Background
Bales, Norman Lane was born on June 21, 1935 in Hico, Texas, United States. Son of Burl and Ruby Lois (Lane) Bales.
(A Sense Of BELONGING God rescues through relationships. ...)
A Sense Of BELONGING God rescues through relationships. He put on flesh and came among us. From the rich vein of this golden truth Norman Bales has mined a treasure of timely help for churches serious about rescuing alienated wanderers. There is no magic to keeping members healthy, growing and vitally involved in the life of the church. God's design simply calls for genuine relationships! Meaningful relationships, however, are costly. They are not only time-consuming but emotionally draining. Perhaps this painful reality may explain the tendency of churches to replace the fruitful art of "people-sensitive" service with manipulative tactics wrapped in slick packaging. But these easy solutions which appear promising in the short run ultimately prove disastrous. Helpful steps suggested in this volume are long overdue. Norman Bales pin-points a number of simple and practical things churches can do to engage alienated and unchurched believers. While his book is intensely practical it is by no means shallow. His thoughtful insights are both theologically astute and scripturally sound. Throughout the volume, one note consistently sounds: We must treat people as God treats people, or all the well-oiled programs we may contrive will not off-set our insensitivity.
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Bales, Norman Lane was born on June 21, 1935 in Hico, Texas, United States. Son of Burl and Ruby Lois (Lane) Bales.
Bachelor of Science, Abilene Christian College, 1957; postgraduate, Abilene Christian U., 1959-1960, 62, 89.
Minister, Church of Christ, Rosebud, Texas, 1957-1959; associate minister, Church of Christ, Belton, Texas, 1960-1962; minister, Church of Christ, Jamestown, New York, 1964-1969; minister, Argentine Church of Christ, Kansas City, Kansas, 1969-1973; minister, Center Church of Christ, Cedar Rapids, Iowa., since 1977. Board directors Christian Youth Enterprises, Inc., Buffalo, 1965-1969, Americall Inc., Love Inc., Cedar Rapids, since 1991.
(A Sense Of BELONGING God rescues through relationships. ...)
Devotional chairman Parent-Teachers Association, Kansas City, 1973. Board directors Camp Sunset Inc., Groesbeck, Texas, 1961-1963, Partons of the Performing Arts, Cedar Rapids, 1984-1987. Honorary life member Turner (Kansas) Parent-Teachers Association, 1973.
Married Sarah Ann Williams, December 26, 1959. Children: William Elliott, James Charles, Ruby Francis, Gary Len.