This hardcover book presents a new model for youth ministry that’s relevant to the missional church and changing culture. Chris Folmsbee offers a practical approach to youth ministry that connects teens to God’s mission, leading to transformed lives.
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5 Ministry Killers and How to Defeat Them 5 Ministry Killers and How to Defeat Them
Before pastors reach burnout and leave the ministry, they experience frustration and disappointment in ministry. Charles Stone, a veteran pastor, helps his fellow pastors understand and meet the challenges, regaining hope and energy to continue in their calling. Based on new information from The Barna Group and additional research, Stone shows readers what pastors are saying about ministry and how to overcome the obstacles, rebuild community within the congregation, and persevere with joy.
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Worship Matters: A Study for Congregations Worship Matters: A Study for Congregations
Anxious to tear down that invisible barrier between pulpit and pew, Vann desires that laypeople no longer feel like spectators but participants. Loaded with practical advice, this is an ideal volume for worship committees and church leaders; it even includes photos from the many churches she has visited.
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The Collected Sermons of William H. Willimon The Collected Sermons of William H. Willimon
William H. Willimon, one of the most respected voices in the pulpit today, has been inspiring congregations and their leaders for decades. This marvelous collection of sermons-mined from Willimon's earliest pastorates, through his time as Dean of the Chapel at Duke University, to his current calling as a Presiding Bishop of the United Methodist Church-provides a fascinating and inspiring look at this master preacher.
Ordered chronologically and with an index of scriptural references, this collection will be a source of inspiration and education for decades to come.
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Behaving in Public: How to Do Christian Ethics Behaving in Public: How to Do Christian Ethics
Too often, says Nigel Biggar, contemporary Christian ethics poses a false choice — either “conservative” theological integrity or “liberal” secular consensus. Behaving in Public explains both why and how Christians should resist these polar options. Informed by a frankly Christian theological vision of moral life and so turning toward the world with openness and curiosity, Biggar’s succinct argument charts a third way forward. “Common sense is usually bland and boring. Nigel Biggar’s book Behaving in Public, however, is full of common sense that is anything but bland and boring. That’s because Biggar employs his common sense polemically to show what’s deficient in one and another position on speaking as a Christian in public, and to point to alternatives. Over and over I found myself saying, ‘Yes, of course; he’s right.’ This is a wonderfully fresh, perceptive, and sensible discussion.” — Nicholas Wolterstorff Yale University
How can the church witness effectively in public debates in modern, mostly secular societies, without either losing its integrity or imposing its perspectives on others? In this important new book Nigel Biggar maintains that the integrity of the Christian message should not be confused with distinctiveness. . . . Offers a nuanced yet demanding position on the public role of the church, cutting through unhelpful dichotomies and reminding us that theological seriousness need not be sectarian or intolerant.” — Jean Porter University of Notre Dame
“Clear in thought, elegant in expression, and generous in dialogue, this book offers a new and convincing approach to Christian ethics. . . . Biggar argues for the integrity of a mature, discriminating, nonmoralizing Christian ethics which is inspired and equipped for critical engagement with the church and the wider public and which cares about the flourishing of both.” — Werner G. Jeanrond University of Glasgow
“Behaving in Public shows people who care about public life how to combine theological integrity and political effectiveness. . . . This is a theology that offers an alternative to today’s polarized politics.” — Robin W. Lovin Southern Methodist University
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Transformational Church Transformational Church: Creating a New Scorecard for Congregations
Two of the world’s foremost church research experts take an unprecedented qualitative look at how churches can change the culture through the transformative power of the gospel.
Can real change happen in the human soul? Is it possible to have truly healthy relationships? Is psychology something that can help us see reality as God sees it? John H. Coe and Todd W. Hall tackle these and other provocative questions in this next volume of the Christian Worldview Integration Series which offers an introduction to a new approach to psychology that seeks to integrate psychology and spiritual formation. This model "represents a spiritual formation and relational approach to psychology for the sake of servicing the spiritual needs of the church." Their goal is to provide a unique model of doing psychology and science in the Spirit. Here you will find an introduction to the foundations, methodology, content and praxis for this new approach to soulcare.