Religious institutions and organizations Books

Drawing on examples from British world expressions of Christianity, this collection further greater understanding of religion as a critical element of modern children's and young people's history. It builds on emerging scholarship that challenges the...

The generation known as ‘millennials’ are now emerging into adulthood. They face opportunities and challenges no generation has previously faced. For the church they are the ‘missing generation’. Ruth Perrin’s landmark...

What is genuine church growth? Is it, at heart, the numerical growth of regular congregations or are there other dimensions and, if so, what are they? How can we learn from other contexts in order to properly inform our understanding of what we mean by...

Churches today face unique challenges as they seek to help young people engage with the Christian faith and youth workers, whether employed or volunteer, play a key role in supporting this process. This book provides a comprehensive overview of Christian...

The homosexuality issue is the most pressing dilemma currently facing the churches. Recent controversial church appointments in Britain and America have sparked intense argument and there has been virtually no sign of real dialogue or developing debate...

This is the fifth annual Journal of the Seminary of the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing). It comprises contributions from the lecturers at that Seminary, based in Inverness. The commitment of the Journal and the Seminary is to the evangelical and...

As a result of reading Winning in the Kingdom, you will have greater victory in all areas of your life. It is about accessing and becoming all God has ordained.It is filled with hope, faith, determination and development strategies to help...

Mike Paschall spent three years transferring the revelation from his heart and mind to paper.  This daily devotional, which is a year long excursion through the book of Proverbs, is the byproduct of several factors: he’s been a son for over 60...

This interdisciplinary text examines the sports-Christianity interface from Protestant and Catholic perspectives. In addition to a "systematic review of literature," field-pioneering contributors such as Michael Novak, Shirl Hoffman, Joseph Price and...

As those who have read his The Shadow of the Galilean and Biblical Faith are aware, Gerd Theissen is not someone whose main concern is the theory and practice of preaching. However, he himself is a fascinating preacher, as was evident in his imaginative...

'Professor Hahn argues that there is real mission to the Gentiles in the Old Testament, in Judaism, in the teaching of Jesus, or in the activity of Peter. Jesus envisaged the gathering of the Gentiles at the end, and made some gestures to indicate what...

The almost exclusively Jewish scope of the ministry of Jesus has often been explained as a deliberate concentration with a view to ultimate expansion. To this Dr Jeremias adds the further explanation that Jesus' own thought and policy were guided by a...

Based on a national study, this book shows how churches can move both new and old members into ministry by implementing effective new members' classes.

Whitworth University president Bill Robinson highlights five qualities that characterized the leadership style of Jesus. Conversational in tone and seasoned with real-life stories from his own successes and failures as a leader, Robinson helps Christian...

Arguing from Scripture and history, Dr. Boyd makes a compelling case that whenever the church gets too close to any political or national ideology, it is disastrous for the church and harmful to society. Dr. Boyd contends that the American Evangelical...

For a long time, it looked as if the idea of the local and therefore of place seen as locality seemed to have lost its relevance. Much of the church lost any sense that geographical context matters. Yet that tendency to pull people out of their context...

Paul Tournier has practised medicine in Geneva since 1928, as a physician who acquired psychiatric training and experience because he learned that many of his patients needed help going deeper than drugs or surgery. Many of his books are in paperback...

The latest addition to the bestselling TalkSheets series, High School TalkSheets: Life of Christ, gives you easy-to-use discussion starters and tools to lead high school students into meaningful dialogue about Jesus---who he really was, and what that...

This book deals with the tough questions of Christianity, giving sound answers for people who want to do more than scratch the surface of Christian truths.

The church budget is a far more potent pastoral tool than many church leaders realize. Budgeting for a Healthy Church examines each section of a church's budget in light of Biblical principles to show how a church budget can lock in healthy approaches to...

