Seedbed imprint: 91 books

In the last decade, a giant cultural wave has swept the North American church into a brand new world—a pluralistic, complicated, high-tech/low-touch world. Faced with the challenge of engaging a jaded culture, a fresh expression of church has emerged alongside the traditional church. This short...

In Dinner Church: Building Bridges by Breaking Bread, Verlon Fosner unveils how the ancient dinner church was rebirthed in his Seattle community and how that vision changed his congregation forever. These pages also offer a compelling case for why many churches would do well to pause and see the pockets...

It’s time to stop crying in our soup about the consumeristic commercialization of Christmas. Instead of bashing the culture for making Black Friday bigger than Thanksgiving, let’ do something different this year. Let’s do Advent. Instead of quibbling over saying “Happy Holidays” instead...

Look around your church on a Sunday morning and every face you see will likely have struggled or be struggling with some kind of sexual brokenness. While recent cultural upheaval has focused the sexuality conversation squarely on the issue of homosexuality, sexual brokenness presents in many other...

Beyond the Deception of Depression is not a how-to guide; it is an authentic and personal story of one woman who found wholeness in the words of Scripture. O’Reilly understands t hat the journey can be grueling and that depression does not go away over night, but she also understands that it is possible to live joyfully and with promise, even in the midst of life’s circumstances.

Ben Witherington opens up the world of the four Gospels and helps us hear the story of Jesus as one seamless narrative with cultural and historical details.

Thirteen Discourses on the Sermon on the Mount confronts readers with Wesley’s understanding of Jesus’ vibrant message: true holiness in Christ, distinguished from merely external religion. Wesley points to kingdom living in its fullness as he describes the character that Christ Himself embodies and offers to freely share with those who follow Him.

John Wesley's model of the church. The book offers a guideline for Christians to work out their theology in day-to-day life. This analysis of Wesley's strategy for renewing the church offers inspiration to those working to bring about that renewal.

Encounter Jesus is an eight-week Bible study and video series that teaches and encourages you to walk with the Jesus and not just a Jesus. You will learn to walk daily with Him, side by side, through all your circumstances—big and small—just as the disciples did. You will discover practical, proven...

In a world awash with mission statements, the Christian mission is increasingly becoming white noise, lost in a sea of marketing language and organizational best practices. How God Saves the World takes a look at the mission of the church in a way you might not have understood it before. Rather...

Dr. Kevin Watson has written a fresh new guide to the theory and practice of the Wesley class meeting, an essential element of truly Wesleyan spirituality. This book is for clergy and congregations who are looking for ways to develop deeper discipleship. The class meeting is made workable without...

The Social Entrepreneur was written in the hopes to inspire a new normal: one in which the church and the marketplace come together for a common mission.

In From the Steeple to the Street, Travis Collins addresses the cultural realities behind the Fresh Expressions movement, as well as the movement’s theological underpinnings. A missionary movement that began in England has come to North America. Long established congregations are finding ways to...

What does it really mean to be a follower of Jesus? How is the ungodly nature within us to be transformed into the image of God? These are among the questions that have stirred serious believers since the early days of the church, leading to the template of seven sins and their counterparts: seven...