revchurchunderfire kit

Lead Your Church Through Cultural Challenges With Love and Resolve.

Pastor, does your congregation ever tell you that it feels like Christians and today’s church are under attack for our values? Current cultural circumstances may seem alarming, but the church is no stranger to trials. The Church Under Fire All-Church Themed Kit is a three-part sermon series of the books of 1 Peter, 2 Peter, and Jude, and is designed to be preached over the course of a single year. Church leader, teach your church how to think about and respond to the culture at large with both love and resolve.

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 10.


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Does your congregation tell you that it feels like the Church is under more pressure and scrutiny now than ever before? From the pressures of differing cultural values to stories of scandal and disgrace from other congregations, it can sometimes feel like the challenges to today’s church are worse than ever.

It would be easy to think we're in unfounded territory, but the Bible gives us a different reality. The Church is no stranger to trials and tribulations. In the Church Under Fire Series with Rev. Shane L. Bishop, explore the books of 1st Peter, 2nd Peter, and Jude. Witness how the early church faced and overcame strife. Early Christians faced tribulations that both put our current setting in proper perspective and equip us to respond well.

Church Under Fire is a unique, multi-part sermon series and all-church themed kit, in that it presents three sermon series as part of a unified message. The three series are designed to be preached over a single year.

Let Shane Bishop take you on a biblical journey through the Trail Guides so that your church can respond to challenges with Christ-like strength and love. Christians do not have to cower or be swayed by every cultural wind. Instead, we can find our peace and foundation in Jesus Christ, and show the world what it means to truly love.

Are you ready to move from a Church Under Fire to a Church on Fire in the Holy Spirit? Let's get at it. 

KIT INCLUDES

The Church Under Fire kit contains everything you need to walk your church through a set of three short sermon series over the course of a single year—or however long you desire. In this kit you will find the goals, strategy, and tactical steps you need to make it happen:

  • One paperback copy of each of the THREE CORE BOOKS from the Trail Guide series by Shane Bishop, including 1 Peter, 2 Peter and Jude.
  • One digital (EPUB) copy of each of the THREE CORE BOOKSfrom the Trail Guide series by Shane Bishop, including 1 Peter, 2 Peter and Jude.
  • A DIGITAL SMALL GROUP LEADER GUIDE including welcome, overview, how to recruit leaders, planning a small group study and more!
  • A fillable JOURNAL for Trail Guide note taking
  • A CHURCH UNDER FIRE custom button, the perfect size to wear or share! 
  • Four PRAYER CARDS to share with your group, including a printable version
  • DIGITAL ASSETS for promoting the campaign to your church and community that will be available in your Invite account
  • Information on BULK COPY DISCOUNTS of the books
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Respond to today's cultural challenges with love and strength.

Shane L. Bishop

Shane Bishop is the senior pastor of Christ Church in Fairview Heights, Illinois, a congregation he has led since 1997 and grown into one of the most vital churches in the Wesleyan tradition.

Known for vision, preaching, and a heart for reaching people outside the church, he has built Christ Church into a large, growing, multi-generational congregation. He is one of Invite’s most prolific authors, writing the Trail Guide to the Scriptures studies along with That’s Good News!, The Ping Life, and In Search of the Holy.

In 2010, Shane received the prestigious Distinguished Evangelist award from the Foundation for Evangelism. Christ Church was recognized as one of the 100 fastest growing churches in the country in 2018 by Outreach Magazine. 

A former history teacher and coach, Shane holds both graduate and undergraduate degrees from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. He graduated cum laude in 1992 from Candler School of Theology at Emory University. There he received the Rollins Scholarship Award for his academic work and effectiveness in pastoral leadership at the St. James-Manchester Charge in Manchester, Georgia.  From 1992-1997 he served the Sumner/Beulah Charge in Sumner, Illinois. 

Shane has traveled extensively around the world in pilgrimage, mission and preaching ministry. Shane and his wife Melissa married in 1983 and reside in rural Clinton County, Illinois with “300 pounds of rescue dogs.”  The couple has two adult children and four grandchildren.

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Are you ready to move from a Church Under Fire to a Church on Fire in the Holy Spirit?

Let's get at it.

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