Church Publishing: 819 books
Doing Holy Business
The Best of Vestry Papers
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2006
Vestry Papers is an award winning newsletter published by the Episcopal Church Foundation and is designed to provide vestries with information that is spiritually grounding, yet offers practical illustrations and resources to assist them in their job as the elected lay leadership in their congregations....
Report to the 76th General Convention
Otherwise Known as the Blue Book
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
Reports of the Committees, Commissions, Agencies and Boards of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church to the 76th General Convention, Anaheim, California, July 8-17, 2009.
Holiness and Community
John Coburn Preaches the Faith
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
This varied and vast collection captures more than 160 sermons developed and delivered by John Coburn — prominent church leader, educator, and rector at St. James Church in New York City. Powerful, yet readily accessible, the sermons reflect Coburn’s refined understanding of personal spirituality,...
Done and Left Undone
Grace in the Meantime of Ministry
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2018
• An original and thoughtful approach to a grace-filled theology of leadership • Incorporates insights from biological and behavioral sciences and popular culture In a post-Christian culture, parish clergy can find themselves at a loss, ill-equipped to deal with a reality for which seminary did...
Searching for Sacred Space
Essays on Architecture and Liturgical Design in the Episcopal Church
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
Every Sunday we walk through those (probably red) doors and enter a sacred space. It is familiar . . . maybe comforting . . . maybe not . . . maybe downright uncomfortable and unwelcoming. In twelve thoughtful and provocative essays, the writers ask important questions about the relationship between...
Fearless Church Fundraising
The Practical and Spiritual Approach to Stewardship
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Considering how essential fundraising is to ministry, many church leaders remain terrified of asking for or talking about money. Fearless Church Fundraising removes the terror from stewardship, urging leaders to focus on deep spiritual conversion and a clear, compelling mission before they design...
Go, Tell It on the Mountain
Three Christmas Pageants for Church Schools
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
Here are three different Christmas pageants complete with music, staging directions, scenery and costume suggestions, plus pointers about how to organize your event. The pageants are for grades K-8, but one also calls for adults and teens. The first pageant is a traditional Nativity play with carols;...
by Betty Lynn Schwab
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2011
Today, creation is in distress, human beings hurt one another with increasing violence, and church communities use numbers—head counts and dollars—to measure faithfulness. Yet the health of soul, community, and creation are so intricately interwoven that we cannot have one healthy without the...
Everyday Skeptics
Devotions for Spiritual Growth
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2019
How do the words of past prophets continue to live today? How do they inform our faith formation and our actions as a church? Wrestle with these questions through daily scripture, reflections, and prayers for individual devotions or group study written by a wide variety of contributors. Study guide included.
Restoring the Ties That Bind
The Grassroots Transformation of the Episcopal Church
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2003
Drawing on more than 2,500 discussions with Episcopalians in focus groups and personal interviews as part of the Episcopal Church Foundation's Zacchaeus project, William Sachs and Thomas Holland conclude that there is a paradox in the Episcopal Church. At
Gifted by Otherness
Gay and Lesbian Christians in the Church
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2001
In the past two decades or so the issue of homosexuality has taken center stage at national and regional denominational meetings and in local church communities. The response of the majority of churches ranges from condemnation to toleration of the gay and lesbian community, neither of which offers...
Episcopal Etiquette and Ethics
Living the Craft of Priesthood in the Episcopal Church
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
What is the appropriate attire for an Episcopal priest at the events associated with the service in the Book of Common Prayer, the “Celebration and Blessing of a Marriage?” What does it mean to be an icon of Christ at a cocktail party? How does one live with sensitive confidential information...
Deacons and the Church
Making Connections Between Old and New
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2003
John Collins, author of the groundbreaking study Diakonia, explores the pastoral implications of a new scholarly understanding of the role of deacons in the Early Church.
by Eric H. F. Law, Stephanie Spellers
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018
The New Church’s Teaching series has been one of the most recognizable and useful sets of books in the Episcopal Church. With the launch of the Church’s Teachings for a Changing World series, visionary Episcopal thinkers and leaders have teamed up to write a new set of books, grounded and thoughtful...