Religious ministry and clergy Books

DISCOVER TIMELESS TRUTHS THAT WILL USHER YOU INTO A FUTURE OF FRUITFUL AND FULFILLING LIVING. THIS CLASSIC READ WILL HELP YOU TO GO FORWARD AND TURN YOUR TRIALS INTO TRIUMPHS. The quest to advance, prosper, or fulfill our destiny is a valid God-given...

In America, you have the SWAT unit. A SWAT (special weapons and tactics) team is a law enforcement unit that uses specialized or military equipment and tactics. So, why are we talking about SWAT? Because in the Body of Christ, we also need to become...

As a follower of Christ, have you ever wondered what does God require of you? Have you come to the place where you feel like something crucial is missing in today's Christianity which makes us seem like we are going in circles? Do you hear of activity...

The Old Testament Poem Book has fifty poems that are each accompanied by an illustration that people of all ages can enjoy. So this book tells the story of the old testament in a way that's never been done before and it's perfect for bible study classes...

How does the church portray the beauty of Christ?The gospel is a theological message. But this message also creates human beauty―beautiful relationships in our churches, making the glory of Christ visible in the world today.In this timely book, Pastor...

What people are saying about GO! daily"The stories you are about to read, and the hope you will gain, will encourage you to GO! daily and be the person God called and equipped you to be." -Suzann Smith, Children's Minister"An incredibly thoughtful,...

Evangelism is more than a program.Every few years, churches jump into the latest evangelistic fad. Leaders administrate the new program, and members go on a raid. But picture a church where evangelism is simply part of the culture. Leaders share their...

Who leads a church? Why is this important to God? God cares about his glory, and he means to display his glory through the church. For this very end, God has established elders and deacons, members, and congregational authority. This primer on...

What makes for good preaching?In this accessible volume―written for preachers and preachers in training―pastor David Helm outlines what must be believed and accomplished to become a faithful expositor of God's Word.In addition to offering practical,...

It’s dark outside, and thoughts of work and meetings and money buzz through your brain. You turn on your back as you suddenly feel the breath start to leave your lungs. Breaking into a cold sweat, you struggle to understand what’s going on...

Was the curse Joshua pronounced on the reconstruction of Jericho ever revoked? Who received the prophet Elijah's mantle after John the Baptiser died? The answers to these questions are tucked away in the folds of familiar episodes in the life of Jesus...

Most Catholics, baptised as infants, have no memory of how they became Catholic; probably just as many have no memory of a specific time when they decided they no longer belonged in the Church. Bob Cameron describes such Catholics as 'collapsed'...

Brandie N. Gray a native of Los Angeles California, who accepted the LORD and Savior Jesus Christ as her Savior at the age of eight. She didn't know what her life would intel after accepting Jesus as her LORD. She has gone on throughout life from the age...

Lay Pastor Training Manual is the second portion of a two-phase plan for equipping and training leaders within the context of the local church. With today's rapidly growing church, leadership training is critical to the establishment and...

Depuis plusieurs décennies, les institutions de formation des pays émergents désirent évoluer vers une meilleure intégration pédagogique et une pertinence contextuelle dans la conception des programmes...

This book presents doctoral supervision as a task involving both academic and spiritual formation. It meets the need for a handbook that deals with supervision from the perspective of the supervisor who is an evangelical Christian and who teaches in an...

All too often, a Christian response to Islam is rooted in antagonism and steeped in defensiveness and fear. Yet the church is not called to engage in a battle with Islam in order to conquer Muslims, and when we, as Christians, wield apologetics like a...

Awaken Your Destiny is a Christian, biblically rooted book about unlocking your potential and living out your destiny. ·     How many times did you feel that you are not living the life you were designed to...

Exhaustion, burn-out, tiredness, even breakdown... sadly, such conditions are all too common these days, not least among those involved in some kind of Christian ministry, whether full-time, part-time or voluntary. In striving to do our utmost for God,...

Our children's early years are incredibly significant in shaping their mental, emotional and spiritual lives for the future, but how do we sow seeds of faith when they are so tiny? In this book Rachel Turner suggests simple, everyday approaches to help...

Three playful yet thought-provoking Nativity dramas which capture the heart of Christmas, for all-age audiences. Designed to be performed by adults or young people at a "Live Nativity", Carol Service or other Christmas event, or to introduce Advent...

In this insightful training guide, Mac Lake brings over thirty years' experience of coaching church and organizational leaders. Biblically grounded and loaded with practical examples and questions to spark thought, discussion, and application, Leading...

