Church - General

New edition with extra chapter looking at the impact of COVID-19 on the church. Our world needs the Church, like never before, to be full of hope. ...

Jesus commands his disciples to love one another and promises that “by this everyone will know that you are my disciples” (John 13:35). But what do...

Wellbeing is at the very heart of the gospel but, in well-intentioned efforts to keep activities running, are over busy churches simply burning-out...

In recent years, we've seen an increase in the number of Christians who are deconstructing their faith, critically analyzing Christianity and findi...

Amidst the cacophony of modern church culture, replete with noise, fog machines, and strobe lights, Pastor John MacArthur beckons us back to the si...

We are living in a time of rapid cultural change, when Christian views are often seen as outdated and even dangerous. This can leave us feeling anx...

In this thought-provoking, challenging yet easy-to-read book, Hugh Osgood asks questions about how the Church today might benefit from the kind of ...

A heartfelt and practical guide that will inspire readers to rediscover the beauty and importance of active involvement in their local church. Beyo...

4 Practical Ways to Serve the Local Church Church Questions is a series that seeks to provide ordinary Christians with sound and accessible biblica...

There is an unspoken crisis within the evangelical church. We like to think of the church as a haven for the hurting and broken in our world. But w...

Author Barnabas Piper states in the first chapter of his book: “We are looking for something personal, something deeply meaningful, something with...

Internationally recognized psychologist Diane Langberg has come face to face with the crushing trauma of sexual abuse, trafficking, domestic abuse,...

This book looks at the gospel of Jesus and the example of Jesus to motivate us to serve our church family sacrificially with our energy, time and g...

With many churches locked into congregational models and brand building, Are We Brave Enough? asks Christians to consider doing 5 things that could...

Each issue contains twelve session outlines for Messy Churches, running through the year from September to August. Everything you need to run your ...

Christian discipleship is endlessly compelling, because there is no limit to what God can do with a people that willingly offers their whole lives ...

On the night He was betrayed, Jesus shared a final meal with His disciples. What was so significant about this meal, and what is its ongoing import...

Drawing on the personal experience of survivors of abuse and their allies, Letters to a Broken Church speaks directly into the existential abuse cr...

Christians agree that baptism is an essential practice in the church, and they also agree that it does not in itself save people from their sins. B...

Pastor and award-winning author analyzes popular ministry models that fail to reach the "nones" (those who claim no traditional faith) and offers p...

For many Christians, “church” is defined by attending an occasional Sunday service mired in an audience mentality. Virtually ineffective and having...

Doing Church is the first book that Alexander wrote. It is essentially about doing church, leadership and ministry from an Empowered Evangelical or...

During his thirty-year career as a parish minister and professor, Robin Meyers has focused on renewing the church as an instrument of social change...

According to  The Book of Discipline , Wesley believed that the "living core of the Christian faith" is revealed in Scripture, illumined by traditi...

A helpful theological rethinking of the ministry of the church in and with the world in light of various forces that create despair. Where is God p...

Why the small- to mid-sized church remains God's best means to make disciples of Jesus Christ Dizzying changes have taken place in American religio...

Argues that the church must re-envision its sense of vocation and mission for the world Drawn from the Twelfth Oxford Institute of Methodist Theolo...

God wants to do a new thing in the African American Church. Author, Douglas Powe suggests that the African American church, while once the bedrock ...

An upgrade to the ground-breaking book that has shown thousands of congregations how to overcome the destructive attitudes and systems that prevent...

How can the church respond to the divisions within society that leave many persons marginalized? This book refocuses our notions of what mission is...

What decisions must be made now if The United Methodist Church is to have a future? Few would argue that many challenges face The United Methodist ...

Dudley's work in  Making the Small Church Effective  (1978) broke new ground in understanding the dynamics of life in the small congregation. In th...

Many in our day think that it is no longer possible to have big, strong, vital, influential, mission-minded downtown congregations. Those who predi...

Abingdon Press is pleased to offer  Daughters of Imani: Christian Rites of Passage for African American Young Women  by Rev. Richelle White, the cr...

A leading Christian educator offers a practical guide for revisioning a church's educational program. After identifying the weaknesses in current e...

Whether your church is healthy or struggling, the biblical principles in this book point the way to greater spiritual vitality. A pastor, seminary ...

Come Into the Light is an illustrated handbook for understanding the architecture of a church and the arrangement of its interior for the celebrati...

In studying the book of Titus, John Benton deals with the problem of how the modern world affects, almost unconsciously, the way we think. Many of ...

Flavell’s fascinating look at the love feast, a ‘lost’ meal, explores its extensive history and extols its wonders in an inspirational call to revi...

In the words of Michael Forster himself, ‘As churches, we can offer no greater gift to others … than the experience of truly being heard, valued an...

What you don’t know can kill you. A church can be a dangerous place. The perils may be so obvious, they become “elephants” standing in the fellowsh...

As the church continues to hear and heed Christ's call to reflect the multiethnic character of his people, pastors and lay leaders need to gain ski...