Methodism category: 329 books
Guidelines Communications
Tell Your Church's Story
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Local church communication is a ministry that shares the church’s story in ways that move people toward becoming disciples of Christ. You are part of a leadership team that brings to life your church’s vision and mission. Your role is to be a storyteller and connector, employing communications’...
Guidelines Finance
Handling God's Money in the Church
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
The goal of the ministry of finance is to fund ministries that nurture persons in their faith. The finance system in the congregation will raise, manage, and disperse the funds of the congregation that help realize the mission and vision of the church. This Guideline is designed to help equip you...
Guidelines Pastor
Spiritual Leadership for the Church in Mission
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
The pastoral leader is the primary spiritual leader of the congregation. The pastor carries the responsibility for a number of different ministry tasks, which are condensed into seven categories. Effective pastors will also take intentional time for their own spiritual growth and restoration to maintain...
Guidelines Children's Ministries
Help Children Grow in Faith
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
You have answered the call to serve as a minister to children. Calls come in a variety of ways, yet here you are. Whether your ministry touches three children in a small congregation, three hundred children in a large congregation, or the children who live in the community where you serve, you have...
by General Board Of Discipleship
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
All small groups in the local church are, or could be, places of faith formation and disciple making. By offering a more intimate setting, small groups of every kind are uniquely able to welcome and nurture people in the church and in the faith. This Guideline is designed to help implement and guide...
Guidelines Small Membership Church
Serve with Significance in Your Context
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
The vast majority of United Methodist churches are small membership churches that can be and are vital places of ministry that matter. Most are situated in areas where there are people outside any faith community and have great potential for ministry. This Guideline will help you be an effective leader...
Guidelines: Complete Set with Slipcase & Online Access
For Each Ministry of Your Church
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
"The local church is to minister to persons in the community where the church is located, to provide appropriate training and nurture to all, to cooperate in ministry with other local churches, to defend God's creation and live as an ecologically responsible community, and to participate in the...
One Faithful Promise: Participant Guide
The Wesleyan Covenant for Renewal
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
By making Three Simple Rules and Five Marks of a Methodist accessible for a current United Methodist and Wesleyan audience, Abingdon Press has reintroduced Wesley’s formative identity and boosted our way of Christian living in thousands of congregations.
The next most important document that...
by Christian Wismer Ruth
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2015
From the author's preface: This book was not written for the critic; nor is there any effort to present an exhaustive treatise of the subject herein set forth. The desire to present in a permanent form the convictions of the writer touching this subject, in the hope that they may help some hungry...
by Joseph Grant Morrison
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2015
This book is a mock-conversation between Dr. Arminius and a group of people who are tied to the Seventh-Day Adventist church and other movements that demand adgerence to a seventh-day Sabbath. The book presents a strong Biblical argument for church attendance on a Sunday.
The evidence is intriguing,...
Guidelines Trustees
Manage the Resources of the Congregation
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Your role as trustee is governed by The Book of Discipline. Being a trustee of your local church is an important role and one in which you can take great pleasure. This Guideline is intended to be a guide as you begin fulfilling your responsibilities, and a reference throughout your tenure as trustee.
This...
Guidelines Women's Ministries
United Methodist Women Turning Faith, Hope, and Love into Action
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
The purpose of United Methodist Women “is to know God and to experience freedom as whole persons through Jesus Christ, to develop a creative supportive fellowship, and to expand concepts of mission through participation in the global ministries of the church.” This Guideline is designed to help...
How We Preach
Preaching in the African Context
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
This book is the second of two volumes on Preaching in African Context. For both seasoned preachers and beginners, including students in seminaries, Bible colleges, and universities, this second volume explores how we preach and the practice of contextual preaching in Africa. The two volumes go hand-in-hand...
Guidelines Men’s Ministries
Expand Your Ministries to Men in Your Church and Community
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Families, congregations, and the world need men who are growing spiritually and leaders who serve as men’s ministry partners to reach men within and beyond the denomination. This Guideline is designed to help lay and clergy leaders reach men for Christ.
This is one of the twenty-six Guidelines...