Religious ministry and clergy Books

Understanding Christian Leadership offers an examination of a distinctly Christian understanding of leadership offering a critical appraisal of insights from secular theories of leadership, exploring biblical and other theological insights into the...

Robert Webber's legacy testifies to the vitality evangelicals experience when insights of the early church inform community life and ministry. His original expression of this theme, presented here with a foreword by David Neff (director of the Robert E...

Adolescent development expert and counselor Steven Gerali addresses the issue of teen eating disorders in this book from the What Do I Do When... series, which is designed to equip parents and youth workers to help teens who are hurting.

Children don't just learn theology. They actively create it, playing with ideas and drawing together aspects of their own lives to form theological understanding. David Csinos offers a groundbreaking exploration of how cultural contexts intersect with...

Strategic thinking about ministry and mission has tended to focus on the challenges of communication and presentation. Less attention has been paid to the effects that this thinking has on ministry. There is an unacknowledged dilemma for churches insofar...

Every blockbuster movie with an epic story that you've seen has come back with a sequel. Think of "Star Wars" or "Lord of the Rings." Why should a TalkSheets book be any different? With the epic stories found in the New Testament, we couldn't cover it...

Drawing from culture, stories, and his own personal experience, John Sowers presents the desperate reality of fatherlessness in his generation. Fatherless Generation is a hard-hitting, descriptive look at this issue, showing how awareness, compassion,...

Mike Yaconelli composes his thoughts and passions regarding the nine core realities of youth ministry. This book unpacks The CORE training youth workers nationwide receive during Youth Specialties' one-day resource seminars.

This is a quick, no frills, everything you need to know guide for leading a small group.

This curriculum and study guide is designed for group and individual-based participation.  It will strongly enhance your understanding of the theology of work, mission and meaning presented in the book Managing Your Metron. In this study,...

The impact that John V. Taylor had on our contemporary understanding of mission is vast – his determination that mission should mean engagement across cultural boundaries has deep resonance today.In Imagining Mission with John V. Taylor, leading...

Bishops, Moderators, Apostles, Regional Ministers - the range of titles given to those who exercise some form of translocal oversight of Christian communities in contemporary Britain is wide indeed. Together they represent a spectrum of response to a...

This book describes how imaginative prayer can powerfully transform our spiritual journeys, and it provides a collection of imaginative prayer exercises for youth ministry use.

This book explains the building blocks of good leadership skills and then addresses the ways a leader can cultivate those qualities and traits.

Examines the role of bishops in Castilian politics in the High Middle Ages, focusing on the reign of Alfonso VIII.

Lewis Champion Chambers is one of the forgotten figures of Canadian Black history and the history of religion in Canada. Born enslaved in Maryland, Chambers purchased his freedom as a young man before moving to Canada West in 1854; there he farmed and in...

Youth ministry regularly calls for moments where the "short talk" is the perfect solution. No three points and a poem, no long fancy outlines, just a ten-minute talk that tells one point loud and clear through a powerful story. Here are 24 more talks...

An inspiring guide for families on how parents and children alike can learn to live from the freedom found in being wholeheartedly and unconditionally loved (and liked!) by God.

Christian churches in recent decades have taken some steps in their practices of liturgy and worship toward acknowledging the graced dignity of human variety. But who is still excluded? What pernicious norms still govern below the surface, and how might...

When the seniors walk out of your ministry and head towards college, do you think they'll be taking their faith along with them? What helps a teen stick with their faith after they've left the youth group? Here you'll find compelling research and...

For teenagers who have experienced any kind of abuse, abandonment, or family dysfunction, the lingering pain can leave them feeling hopeless and alone. This book is a powerful and unique resource to help teens deal with and heal from the pain, and...

The greatest challenge facing most churches today isn't getting people through the front door---it's keeping them from leaving through the back door. In his new book, Larry Osborne reveals what it takes to cultivate a "sticky" church and reveals the...

You know that being a student leader is no small task nor is it something to lose sleep over. If you have student leaders or at least students who are willing to lead use this book to pair their willingness with tools and techniques to creative effective...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...