Pastoral Ministry category: 1680 books
They Don't Come with Instructions
Cries, Wisdom, and Hope for Parenting Children with Developmental Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
In They Don't Come with Instructions, Hollie M. Holt-Woehl offers wise companionship for the journey with a developmentally challenged child.
The mother of a son with an autism diagnosis, Holt-Woehl recognizes that parenting is never easy. Challenges abound as parents help children grow up...
The Storied Self
A Narrative Approach to the Spiritual Care of the Aged
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
We are multistoried; each story contributing to who we are – the storied self. A number of undeveloped stories are identified in this book. This includes the hidden story before language. Others include the lazy story, the trauma story, the messy story, the body story, the problem story and the...
Vergiss die Alten nicht
Hohes Lebensalter als Herausforderung für Kirche und Gesellschaft
Language: German
Release Date: September 10, 2018
Der Alterungsprozess unserer Gesellschaft ist offensichtlich, wird jedoch sehr verschieden beurteilt. Liegt darin eine Chance für neue Solidarität zwischen den Generationen? Können die Herausforderungen für die Begleitung und die Pflege alter Menschen gemeinsam geschultert werden? Welche neuen...
by John F. MacArthur
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 28, 2011
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 28, 2011
Una teología bíblica y clara de La Evangelización, presentada con un fundamento histórico e instrucciones prácticas. Aumente su colección de libros del pastor MacArthur con este tema tan necesario. La Evangelización inicia comparando el estado actual del alcance del cristianismo americano con...
… da ich aber als Frauenzimmer in der katholischen Kirche keine Stimme habe und folglich so viel als todt bin …
Kreativität aus Vulnerabilität am Beispiel der Ordensgründerin Antonia Werr (1813-1868)
Language: German
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Antonia Werr (1813-1868) gründete 1855 die Kongregation der Dienerinnen der hl. Kindheit Jesu im Kloster Oberzell bei Würzburg und setzte sich für strafentlassene Frauen ein.
Indem sie marginalisierten Frauen zu neuen Anfängen verhalf und Rechtlosen eine Stimme gab, brachte sie ihre eigene...
The Purpose Driven Church
Growth Without Compromising Your Message and Mission
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2007
Every church is driven by something. Tradition, finances, programs, personalities, events, seekers, and even buildings can each be the controlling force in a church. But Rick Warren believers that in order for a church to be healthy if must become a purpose driven church by Jesus. Now the founding...
Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors: Volume 1
52 Complete Outlines for All Occasions
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 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 1 gives the busy pastor a head start on sermon preparation. With 52 complete sermon outlines,...
by Dr. Buddy Bell
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2007
Momentary Ministers . . . Most people think it takes a long time--years, months or even days to accomplish something profound, something great for God. The truth of the matter is that church greeters have this opportunity every time someone walks through the doors of their church. Greeters have the...
by David Murrow
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
“Church is boring.”
“It’s irrelevant.”
“It’s full of hypocrites.”
You’ve heard the excuses —now learn the real reasons men and boys are fleeing churches of every kind, all over the world.
Christianity is the only world religion with a chronic shortage...
The Special Service Worship Architect
Blueprints for Weddings, Funerals, Baptisms, Holy Communion, and Other Occasions
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2013
This book takes the principles found in Constance Cherry's successful The Worship Architect--in which she provided dynamic blueprints for designing worship services--and applies them to special services in the life of the church. Cherry, a worship professor and practitioner, offers theological reflection,...
A More Radical Gospel
Essays on Eschatology, Authority, Atonement, and Ecumenism
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
Gerhard O. Forde has stood at the forefront of Lutheran thought for most of his career. This new collection of essays and sermons—many previously unpublished— makes Forde's powerful theological vision more widely available.
The book aptly captures Forde's deep Lutheran commitment. Here...
Meet Generation Z
Understanding and Reaching the New Post-Christian World
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2017
Move over Boomers, Xers, and Millennials; there's a new generation--making up more than 25 percent of the US population--that represents a seismic cultural shift. Born approximately between 1993 and 2012, Generation Z is the first truly post-Christian generation, and they are poised to challenge every...
AquaChurch 2.0
Piloting Your Church in Today's Fluid Culture
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
We live in a fast-paced, fluid world. A postmodern place where people are drifting, making mid-course corrections in every aspect of life, from careers, to relationships, to beliefs. As church leaders, we must continually reshape our ministries to reach a society adrift. We must move from being adaptive...
Living Our Story
Narrative Leadership and Congregational Culture
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2010
Living Our Story explores how good narrative work—the retrieval, construction, and performance of valued stories—takes place in ministry. Authors Larry A. Golemon, Lee Ramsey, N. Graham Standish, Tim Shapiro, Carol Johnson, Mike Mather, Niles Elliot Goldstein, and Diana Butler Bass examine this...