Tired of following the latest church-growth fad? In many churches; building vision means embracing the ideas of the latest guru and jumping from one program to another. Ministry decisions are made according to the crisis of the moment or the pressures of the bottom line. Long-term planning can seem like an impossible dream. This book offers something different. Here are ideas that have stood the test of time--ideas from the most significant Christian leaders of the last five hundred years. Your church can implement key strategies from the lives and writings of the reformers: Gain a vision for truth.Renew your quest for holiness.See how delighting in God will inspire your worship.Bring renewal with a biblical model of revival.Build leaders with a time-tested plan for discipleship.Energize your vision for missions.Grow together with key principles of Christian community. And who makes up the panel of expert consultants who will guide your vision for lasting change? None other than Martin Luther; John Calvin; Jonathan Edwards; William Carey; John Wesley; Richard Baxter; Dietrich Bonhoeffer and more. Each of the ten great ideas found in this book provides a biblically based and historically rooted vision for your church over the long haul. Do you want to revitalize the work of your church? Here are ten of the best ways in history to make it happen.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Well researched with great detail into the IHS historyBy WanderingRooibosWell researched with great detail into the IHS history. Exactly what I was looking for before heading into an IHS clinical rotation.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Documents the development of complementary; dual Western and Dine healing traditions and servicesBy Midwest Book Review"Healing Ways: Navajo Health Care in the Twentieth Century" documents the development of complementary; dual Western and Dine healing traditions and services among the Navajo since World War II. The history is not always harmonious; but a gradual integration of the two main healing philosophies emerges. Author and history professor Davies highlights the determination and flexibility of Dine in "accepting the services of [Western] physicians while keeping the work of traditional healers among their health-care options.""Healing Ways" adds to the previous work of author Robert Trennert's "White Man's Medicine (1998);" which singly covered the general history of Western medicine among the Navajo before World War II. Both histories add to the present picture of developing cooperative integrations and blendings of traditional Dine health practices into Western medical care systems. It also underlines the pervasive determination of the Dine to reshape their health care in an interactive model that both informs and educates; while preserving the best of both ways of life.4 of 5 people found the following review helpful. A well-researched scholarly studyBy CustomerThis is a well-written study of a topic that really hasn't been dealt with in such thorough detail before. In fact; this is the only book I've been able to find anywhere about Navajo health care after World War II. I was impressed by the author's extensive use of interviews with the Navajos themselves for his research; in addition to the voluminous written records he used. It's only fitting; given the Navajos' rich oral tradition; that a study of their culture should draw heavily on firsthand; oral sources.Prof. Davies' argument that both traditional Navajo healing and Western medicine have valid and valuable contributions to make is well supported; and the idea that each has something to learn from the other is encouraging not only for the future of Navajo health care but for all of Western medicine. Overall; this is a thoroughly professional study written in a clear hand that's easily accessible to any reader; not just professors and grad students.
