Abingdon Press: 1502 books
On The Road to the Cross
Experience Easter With Those Who Were There
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2016
The Easter drama plays out on history’s stage with magnificent and larger-than-life characters. Yet some of the most important lessons of Easter come from those whose names you may not recognize: Simon the Leper, Malchus, the Centurion at the cross, Cleopas, Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea, Barabbas,...
The View from Under the Pew
Braille Version
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
This beautifully-illustrated storybook introduces children to the true story of Walter, a guide dog who assists Pastor Diane through her day at the church. Walter helps Pastor Diane minister to others as they visit the sick at the hospital and attend church meetings and potluck suppers. Walter is...
by Christie Cozad Neuger, James Newton Poling
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Men in our culture are experiencing various crises to which pastors and pastoral caregivers are called to respond. These crises include changing role definitions and gender expectations, as well as diminishing economic opportunities. In light of these crises, men need new foundations for self-esteem...
Holy in the Moment
Simple Ways to Love God and Enjoy Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
Enjoying life (zoe) in Christ comes in the choices we make moment-by-moment. Transparently sharing her struggles with anxiety, fear, and insecurity, Ginger Harrington invites women to discover how intentional choices made in the moment can become holy habits that open the door to healing and freedom....
A Woman's Place Participant Guide
A Bible Study Exploring Every Woman’s Call to Work
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
When it comes to women and work, there is often an “us-versus-them” mentality, dividing women according to the choices they make. Yet all women have a shared calling to work in a way that glorifies God—whether it be in the office, home, ministry, or beyond.
In this eight-week study built...
Never Alone - Women's Bible Study Participant Workbook
6 Encounters with Jesus to Heal Your Deepest Hurts
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
From the time we’re little girls, we long to be loved and accepted—from the playground to the lunchroom to the places where we live and work as grown women. We do our best to prove we’re lovable and to avoid being left all alone. But the truth is that it’s impossible to walk through life without...
A Woman's Place Leader Guide
A Bible Study Exploring Every Woman’s Call to Work
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
When it comes to women and work, there is often an “us-versus-them” mentality, dividing women according to the choices they make. Yet all women have a shared calling to work in a way that glorifies God—whether it be in the office, home, ministry, or beyond.
In this eight-week study built...
by Grace Biskie
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2013
Since New Testament times, the kingdom of God has presented a paradox for believers. Although it’s both here and at hand, it’s also not quite here in all its fullness. That’s where we come in. In Kingdom Building, Grace Biskie offers insight into how Christians can collaborate with the Creator...
by Matt Miofsky, Jason Byassee
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018
Leaders who are interested in planting or revitalizing congregations often feel discouraged and defeated after leadership conferences, or after reading about the ‘heroes’ of church planting and church growth. “They are amazing,” they say. “I can’t be that amazing.”
But Jesus’...
Let Go
Leaning into the Future Without Fear
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
Letting go of the familiar and leaning into change can be fearful for all of us. Let Go: Leaning into the Future Without Fear by Matt Miofsky, Lead Pastor of The Gathering United Methodist Church, is a guide for managing change and transition with faith as a compass. Using the exodus story as a roadmap...
Being Brave
A 40-Day Journey to the Life God Dreams for You
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
“For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.” (2 Timothy 1:7 ESV)
God has made us brave, not fearful beings. In a forty-day devotional format, author and blogger Kelly Johnson invites you to consider a new way of thinking about what it means to be brave...
Creating Holy Spaces
Worship Visuals for the Revised Common Lectionary
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Worship should be about more than just your ears. Worship means more when we’re experiencing more than simply the spoken, read, and sung word. That’s why Delia Halverson and Karen Appleby have written Creating Holy Space; to help us worship with our eyes as well as our ears.
The book contains...
by Robin Knowles Wallace
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
The Just In Time! series offers brief, practical resources of immediate help for pastors at an affordable price.
This book introduces the practice of Communion and offers a collection of Communion prayers and ready-to-use resources for worship. Included is information on Communion elements,...
by Karen Vannoy, John Flowers
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Through stories from real churches and real people, Adapt to Thrive offers an engaging metaphor for the adaptive development of God's creation. This call to action reveals how your church must identify itself as a unique species, modify its dysfunctional behaviors, and multiply its transformational influence in the community.