminar's participants. These spirited and challenging sessions are designed to confront the learners with the call of our Lord to be and to make disciples, to embrace a life lived for Christ and his church, and to join forces with World Impact to see revival come to the inner cities of America and the world. Let this Vision for Discipleship Seminar guidebook help you discover the process and mindset to share your life with others in such a way that real fruit will be borne for Christ-fruit that lasts.

By attempting to renew interest in the theological ethics of Martin Luther King, Jr., this book does not suggest a simplistic return to a traditional reading of King, but rather a reading that reveals some of the quiet genius with which King held together both a concern for the struggle of Black Americans for dignity and justice and a concern for human beings. While Black life in America is the historical outworking of the experience of the descendants of African slaves on this continent, it is also and simultaneously the experience of human beings who are seeking to affirm their worth in contexts that make this extremely difficult. A fresh and critical rediscovery of King's thought can provide Black theologians and ethicists with the outlines of a model for integrating a particularistic view with a universalistic and global perspective.

La fe Cristiana se basa en la persona y la obra de Jesús de Nazaret, el Cristo, cuya encarnación, crucifixión y resurrección cambiaron para siempre al mundo. Entre los años 100 y 500 d.C. los creyentes, siendo una pequeña minoría perseguida, pasaron a ser un fuerte movimiento agresivo que llegó mucho más allá de los límites del imperio romano. Las raíces que esta era produjo trajeron consigo nuestro canon (las Escrituras), nuestra adoración y nuestra convicción (los principales credos de la Iglesia y los dogmas centrales de la fe, especialmente con relación a la doctrina de la Trinidad y de Cristo). Este libro sugiere cómo podemos nuevamente renovar nuestra fe contemporánea, redescubriendo nuestras raíces, nuestras Raíces Sagradas, mediante la recuperación de la Gran Tradición de la Iglesia que puso en marcha la revolución cristiana.

Mastering the key elements of music is central for any aspiring musician. This ready-reference handbook of music theory and musicianship represents the concise summary of many years experience in training both worship leaders and musicians the elementary principles of good music composition and play. This handy guidebook was designed to serve as a crash-course in effective musicianship. Among other helpful items, it includes clear, accessible descriptions of the elements of music, music theory, including such essentials as the universal key, how to learn rhythm and make riffs on one's instrument, chord changing theory, and a host of other important tools for the worshiping musician determine to improve their craft. This booklet contains the basic fundamentals of music. Each of these fundamentals is explained briefly, not with an emphasis on theory alone. The focus is on learning the fundamentals so you can practice using that knowledge to master them. This is written from a very non-technical standpoint, although it is a treasure of music theory. Focus on the fundamentals, learn the theory, and translate the theory into practice, always remembering the reason for all of your hard work at developing your music skill--your love for our triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Obey him by trying to make a joyful noise to the Lord!

In this workshop, "Marking Time: Forming Spirituality through the Christian Year," we explore the origins and meaning of the Christian year, and how it represents the profound yet simple remembrance and re-enactment of the life of Christ in real time during the calendar year. Beginning with an overview of the Bible's teaching in connection to time and history, we will examine the dominant view of the atonement, Christus Victor, which reigned in the ancient Church for a 1,000 years, and how this dynamic vision of Jesus' victory over sin and death was captured in the worship of the Church in the Church Year.

Without question, the most important resource in the development of Christian discipleship and pastoral leadership is a mastery of the sacred Scriptures. The Apostle Paul asserted that not only were the Scriptures "breathed out" by God (making them utterly unique to all other literature), but that they were "profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work," 2 Tim. 3:16b-17 (ESV). A mastery of the Bible and its message is critical to every phase of effective urban ministry, and the ability to help others master the Bible is essential to preparing the saints for the work of the ministry (Eph. 4.12). Convinced that Scripture memorization is one of the most efficient and effective means of Bible mastery, we created The Master the Bible System to help develop this discipline in the lives of believers from new converts to Christian leaders. This system is specifically designed to help not only the new believer but also the developing urban disciple to gain a mastery the Bible's central message, texts, doctrines, and themes with a focus on Scripture memorization. Each series highlights a critical theme for Christian growth and spiritual formation, each uniquely enabling the growing Christian to strive toward full maturity in Christ through study, Scripture memorization, and daily meditation upon the Bible's key doctrines, its central story line, the life of Christ, and the disciplines of spiritual growth.

To sojourn on spiritual pilgrimage is one of the most vivid and vibrant motifs of spiritual formation in Scripture for the people of God. This compact yet rich spiritual reader is a full knapsack for your daily journey in Christ! As a special companion for the Sacred Roots Annual, A Sojourner's Quest is filled with prayers, resources, and insights that will refresh and nourish you greatly as you walk in the Living Way of Christ!

