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A Field Guide to Contemporary Worship: How to Begin and Lead Band-Based Worship

This is a must-have guide for anyone thinking about starting a contemporary worship service and an essential reference work for those wondering about the nuts and bolts of instrumentation...

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Reclaiming the ''C'' Word: Daring to Be Church Again

God is up to something! God is on a mission to save and bless the world, and God calls the church to be part of this mission. That means getting focused,...

Faith in Action: A Handbook for Activists, Advocates, and Allies

You want to make the world better. This book can help. Faith in Action offers quick dives into a range of topics, from racial justice...

Holy Spirit: Creative Power in Our Lives

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Who is the Holy Spirit? How does the Spirit work in our lives as individuals, families, communities, and in the world at large? What would happen if we claimed...

Delivering the Sermon: Voice, Body, and Animation in Proclamation

Teresa L. Fry Brown introduces preachers to the effective use of voice and body in the animation of the word in the preaching moment. Suggestions and exercises...

The End of Hope--The Beginning: Narratives of Hope in the Face of Death and Trauma

A skilled and compassionate storyteller, McCarroll introduces readers to five expressions of hope through detailed and poignant case studies.

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A Field Guide for the Missional Congregation: Embarking on a Journey of Transformation

The roster of books on leadership is full of high theory and grand expositions of biblical principles. But there is precious little practical advice for regular...

New Consecration Sunday Stewardship Program with Guest Leader Book

New Consecration Sunday approaches financing the ministries of your congregation by teaching stewardship from a spiritual perspective rather than a fundraising...

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Pastoral Care of Gays, Lesbians, and Their Families

This book, written by a pastoral theologian with years of experience in counseling gay and lesbian individuals and their families, assist both pastoral...

Christian Assembly: Marks of the Church in a Pluralistic Age

What is church? What makes the church one? While these questions may seem innocuous, church has become conflicted territory, with internal factions, external...

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Doing Justice: Congregations and Community Organizing, 2nd Edition

Doing Justice introduces people of faith to congregation-based community organizing rooted in the day-to- day struggles and hopes of urban ministry. Drawing from the author’s decades of...

Caring Liturgies: The Pastoral Power of Christian Ritual

Caregiving practices in churches often center around listening and giving counsel, making referrals, and creating support groups for specific needs. In Caring Liturgies...

Aging, Spirituality, and Religion, A Handbook: Volume 2

Aging, Spirituality, and Religion, Volume 1 published in 1995 by Fortress Press, provided the sociological, psychological, and theological perspectives for...

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Pastoral Care of Older Adults

By the year 2000 more than half of mainline Protestants will be over the age of sixty. Older adults have special needs to which many pastors are not...

A Good Time to Be the Church: A Conversation with Bishop H. George Anderson

"A good time to be the church is right now," declares Bishop H. George Anderson. Rather than lamenting the lost influence of the church or dreaming of some...

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Beyond Maintenance to Mission: A Theology of the Congregation

Here, in a newly revised edition, is a powerful and pertinent guide for congregations wanting to move away from 'maintenance thinking' to powerful, creative...

Many Forms of Madness: A Family's Struggle with Mental Illness and the Mental Health System

Watch Rosemary Radford Ruether discuss her new book, Many Forms of Madness. In telling the story of...

Reclaiming the ''E'' Word: Waking Up to Our Evangelical Identity

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In this third book in the best-selling Reclaiming series, Kelly A. Fryer asks and answers such important questions as: What does the word ''evangelical''...

New Consecration Sunday Stewardship Program Team Member Manual

New Consecration Sunday approaches financing the ministries of your congregation by teaching stewardship from a spiritual perspective rather than a fundraising...

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Rural Evangelism: Catching the Vision

Responding to the need for a new vision of evangelism for small towns and rural areas, Kevin Ruffcorn presents lively suggestions and new understandings...