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Women Bishops of The United Methodist Church
Extraordinary Gifts of the Spirit
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2019
Bishop Sharon Zimmerman Rader and Dr. Margaret Ann Crain interviewed the women bishops of The United Methodist Church, the first denomination to elect women to the episcopacy. Through the stories they collected, they learned what enabled these women to persevere, claim authority, define leadership...
The Biblically-Driven Church: How Jesus Builds His Body
How Jesus Builds His Body
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
How does a church grow? Who builds the church? What is the real, honorable church anyway?
The Church
Theology in History
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2018
The historical context in which theological understandings have developed play an important role in our understanding of the modern church. In this book, Sulpician priest and scholar Frederick J. Cwiekowski traces the theology of the church, beginning with the community of disciples during Jesus'...
by Jerry Wilkins
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
Why do we need better communication skills?
It’s the question many church leaders are asking; “What can our church do to reach more people?” The question arises from two convictions. First, we are commanded to compel people into the Kingdom and we are to be witnesses of Jesus and the...
Bivocational
Returning to the Roots of Ministry
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2018
• Astute explication of where we are now, why the “Standard Model” is breaking down, and new models available to us • Opportunity to participate in a “Future of the Book” online experiment Bivocational: Returning to the Roots of Ministry offers one answer to the pressing question of the...
We've Never Done It Like This Before
10 Creative Approaches to the Same Old Church Tasks
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1994
Clergy and laity will discover ways to lead the church that just may be more effective than the "top-down" leadership model we're all so familiar with. Woods takes a clever and very effective approach by presenting educational material in a fictional context--you're drawn into the stories...
Flood Gates
Holy Momentum for a Fearless Church
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Sue Nilson Kibbey follows up the Abingdon Press leadership classic, Ultimately Responsible, with her latest experience-based research about how your congregation can make the shift from plateau or even decline – to opening the flood gates of spiritual upsurge. This resource is a practical “how-to”...
by O.C. Edwards, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2016
A History of Preaching brings together narrative history and primary sources to provide the most comprehensive guide available to the story of the church's ministry of proclamation. Bringing together an impressive array of familiar and lesser-known figures, Edwards paints a detailed, compelling picture...
by Victor Ehighaleh
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2019
Who Made You a Pastor highlights the ills of today's pastor and church and proffers solutions to identified problems. It list and sheds light on the twenty five basic rudiments of service in ministry and also provides forty questions that will expose the true identity of a pastor and church and also...
The First Resurrection
The Historic Hope of the Church
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2018
The Resurrection of Believers is a critical doctrine that has sustained the hope of Christians since the earliest days of the Church. According to the Apostle Paul the preaching of the resurrection of Believers is done, in part, to comfort weary Christians as they pilgrim through this present wicked...
God's Perfect Child
Living and Dying in the Christian Science Church
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2018
From a former Christian Scientist, the first unvarnished account of one of America's most controversial and little-understood religious movements.
Millions of americans-from Lady Astor to Ginger Rogers to Watergate conspirator H. R. Haldeman-have been touched by the Church of Christ, Scientist....
by Beverly Carradine
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2015
This volume is a collection of anecdotes that speak of the early life and ministry of Beverly Carradine. Carradine was certainly a man of few words (at least, when speaking of himself), so this book has proven to be exceptionally valuable.
The Table of Contents are as follows:...
Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors: Volume 2
52 Complete Sermon Outlines for All Occasions
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2012
Sermon Outlines for Today's Busy Pastor
Today, pastors are busier than ever, with more time spent in ministry activities and less time spent in sermon preparation. Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors: Volume 2 gives the busy pastor a head start on sermon preparation. With 52 complete sermon outlines,...
Speaking of Dying
Recovering the Church's Voice in the Face of Death
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
The church does not cope very well with dying. Instead of using its own resources to mount a positive end-of-life ministry for the terminally ill, it outsources care to secular models, providers, and services. A terminal diagnosis typically triggers denial of impending death and placing faith in the...