"This up-to-date, highly selective bibliography is designed to acquaint students and ministers with major works, significant publishers and prominent scholars in biblical studies. It is the perfect guide for beginning a research project or building a ministerial library. Referen…
We live in a wired world where 24/7 digital connectivity is increasingly the norm. Christian megachurch communities often embrace this reality wholeheartedly while more traditional churches often seem hesitant and overwhelmed by the need for an interactive website, a Facebook pa…
Focuses on the current digital revolution and its potential for helping us better care for one another in the worst times of our lives.
A vision of the church as a colony, a holy nation, a peole, a family standing for sharply focused values in a devalued world is offered.
In this bold and visionary book, two leading Christian thinkers explore the "alien" status of Christians in today's world and offer a compelling new vision of how the Christian church can regain its vitality, battle its malaise, reclaim its capacity to nourish souls, and stand f…
Ordained ministry, says Willimon, is a gift of God to the church - but that doesn't mean that it is easy. Always a difficult vocation, changes in society and the church in recent years have made the ordained life all the more complex and challenging.
Examines the roles of the pastor. Focuses on the pastor as preacher, counselor, teacher, interpreter of scripture, evangelist, prophet, leader, and role model.
There are many questions that leaders of small-membership congregations ask themselves about their church's future. Lyle Schaller suggests that two in particular should rise to the top of the list. First, what's the right size of for a church? Is the small congregation averaging…
"There are many questions that leaders of small-membership congregations as themselves about their church's future. Lyle Schaller suggests that two in particular should rise to the top of the list. What is the right size of a church and should these congregations make their plan…