At a time of unprecedented secularization and declining church attendance, youth ministry in the twenty-first century should be doomed. So why is Protestant youth ministry in Sydney vibrant, and in many places growing? This book sets out to answer this...

Mentoring Minutes: Weekly Messages to Encourage Anyone Guiding Youth aims to encourage and equip people working with youth with the knowledge, strategies, ideas, and recent youth research to build meaningful and developmental relationships with these...

When Edgar Stubbersfield was a much younger man, he spoke with one of his state's leading evangelists. The evangelist shocked Edgar that night when he said, ""It is the easiest thing in the world to start a new church; the hardest thing is finding it a...

Avalynn's Royal Inheritance was written to inspire young girls to possess and defend what is rightfully theirs in God's kingdom. People were created by God to thrive and to be heirs to His throne. God's people were created to conquer and occupy a special...

Spiritual warfare that takes place when Satan wants to annihilate a local church, and he does so by encouraging the vulnerable to change the Word of God to fit their desires. During this war, Satan sends his many spirits of chaos to try and accomplish...

Most pastors, especially coming out of the pandemic, are trying to find ways to engage their culture and reach young families. What if there was a way for pastors and churches to get in front of young couples and engage them regularly? What if young...

What you hold in your hands is a God-inspired manual that is both unique and relevant for today's day and age regarding our children and their future. A heinous plot seems to be underway by the Enemy as the suicide rate among children and young people...

About the BookMysteries of Godliness is a book to be read by every person on earth.It will bring out God's best and intended ancient patterns in you, bring you to the heart cry of the Father for these last days, and push you toward being very successful...

“Dallas will always remember Pastor Wesley and his efforts to make Dallas a better place to live. . . . His legacy will continue to live on.”—Terrell D. Bolton, Dallas’s first African American police...

Michael Merker's personal experience with a touring production of the popular musical Godspell, a dramatization of God's Word, led him to experiment with the adaptation of Bible literature into performance material. Through directing and performing these...

Stress, short tempers, impatience, and greed—these are elements that have their origin in what is having an effect on all of us. That thing is discontentment. Matthew 6:33 addresses this condition and provides us with the answer to discontentment...

This Bible storying initiative was born out of God's leading, years of missiological research, and the necessity to make God's Story available to Indigenous tribal peoples who do not have the ability to read. You are invited to explore the beginning of...

Throughout the Bible we are able to get a glimpse into the mind of God as to the things that pleases Him as well as those things that does not please Him. Thus, it is these two things that are often taken into consideration when asking the question...

There is really no definitive road map for doing ministry. Although each individual’s experience is rather different, preparation and self-evaluation is always important for anyone who seeks to pursue anything of any magnitude. Ram in the Bush...

Mitchell argues that Christian global development work should be celebrated for the unique perspectives and gifts it brings to the world s poor precisely because of its faith-based roots and expressions."

A true story of children who suffer in silence as they struggle to exist without the necessities of water, food, shelter, and love. Living in impossible conditions, many do not know what they lack – the love of a family and the comfort of a home...

How does oppression manifest itself in the structures and systems of society? What are the psychological and theological issues surrounding the phenomena of a tortured self-identity and diminished self-esteem? Through the study of King's life and...

Coming Out through Fire is for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons who seek to move through the trauma of homophobia with the passion and power of transformation. It is also for pastors, therapists, and other helping professionals who seek to...

One of the church's most shameful secrets is pastors who sexually abuse their congregants. In Victim to Survivor, Nancy Werking Poling offers the harrowing and poignant stories of six women who were sexually abused by their pastors and tell in their own...

"Pot likker," a term from the African American community, is the broth remaining from greens that have been seasoned and boiled. This broth is considered flavorful and precious as it contains all the nutrients. Pot Likker Stories for Teachers and...

A famous person is missing! The human Jesus of Nazareth is missing from the creeds of the church, missing from most of the New Testament, and hidden within the four New Testament gospels. It will take an exciting piece of detective work to find him, and...

Brain research is opening up our understanding of not only what role the different areas of our brain play in making decisions or in recognizing the faces of those we love, but even in experiencing God. As a pastoral theologian and counselor, Hogue...

Like a golden cord, the covenant relationship between God and people runs through the Bible from beginning to end. The covenant is made, broken, and remade again and again. The death of Jesus on a cross was the final act by which God renewed the...

There comes a time in the lives of most people when faith and religion come into question. When this time in life approaches, it appears that there are more questions than answers. Why do we have these questions? What is it that we are looking...