This course's main purpose is to help each student better understand the themes, issues, and concepts associated with doing effective spiritual ministry in a multi-cultural and unchurched context. In a culturally diverse and increasingly neo-pagan religious context, the effective pastor and Christian worker must strive to become proficient in the truths and practices associated with making disciples in the 21st century.

Mastering the NT Witness to Christ-shows Jesus as the Scripture's theme and hermeneutical center. The heart of Christian leadership is growing in the knowledge of Jesus Christ, which includes mastering his life and teaching as witnessed in the Gospels. In this workshop we will look at the NT history of Jesus of Nazareth, from his pre-existent glory to his ascension recorded in Acts, and will concentrate on the importance of mastering the Gospels for the sake of communicating Christ clearly cross-culturally in the city. We examine how the apostles provide us in their Gospel writings a clear and persuasive account of the person and works of Jesus, and further explore how comprehending his life and ministry can enhance every dimension of Christian leadership in urban settings, especially within the urban church. See how the mastery of Jesus' his life and ministry can enhance every dimension of urban church life and mission!

This workshop on "Church Matters: Retrieving the Great Tradition" was designed to help you be renewed and revived as you rediscover the power of the living biblical tradition of the Church, anchored in the person and work of Jesus Christ. Throughout its history, the Church has proven that God's unique plan can unfold even in the face of schism and persecution. Such wisdom is critical to renew and revive the urban church today. Strengthen your faith by learning afresh the lessons of spiritual, worship, and mission from a study of the history of the Church!

Mastering the OT Witness to Christ-Jesus is the key to interpreting and understanding the Bible. In understanding the whole of the story of God, we need basic but key principles in interpreting the Scriptures. In this workshop we will examine the centrality of Christ in the OT, and how he is the complete fulfillment of every system, sacrifice, covenant and prophecy. We discuss the implications of this understanding for doing ministry in the church and city and how it can effectively help us preach and teach the OT with clarity and power.

The essence of mission is to be engulfed with the flame, the love that our Father displayed for His lost world, Christ proved in His death on the cross, and the apostles demonstrated as they went to the ends of the earth with the Gospel. This course was designed to identify and explore the various dimensions of an apostolic vision that enables God's man or woman to invest strategically in winning souls to Christ, to make disciples of those who respond, and pioneer new fields for the Lord. This course examines those specific biblical insights, commitments, and values that enabled the apostles literally to "turn the world upside down." Topics include such major themes as the extreme urgency of this present hour, the inevitability of divine judgment, the absolute power of the Gospel, the integrity of the call to make disciples, the ripeness of the fields for harvest, the certainty of God's accountability on our lives to fulfill the Great Commission, and God's universal offer of grace to all humankind.

In this workshop we will seek to understand, recognize and acknowledge the personal call of God, examining the dynamics of that call as we look at the gifting, authority and opportunities he provides. We will discuss issues and questions in living out the call of God and explore implications for doing ministry in the church in the city. This course is a must have resource for those considering the call of God in their and others's lives!

Is it possible to see God move in dramatic fashion in the inner city? This study considers the factors and forces connected to the amazing phenomenon of church planting movements taking place throughout the world today. We also explore the implications of these factors for multiplying churches in today's inner cities. At a time when our definitions of the Church have become more and more individualized, this study analyzes church plant and growth theories as they relate to the more communal Nicene-based marks of church life. Using these marks as the basis for a more biblical view of the church, this study discusses and investigates the connection between church planting, world evangelization, church growth, leadership development, and urban mission. It clearly identifies the underlying principles which have contributed to the explosive multiplication of churches in places like India, Latin America, and China, and proposes the possibility of similar movements of revival, renewal, and reproduction among the poor in American cities. A landmark study, our aim is to isolate those critical dimensions of spiritual vitality which God might use to ignite explosive, dynamic, and reproducing movements of churches among the poorest communities around the world, and here at home.

For more than forty years World Impact, an inner-city missions organization, has sought to declare in word and deed the love of Christ with our neighbors in the cities of America. After beginning with Bible clubs and children's ministry (the mid 60s to early 70s), we shifted to a discipleship focus on teens (mid 70s to early 80s), then to the formation of compassion and justice ministries (early 80s), with early Christian gatherings (mid to late 80s), and finally to indigenous church planting (since 1990). Our formal announcement over twenty-five years ago to plant self-governing, self-supporting, and self-reproducing indigenous churches among the city's disadvantaged put us on a course to empower the broken, develop urban leaders, and now, participate in global mission among the urban poor.This two-volume set is an anthology of much of our research, dialogue, and insight gleaned over the past two decades. It is a comprehensive collection of diverse materials, covering numerous topics and issues, all designed to help you better understand the theological, missiological, cultural, and anthropological roots of valid church planting work in the city. For those interested in church planting among the city's neediest population, this set is an absolute must.

