DHF Published eBooks and Paperbacks

Looking for the Right Pastor: Guidelines for Pastoral Search Committees
Author: Doug Harvey
Paperback: $5.00 (Recommended Donation)
Description: A step-by-step resource to help Search Committees organize and do their work.

45 pages

A Brief History of Disciple Renewal
Author: Richard Bowman
Published: 2003
Paperback: $5.00 (Recommended Donation)
A brief description of the work of Disciple Renewal in the DoC denomination, with copies of resolutions, reports and articles that document the attempt to challenge the DoC with evangelical beliefs.

118 pages

Why We Left
Interviewer: Doug Harvey
Published: reprinted February, 2006 issue of DHF Update
eBook: Download—WhyWeLeft PDF, 47.5KB
Description: Reports and interviews from four congregations that recently left the DoC.

12 pages

How Did We Get Into This Mess?
Author: Richard Bowman
Published: 1994
Paperback: $5.00 (Recommended Donation)
Description: Basic Theology for the Laity

77 pages

Why Not Stay?
Author: Doug Harvey
Paperback: $5.00 (Recommended Donation)
Description: Should conservative Disciple congregations remain in the DoC with the hope of changing the denomination? This book documents the reasons this strategy is not a good stewardship of resources for most congregations.

32 pages

In or Out?
Author: Doug Harvey
eBook: Download—InOrOut PDF, 76.6KB ?pages
Description: For churches questioning their ties to the DoC. Strategies for raising the right questions, communicating with the congregation and making a sound decision.

30 pages

In Order: A Model Constitution for DHF Churches
Author: Doug Harvey
eBook: Download—InOrder PDF, 139KB
Description: How can a church move beyond the old Board/Committee system to a structure that is more biblical and empowers leadership and initiative?

46 pages

How To Prepare a Sermon
Author: Harold Knott
Published: 1930
Paperback: $5.00 (Recommended Donation)
Description: A reprint of an excellent resource for ministers and teachers.

188 pages

Setting Disciples Free
Author: Doug Harvey
Published: 2003
Paperback: $5.00 (Recommended Donation)
Description: How the decision to create the Disciples of Christ denomination in 1968 led the Disciples down the wrong path, and what we can do to recover our movement.

74 pages

Sunday School Teachers Handbook
Author: David Birch
Paperback: $5.00 (Recommended Donation)
Description: Basic information for Sunday School teachers.

20 pages