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The next study in the LIFE GROUPS GOWING Series is now online.  "What are the ordinances of the local church?" In this study you will learn the importance and significance of the two ordinances of the church - Baptism and the Lord's Table.   These were two commands that Jesus gave His church before his ascension.   They are vital to you as an individual and to Grace Baptist church as a local body. Download a pdf below or place an order for a small group discipleship booklet. The Ordinances of the Local Church by Pastor Tim    

How I Know God Answers Prayers (The previous link is to the free Kindle book edition.) Readability7 Spiritual challenge 10 Doctrinal Agree-ability 8 This is a wonderful little book of testimonies of answered prayers.  It is especially neat to get an eye into a woman's perspective of serving the Lord on a hard missionary field, struggling with the needs of her children and yet wanting to spend and be spent for God.  The answers to prayers include everything from healing from the doors of death at the hands of an angry mob (Boxer Rebellion) to provision of clothes for her one year old. Jonathan and Rosalind Goforth were pioneer missionaries in China - during some rough stretches of time and during some seasons of great harvest. This book is Rosalind's attempt to remember and record answers to prayer from different fazes of their life and ministry.  They are encouraging, faith building and easy to read. In the last chapter she describes a Keswick-like experie...

Liberating Ministry from the Success Syndrome by Kent and Barbara Hughes Crossway Readability 9 Spiritual challenge 10 Doctrinal Agreeability 9 I found this book to be so refreshing compared to the market driven church growth books that dominate the shelves in Christian Bookstores today. It appealed to me especially as a church planter because church planting was the context that brought Hughes and his wife to challenge the popular idea of success in church ministry with a Bible-saturated view of success. The first Part is written in two chapters the first by Kent, the second by Barbara. Hughes finds himself audibly doubting the goodness of God because he is doing everything he is supposed to do and yet experiencing a decrease in church attendance. His wife (Barbara) encourages him to continue to believe even if he has to just hang on to her faith. The next eight chapters (Part 2) are an attempt to define success Biblically and to encourage the reader to cha...