Christian Ministry - General

In  Worlds Within a Congregation , W. Paul Jones follows up on his previous work  Theological Worlds  in a most practical way. He argues that many ...

A comprehensive introduction to the particular challenges and opportunities of congregational ministry in urban settings. Urban ministry has long b...

Those Christians who work in missionary settings among non-Christian groups learned an important lesson long ago about communicating the gospel. Yo...

Grounded in social research,  Rural Ministry  evaluates the diminishing establishment of the church in rural America, which is linked to the fifty-...

Three authors well-acquainted in the area of field education evaluate events in ministry using case-study analysis. They outline the case process--...

Unmasks the hidden "worldviews" that stand in the way of congregational vitality and mission.   They are problems with which every pastor is famili...

Before long, many of our Christian congregations will be perceived as sentimental creatures who are studied primarily as skeletons in the halls of ...

God gave Moses the vision to build a tabernacle, but Moses did not build it by himself. Church leaders engage in a similar endeavor. They a) see wh...

Explores the challenges of military life, the impact of combat on returning veterans, and issues that stress military families Help bring combat ve...

Reimagining Ministry is a response to growing dissatisfaction with existing models of ministry. David Heywood diagnoses the problems of our traditi...

This welcoming resource for new communicants can be run by your local church as a short and inspiring course. Echoing the Profession of Faith as fo...

Shepherding is one of the important functions in the church. It is not only one of the gifted people whom God gives to the church for the perfectin...

Covenant or contract is an important theme in the Bible. God made covenants with His people. He deals with them according to the covenants He made ...

Watchman Nee examines the principles which govern the ministry of God's word with great discernment and always with an eye to practicality. He unve...

The Lord Jesus Christ said, “…look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest” (John 4:35). However, one field is rarely looked on by the...

Have you ever heard people say that they think very highly of Jesus but don’t agree with some of the teachings of the Bible? In this typically clea...

The Lord Jesus saw a vast harvest waiting to be gathered in but hardly any workers to do the job. So he issued an instruction to his followers: 'As...

This book arose out of a series of articles which appeared in The Evangelical Magazine, published by The Evangelical Movement of Wales. The author ...

Rather than teaching directly about the Christian faith, Living Well offers people a fresh way of looking at daily life that affirms our humanness ...

Having an all-age approach to Advent is not about providing yet more entertainment for the children, but hauling back the runaway season so that it...

Opens up the radical and challenging implications of 1 Peter for contemporary Christian leadership. Leading by Example is the only book which expl...

Wisdom, insight and sound guidance for anyone wrestling with questions of faith and doubt.

Seek and Save offers additional introductory material on the planning and running of seeker events and also provides updated material to go with th...

The abiding impressiveness of John Angell James’ classic on the Christian ministry lies largely in the manner in which he presents one simple idea:...

Christian ministers no longer have a recognized role in society; churches are no longer the influence they once were; preaching is at a discount. I...

Walter Chantry is an author who has consistently put his finger on the particular weaknesses and failures of the contemporary church. In his books ...

Differences between much of today’s preaching and that of Jesus are not petty; they are enormous. The chief errors are not in emphasis or approach ...

What's so big about small groups? With proven results in drawing people into community and helping them grow to maturity in Christ, small groups h...

Men and women working together can be a powerful ministry partnership, but it can also raise a lot of prickly questions: • How does one relate to ...

Perhaps two of the most common reasons for men leaving the ministry today are moral failure and depression, or ‘burn-out.’ The two addresses in thi...

Like Eugene Peterson's other books on pastoring, Under the Unpredictable Plant is full of stimulating insights, candid observations, and biblically...

Against the easy assurance of a too-enculturated religion, Walter Brueggemann refocuses the preaching task around the decentering, destabilizing, a...

How the pastor reads a situation theologically will define the possibilities for ministry now and for the church's future. The pastor's theologica...

Provides six healing services suitable for a variety of worship settings. Persons who design and lead worship will find this a practical and useful...

Ready-to-use funeral services for difficult situations. Each service is set in a ministry context and includes a sample sermon, Scripture text, and...

Listening intently to what the poor have to say is Laurie Green's way into a new study of Jesus' most famous Beatitude - Blessed are the Poor. Comb...

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Bivocational Ministry (BM) is a much more universal phenomenon amongst churches than has often been recognised. Whilst much attention has been paid...

All around are people who are struggling: the family worrying about debt, the ex-offender who can't get work, the kids who have nowhere to play aft...

You gave it your best shot. You made the best case you knew how, and your friend still wasn't persuaded to follow Christ. Why is it that solid, rat...