Inspired by a Dutch Jesuit, the Grail movement, a lay apostolate for women, flourished in Europe before corning to the United States in 1940. In the succeeding two decades, it established itself firmly within the American Catholic avant-garde as an...

Aimed at both practitioners and church leaders as well as academics and students of missiology, this book offers fresh insights into the theology and the everyday practice of mission. It brings together scholarly reflection and praxis for the reflective...

This book presents a spirituality arising from the experience of an unusal and innovative ministry in the centre of Liverpool. Barbara Glasson cherishes 'the bread church' an inclusive faith community where people gather to bake bread and worship God...

A stunningly original re-imagining of the Catholic faith by one of the most lucid and exciting theologians writing today. Alison offers an account of Christianity that is moving, liberating, and deeply perconal, yet rooted in Catholic tradition. This is...

Did you know...Arturo Skinner hosted a mass Deliverance Crusade at Madison Square Garden for four days where thousands attended. Johnnie Washington got his 3,500 seater church for $1.Brian Mosley anointed and prophesied to the current King of...

Victory Storey is the story of a man who didn't believe in God and who would even make fun of those who did, but a series of visitations from Jesus Christ, the Messiah, in Victor's dreams, would change all that. A dying great-grandmother's faith, along...

Life has seasons, and you can discern when your life is entering a time of change.Do you feel a longing, an unfulfilled purpose, or an inner yearning to pursue a higher call? Do you have a sense of dissatisfaction with your current circumstances or an...

What is the call of God, and how can I meaningfully connect my life to it?Examining the lives of people who have walked in God's call will help you answer these questions. It is a fascinating, inspiring, challenging, and life-giving journey, and one that...

From college classrooms to bestselling books to the Internet, the historic picture of Jesus is under an intellectual onslaught. This fierce attack on the traditional portrait of Jesus has confused spiritual seekers and created doubt among many...

As a spiritual shepherd, my mission is to serve Christ through my sisters and brothers in this world. I am called to be true to my vocation, to Christ himself. My priesthood reflects that biblical leadership of shepherding. It belongs not exclusively to...

Fans of Luci Shaw, Mary Oliver, Thomas Moore, Joyce Rupp, and Richard Rohr will delight in this latest volume of poetry and prose reflections from eco-spirituality luminary, Jim Conlon.Filled with dozens of new poems with such titles as “A Sabbath...

Joining in with the Spirit makes the connection between mission as the work of mission agencies overseas and mission as the activity of a local church. It shows how, through the global flows of scholarship, missionary movements and migration, mission...

Too many churches are following ministry models shaped by the culture of yesteryear rather than by the new environments of tomorrow. By exploring ten specific shifts in approaches to ministry, church leaders can not only prepare their church for the...

Thank You, God! is a Christian book for children intended for parents to read to their children or children to read on their own about what God has done. The words rhyme and repeat to make reading fun. The visuals are colorful and bring the words to life...

This book resolves the tension between expository and topical preaching once and for all. It highlights many common pitfalls in the sermon/lesson construction and delivery process. Finally, it provides solutions for Christian preachers and teachers from...

Leveraging the metaphor Ori Brafman popularized in his NYT best-selling book, The Starfish and the Spider, Wegner, Ford, and Hirsch show why the distributed structures of starfish organizations are uniquely fit to the church. Seeding starfish networks...

Clericalism is everywhere in the Christian life and perhaps not where you might expect. It elevates certain models, vocations, or ways of being Church in such a way as to diminish others. In Priesthood for all Believers, Fr Simon Cuff argues that a...

Relational Children's Ministry introduces a new paradigm for guiding children, and the kid-influencers who walk alongside them, to become mature disciples of Jesus Christ. It equips leaders, as a community, with practical tools for discipleship and...

For nearly twenty-five years, Elmbrook Church in Waukesha, WI, has supported a variety of ministries by and for women. Today their program stands as a model. Yet, as the authors of Designing Effective Women's Ministries will tell you, it did not happen...