Este recurso práctico, útil está especialmente diseñado para ayudar a los nuevos y crecientes cristianos a ser discípulos eficaces/guerreros de Cristo, y está construido enteramente de la historia de Dios según lo dicho en las Escrituras. Siguiendo el esquema temático de Efesios, esta guía de estudio ayuda a los creyentes a comprender lo que dice la Biblia acerca de las dimensiones clave de nuestra participación en la gran historia de Dios en nueve lecciones integradas. Estos estudios ponen los elementos clave en la forma en que cumplimos con nuestro papel en la historia de Dios, permitiendo a los estudiantes crecer como discípulos de Cristo, ya que se basan en los fundamentos de la fe y la vida cristiana. Este recurso sirve como nuestro precursor oficial al currículo de entrenamiento a nivel de seminario llamado Piedra Angular de TUMI, proveyendo una introducción sólida a los mayores temas de la Biblia como también a los principios fundamentales del discipulado cristiano.

This practical, helpful resource is especially designed to help new and growing Christians become effective disciples/warriors of Christ, and is built entirely on the Story of God as told in the Scriptures. Following the thematic outline of Ephesians, this lesson guide helps believers understand what the Bible says about the key dimensions of our participation in God's grand Story in nine integrated lessons. These studies lay out the key elements in how we fulfill our role in God's Story, allowing students to grow as disciples of Christ as they are grounded in the basics of the Christian faith and walk. This resource serves as our official precursor to TUMI's Capstone Curriculum seminary training, providing a solid introduction to the Bible's major themes as well as the foundational principles of Christian discipleship.

Bible Blossom Storybook is a visual Bible for anyone who loves a good story.When viewed as a whole, the Bible is a wonderful story full of images and drama. Like a blossoming flower, the drama of the Triune God unfolds across Scripture. The whole story connects in the Gospel of Christ and His Kingdom, the cord binding all of Scripture together. We have assembled dozens of beautiful images in a way that links the stories of the Bible together in Christ.Bible Blossom Storybook contains beautiful art representing key stories in the Bible. The images have captions and texts that point to Scripture itself. The images in the Storybook are numbered to correspond with a Storyteller's Handbook. There a storyteller will find helpful information for bringing these stories to life.Our goal with Bible Blossom is to tell this grand story of Christ and his Kingdom so the whole world can see that Jesus is Lord! We organized the stories by the ancient and shared pattern of the Church Year. The one grand story is connected by the cord of Christ and his Kingdom.This Storybook has dozens of applications. It is for anyone who loves hearing stories, enjoys telling stories, or enjoys seeing stories alive in vivid images. It could be used in evangelism, discipleship, preaching, or teaching. It could be used with everyone from the youngest children to mature adults.Are you ready for the most amazing story ever told?

Equipar líderes de Dios es nuestra completa guía de instrucciones para las iglesias y las organizaciones que consideran los pros y contras en la creación de un centro de capacitación para el liderazgo urbano. Basados en las últimas investigaciones de la educación teológica y bíblica de hoy, se diseñó este recurso para guiarlo a través de toda la lógica y el procedimiento de iniciar un centro de formación en su iglesia u organización. Convencidos de que la Iglesia es el mejor lugar para equipar líderes efectivos en el ministerio, este libro innovador le da todo lo que necesita para comenzar su instituto, desde el concepto hasta la primera sesión de clases. Al considerar en oración su propio centro y formar su programa, aproveche nuestros más de treinta años de experiencia práctica ministerial entre los pobres de las áreas urbanas.

The Christian faith is anchored on the person and work of Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ, whose incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection forever changed the world. Between the years 100 and 500 C.E. those who believed in him grew from a small persecuted minority to a strong aggressive movement reaching far beyond the bounds of the Roman empire. The roots this era produced gave us our canon (the Scriptures), our worship, and our conviction (the major creeds of the Church, and the central tenets of the Faith, especially regarding the doctrine of the Trinity and Christ). This book suggests how we can renew our contemporary faith again, by rediscovering these roots, our Sacred Roots, by retrieving the Great Tradition of the Church that launched the Christian revolution.

Multiplying Laborers for the Urban Harvest is our how-to comprehensive guide for churches and organization considering the pros and cons of creating an urban leadership training center. Based on the latest research of theological and biblical education today, we designed this resource to guide you through the entire rationale and procedure of starting a training center in your church or organization.