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Gathering the NeXt Generation
Essays on the Formation and Ministry of GenX Priests
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2000
This collection of essays was written by a group of priests that are relatively rare in the Episcopal Church—priests under 35 years of age. In 1997 only 296 Episcopal clergy were from the group commonly known as Generation X; they comprise only 3.5% of the ordained people in full time ministry in...
Beating the Boundaries
The Church God Is Calling Us to Be
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
• For established churches needing to adapt to changing times • Translates learnings from new communities for established congregations -- a both/and approach • On-the-ground observations from within Phyllis Tickle's "rummage sale" Using the image of the traditional practice of “beating...
A Man Called Mark
The Biography of Bishop Mark Dyer
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2018
• Well-known and well-loved bishop of the Episcopal Church and Anglican Communion This official biography tells the compelling story of the Rt. Rev. Mark Dyer: Irish Catholic boy from New Hampshire, U.S. Navy vet, Roman Catholic then Episcopal priest, bishop, and seminary professor—and one of...
Vision Bearers
Dynamic Evangelism in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1996
Interviews with Anglican clergy and lay people from around the world involved in evangelism, capturing what it means to be evangelists in the 21st century. The authors of Vision Bearers have used broad brush strokes to paint a picture of evangelism and mission in the contemporary Anglican Communion....
by Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
In the section entitled “Concerning the Service of the Church,” the Book of Common Prayer identifies the normative services of the Episcopal Church: The Holy Eucharist, the principal act of Christian worship on the Lord’s Day and other major Feasts, and Daily Morning and Evening Prayer, as set...
God Gave the Growth
Church Planting in the Episcopal Church
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
• Practical and theoretical instruction for mainline church planting • Written specifically for the Episcopal Church, but with mainline applications, by a well-known, widely respected author The Episcopal Church has recognized that planting new churches is a high priority through the Mission Enterprise...
My Church Is Not Dying
Episcopalian in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
• Evangelism for a world that hates evangelism, but needs the church • The unfolding vision of a church stepping into the future, instead of dwelling in the past The old way of “being church”—measured by political influence, money, and congregants in the pews—may indeed be vanishing, but...
Becoming the Transformative Church
Beyond Sacred Cows, Fantasies, and Fears
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
• A call for new structure and ways of behaving as church by an experienced church officer Church-wide discussions continue about the emergent church, attracting young people, financial survival, corporate structure, relationships with the Anglican Communion, and other ongoing issues, while age-old...
by Anne E. Kitch
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Parents (or any adult seeker) who are not active or do not have any knowledge of the Episcopal Church often return to a church to have their child baptized. Many adults who never had a relationship with a faith community often seek baptism when they join a congregation for the first time. As our society...
Church, Creation, and the Common Good
Guidance in an Age of Climate Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2018
• A youth and adult study • Engages participants in how we should now live into this time of climate change crisis It is hard to be hopeful in the face of climate crisis. The problem is on a scale difficult for us to understand. Actions needed to address the crisis require a radical change in...
Welcome to Sunday
An Introduction to Worship in the Episcopal Church
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2003
The perfect book for newcomers who are often confused by the worship service, Welcome to Sunday is also an excellent book for those who have been sitting in the pews without fully understanding what happens on Sunday morning. Episcopal priest Christopher Webber takes the reader from the sidewalk outside...
Your Faith, Your Life
An Invitation to the Episcopal Church
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
This “everything-you-need-to-know” guide for newcomers to the Episcopal Church is written and designed to provide accessible and user-friendly reading, with an easy-going look and style that’s packed full of substance. The book carefully unpacks the Episcopal Church’s language of worship,...
She Flies On
A White Southern Christian Debutante Wakes Up
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
In Carter's words: I’m persuaded by decades of teaching in seminary and work as a priest in the church that countless women, and many men as well, are faithful “Jesus people” and yet alienated to various degrees from organized religion. Jack Spong and Barbara Brown Taylor are two of the better...
by Church Publishing
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2006
The first edition of Lesser Feasts and Fasts was authorized more than 40 years ago to meet a liturgical and pastoral need for the commemoration of various saints and occasions not included as major Holy Days on the calendar of the Book of Common Prayer. Subsequent editions have been updated regularly...