Pastoral Ministry category: 1680 books
The Death and Resurrection of the Church
A Call for the Church to Die so it Can Rise Again
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2018
What if true church growth begins by allowing the church to die?
In The Death and Resurrection of the Church, Jeremy Myers proposes that most modern church growth practices are built on faulty premises. Some of these are even rooted in the false promises that Satan offered to Jesus in the wilderness...
Put Service Back into the Church Service
Making Your Church Service Look More Like Jesus
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
Churches around the world are trying to revitalize their church services. There is almost nothing they will not try. Some embark on multi-million dollar building campaigns while others sell their buildings to plant home churches. Some hire celebrity pastors to attract crowds of people, while others...
Dying to Religion and Empire
Giving up Our Religious Rites and Legal Rights
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2018
Can Christianity exist without religious rites or legal rights?
Are baptism and communion required for the church to exist?
What about the freedom of religion and the right to assemble?
Building on what he has written in other volumes of the “Close Your Church for Good” series,...
Influencia Espiritual
El poder secreto detrás del liderazgo
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 22, 2013
«La influencia espiritual es provocada por el Espíritu de Dios, cuya obra consiste en transformar al espíritu humano, devolviéndonos la forma original con la cual Dios nos diseñó. Esto sucede cuando el Espíritu logra influir —in–fluir— en nosotros. Y se produce a lo largo de miles de...
Jobs Lost, Faith Found
A Spiritual Resource for the Unemployed
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
Companionship and strategies for job seekers
Millions of people become unemployed every year, yet when job loss happens to us, we typically feel completely alone and often lost, ashamed, and afraid. No one knows how to comfort us when we lose our job. Unlike other griefs--when someone can say,...
Creation-Crisis Preaching
Ecology, Theology, and the Pulpit
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
How can we proclaim justice for God's Creation in the face of global warming? How does fracking fit with "the earth and its fullness are the Lord's?" Creation-Crisis Preaching works with the premise that all of Creation, including humankind, needs to hear the Good News of Jesus' resurrection...
Psalm Hymns, Books 1, 2, & 3
Dramatic, Contemplative, Singable, Recitable Psalms!
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2016
Bring along this wonderful edition to sing on a tour of Israel... walking through the gates of Jerusalem, tracing the twelve tribes is enhanced. These are the songs and prayers of the shepherd boy turned King David.
The Psalms were meant to be sung! This is your go-to resource for singable,...
A Time To Speak Out
The Bible, The Church, And Victims Of Domestic Violence And Abuse
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2015
“I fear that many of our churches may well have unwittingly become conspirators in the domestic violence and abuse of our sisters, and our brothers. Not only have we been silent, we have silenced the victims.” Windsor Queensborough
How has the Church managed to turn itself into a place...
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...
Worship in the Way of the Cross
Leading Worship for the Sake of Others
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
Too often worship is seen as just the music, an onstage performance that puts the spotlight on the worship leader. But worship is fundamentally an other-centered, self-giving act of service. Worship properly directed to God for his glory also results in the Christlike formation and transformation...
by Arlene M Mark
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2012
This collection is a ready resource for pastors and leaders to enrich and deepen worship together. Certain emphases, while churchwide in nature, clearly represent Anabaptist heritage: community, peace and justice, reconciliation, service and obedience, along with themes of adoration, atonement, and...
In the Mystery's Shadow
Reflections on Caring for the Elderly and Dying
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2019
As our lifespans continue to grow longer, millions of people every year spend time caring for the elderly and dying—some as professionals, some as volunteers, and some through their loving but demanding care for parents, spouses, or other family members or friends.
In her book In the Mystery’s...
Text Messages
Preaching God’s Word in a Smartphone World
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
Facebook. Twitter. Snapchat. We live in a rapidly changing world, a world that seems to be increasingly inhospitable toward preaching. In the face of digital technology, social media, cultural pluralism, and pastoral burnout, how can Christian preachers proclaim the gospel faithfully and effectively?...
Israel's Prophets and the Prophetic Effect of Pope Francis
A Pastoral Companion
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2018
Given that Pope Francis is a popular global religious leader, and in the light of the lessons drawn from the nature, meaning, and functions of Israel's prophets, this tripartite work historically, pastorally, and theologically examines whether, and how Francis' teaching, visits, outreach to the poor,...