Pastoral Resources

Getting leadership right matters, especially when it comes to the local church. Who leads and how they lead can bring great blessing or serious det...

"Many young people entering ministry believe success requires them to leave their communities. After all, the fastest-growing congregations and hig...

There's a growing frustration among believers who know church-as-usual isn't working. Underneath the crowds and programs, they know something's mis...

It has been rightly said that "Jesus is the hope of the world." While we can never argue against the importance of the power of the risen Son of Go...

Everyone believes they see the world rightly. But with so many different viewpoints, it’s as though everyone were wearing different-colored glasses...

Preventing Ministry Failure is an updated version James Guthrie’s A Humble Acknowledgement of the Sins of the Ministry (1651), together with extrac...

Creating Space is a passionate and engaged exploration of the ministry and professional role of healthcare chaplains which uses the tools and metho...

In the wake of crises that have accelerated and revealed massive cultural changes that have been underway for years, we see more clearly than ever ...

There is a prevailing culture of `niceness' within churches which can lead to conflict avoidance, suppression and denial. Consequently, ministers a...

For thirty years, the Church has been talking about the oncoming challenges of providing ordained ministers to lead and enable local churches. Now ...

“They made me take care of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I neglected” (Song of Songs 1:6b) Paul urged Timothy to learn this vital principle wh...

With many pastors facing burnout and congregations suffering from internal divisions, there is a need for Christian resources that present concrete...

"When It Comes to Spreading the Gospel, Relevance Is Irrelevant · A thoroughly biblical approach to social witness and the transformation of souls ...

Tend My Flock is a companion and guide for ordained and lay ministers seeking to live their pastoral ministry well, amid all the complexities and p...

Here is a book to return to again and again, for instruction, for challenge, and also for enjoyment. While written particularly with ministers in v...

Can embracing Augustine as a role model and mentor transform pastoral life and ministry? In this book, Joseph Sherrard invites readers to encounter...

Whether it’s because of the 2016 Presidential election or books like “Hillbilly Elegy,” Americans are beginning to understand the tremendous influe...

Well-known around the world for his passionate and powerful preaching, John Piper has distilled over thirty years of preaching experience into one ...

Richard Baxter believed that teaching was the minister's main task. He also believed that Christians should regularly come to their pastor with the...

Martin Luther not only reformed theology, but his understanding of the gospel revolutionized soul care. In Counseling Under the Cross, biblical cou...

Provides an overview of pastoral and practical theology in the form of articles and extracts with commentary.* Presents pastoral and practical theo...

This clear and accessible book offers a fresh perspective on the application of psychology in a wide range of pastoral activity. It presents a mode...

The SCM Studyguide Pastoral Theology designed to support undergraduate courses for the training of clergy and lay pastoral workers at an accessible...

This essential, up-to-date wedding handbook for pastors includes - ceremonies from fourteen traditions - suggestions for special services (vow re...

Thomas Boston (1676-1732) was a remarkable Scottish theologian and pastor. His Works run to 12 volumes and contain some lengthy theological treatis...

Offering an inter-disciplinary approach to spirituality and personhood in dementia care, the contributors to this book are leading practitioners an...

As a pastor, do you feel like you’re wearing too many hats? If you’re a pastor, you know the tension of balancing (or trying to) the many roles and...

In response to the declining esteem of ministry, some pastors have looked to emulate those who are praised by the culture—business leaders, enterta...

While many pastoral ministry books focus on the practical duties of the pastor, few works actually consider how theological truth defines the pasto...

Healed and saved from above! This autobiographical book of Psalmic poems charts the journey of one abuse survivor to salvation and healing through ...

Does your Kids Ministry provide the nourishment needed for children and families to thrive in the gospel? Much like healthy food is necessary for g...

This book tells the story of the revitalization of Guilford Baptist Church in northern Virginia. Weaving together scripture and biblical principles...

Dementia is one of the most feared diseases in Western society today. Some have even gone so far as to suggest euthanasia as a solution to the perc...

Unfortunately there's no one-size-fits-all answer to church growth. But in Why Some Churches Are Blessed, you'll learn the one principle author Dan...

Spread the Fire invites you, the pastor or church leader, to a new level of training, teaching, and modeling Spirit-filled living by weaving teachi...

"If you are in a position of positive influence, if you exercise leadership in any way, your faith in God gives you a power—a hidden power—that wil...

Handling God's Truth Accurately Know What You Believe and Teach How you interpret and teach the doctrines of the faith truly matters. This require...

The recent Church Growth Research (see www.churchgrowthresearch.org.uk) identifies that the successful transmission of faith to children and young ...

An unmissable new volume for clergy This highly readable book explains the scope and detail of the newly revised Guidelines for the professional c...

Christ and His People brings together eight convictions which shaped the ministry of Mark Ashton, a ministry rooted in faithful and humble leadersh...

"Ministry is harder than I thought it would be..." No pastor is ever fully prepared for the ministry. For pastors just starting out, those needing...