Church Life

Since the days he shook the pulpits of Victorian London with Christ-centered passion, each succeeding generation seems to discover Charles Spurgeon...

God calls us to be "devoted to one another in love" (Romans 12:10). What does this look like for us today? How can we be the kind of church member ...

The church is not yours or mine. It belongs to Jesus Christ. The church is graciously called into being by him for the glory and honour of God’s na...

Three pastor-scholars explore the meaning for evangelicals today of the Nicene Creed’s affirmation of the church as “one, holy, catholic, and apost...

Is your church suffering, and you’re not sure why? Church planter and professional interim pastor R. D. Stuart encourages church leaders to examine...

Most Christians resist the idea that we are to pursue happiness. We are more comfortable with the idea of finding joy or being blessed. But seeking...

The church has an image problem. It is widely viewed in the world at large as being outdated, boring, irrelevant and filled with backbiting hypocri...

In this book, Robert Knowles seeks to encourage Christians to embrace and model authentic biblical Christianity - or "Relating Faith" - in their di...

What does it mean to be a Church Elder? How do Elders fulfil their role? How does being an Elder fit with the other pressures of life? How should E...

Based on the declaration and affirmation that every elder takes, this invaluable resource provides new and existing elders with a diverse range of ...

In this practical book for those who serve the Lord’s Supper, Howard Griffith provides an understanding of the sacrament and twenty-eight pastoral ...

People leave churches all the time. They may do so gradually or suddenly, they may do so thoughtfully or on a whim, and they may do so with godline...

Terry Johnson’s 2014 Worshipping with Calvin (EP Books) promised a follow-up work that would focus on implementation. Serving with Calvin is that w...

Encouragement, and some basic skills, for anyone starting out as a leader/helper in children's ministry

The church’s practice of gathering for worship both morning and evening on the Lord’s Day reflects a very ancient tradition that was once universal...

In  Who Comes in the Name of the Lord?,  Harold J. Recinos advances the thesis that God has already prepared a future for mainline churches in Chri...

White Soul  examines the social, political, and religious foundations of country music as the soul music of white, working-class Americans. Country...

Great teams live and serve in light of the Divine Team—the Trinity, and to be truly effective they need: a deeply challenging goal, a creatively em...

Most church members would tell you that theirs is a friendly congregation, eager to welcome visitors and new members into their midst. Yet far too ...

Larger churches are different--in expectations, in performance, in staffing, and in use of lay volunteers. Their unique differences require special...

Norma Cook Everist contends that it is meaningful to say that in ministries of administration, outreach, and pastoral care, the church is functioni...

Celtic Christianity–the form of Christian faith that flourished among the people of Ireland during the Middle Ages– has gained a great deal of atte...

In  Starting Small Groups: Building Communities That Matter , Jeffrey Arnold discusses small groups and details step-by-step the method for designi...

The third volume of Shawchuck and Heuser's trilogy, this title will focus on the relationships and processes common to the religious congregation. ...

Traces the development of baptismal theology and practice in Methodism from John Wesley through the 1992 General Conference. Felton explores infant...

The most effective way to influence both individual and institutional behavior is to ask questions. This text provides a conceptual framework for a...

A living religious tradition continually reassesses its practices. In our contemporary situation, the task of reassessment must attend to the prese...

In this thought-provoking new volume, Susanne Johnson counters what she sees as "wrong-thinking" in much contemporary Christian education by offeri...

If church is like a family, it fights like one too! As in any family, conflict in the church family is natural and inevitable. But the way the chur...

"The thing I am most desperate to keep you from finding out about me is . . . I want to belong, but I do not know how." There was a time when bein...

"And gave him [Christ] to be head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all" (Eph. 1.22, 23). As...

Drawn from Baxter’s famous work, The Reformed Pastor, and arranged topically as a month’s supply of brief daily readings, the maxims and meditation...

In his constant warfare against the church the devil loves nothing better than to sow the seeds of discord and division. The Puritan Thomas Brooks ...

Church at the Edge explores the idea of ‘church’, looking at new ways of meeting and praying with others. The search for places where faith is made...

Multi-voiced Church argues strongly and persuasively for churches in which everyone is important for the well-being and growth of the community. T...

"It's hard to be a Christian in America," writes Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, a leader in the new monasticism movement in America, a growing group of...

Bible reading and prayer are two elements in all evangelical church worship. At certain points in every service someone will read the Scriptures an...

Although much has been written to prepare men for the work of the Christian ministry, there is comparatively little in print that will help prepare...

Dr. James Garretson has drawn together wise, practical, and relevant insights into the call, qualifications, and work of the Christian pastor from ...

Calvin wrote to kings and princes, Reformers and friends, nobility and common people alike. His letters reveal a man of deep pastoral concern, cons...

One of Charles Haddon Spurgeon’s most significant ministries was to the hundreds of preachers who were trained in the Pastor’s College which he fou...

The nature and life of the church is one of the most crucial issues facing Christians in the closing years of the twentieth century. Questions of m...