Church - General

Wondering how to use the Common Worship material effectively and creatively? Perhaps you have identified spiritual needs in your congregation that ...

A new brand of apostolic ministry for today's world. The Permanent Revolution is a work of theological re-imagination and re-construction that dra...

A comprehensive look at how to mobilize lay members of your church into effective gift-based teams, illustrated with successful examples.

'The Fall Feasts of Israel' explores all of the major autumn feasts of Israel including, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot. Covering each feas...

Letters to the Church reminds readers how powerful the Church can be and calls this generation to passionately pursue God's vision for His beloved ...

The development community is increasingly aware of tensions and challenges inherent in relief work – and the need for sustainable solutions for com...

The message of the kingdom of God, as brought to us by Christ, is a message that overturns hierarchies, sets free the enslaved, and breaks the powe...

Todd Wilson’s church was devoted to the gospel and had long aspired to be the kind of city on a hill Jesus talks about in the Sermon on the Mount. ...

The modern church is in need revival. But as author Paul Washer contends, “we cannot simply do what is right in our own eyes and then expect the Ho...

Many white Christians across America are waking up to the fact that something is seriously wrong—but often this is where we get stuck.Confronted by...

In Places of Promise, Cynthia Woolever and Deborah Bruce present the ways in which location is defined and employ results from research to reveal h...

Every church has its disagreements. But why do they so easily turn toxic? Loving disagreement is the problem – Christians have become too relaxed ...

The local church holds a special place in the imagination of many people, whether or not they attend it regularly. Drawing on theology, literature,...

How should we as parents view our children in the church as we are tasked with bringing them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord? How shou...

A Church where everyone - adults, young people and children - has one vision and moves together. Too good to be true? Read on... The vision which h...

This much-needed collection of worship services, ceremonies, and celebrations is attuned to the unique needs of sexual minoritites. The rites, writ...

In recent decades churches have accommodated disabled people in various ways. Through access ramps and elevators and sign language, disabled person...

“There are no God-forsaken places, just churchforsaken places.“ —Jon Fuller, OMF International. Raised on the south side of Chicago, Jonathan Brook...

Magisterial in scope and scrupulous in its investigation and attribution of sources, Church and Ethical Responsibility in the Midst of World Econom...

Freedom, as understood by John Calvin, and as applied to the role of women in church and society, is the subject of this provocative book. Putting ...

These diverse but unified descriptions of original ceremonies, liturgies, and rites offer suggestions for revitalizing traditional liturgical expre...

There are plenty of reasons to criticize, judge, and even walk away from the church. Many of us have been hurt and rejected. We may see church as i...

Is a church just something we create to serve our purposes or to maintain old traditions? Or is it something more vital, more meaningful, and more ...

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...

The Multiplying Church is a primer for pastors and lay leaders involved in, or wanting to learn about, the church multiplication groundswell in Nor...

“That the Church of England should have spent so much energy on two matters of relative unimportance is bad enough. That this should have happened ...

The Episcopal Church is embarking on a new era of liturgical reform, giving us an opportunity to reflect on why we do what we do as a body. A Chris...

Kenya, like all other nations in this world, is troubled by many social ills. As evangelical Christians we believe the solution is the gospel of Je...

Singing the Lord's Song in a New Land is one of the first books to address ministry in Korean American contexts and the first from the highly regar...

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...

The Church of England's commitment to be 'a Christian presence in every community' is well known. Yet we might well wonder what this commitment cou...

This book provides clergy, laity, and students with a thorough introduction to their faith as set forth in the Book of Confessions. Jack Rogers exp...

The annual celebrations of Plough Sunday, Rogation and Harvest are hugely important for churches serving rural communities and are a key way for th...

Jesus prayed for unity among his followers. He wants our unity to demonstrate the truth of his claims to an unbelieving world. Yet what does the wo...

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

Intergenerational Cell Resources  is intended to supplement  Heirs Together.  The four Ws of Welcome, Worship, Word and Witness are clearly explain...

Branded as the new Falun Gong by local authorities, The Church of Almighty God is the most persecuted religious movement in China today. Thousands ...

Best-selling author and ministry leader Thom S. Rainer drew an exceptional response when he posted a 500-word declaration about church membership t...

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

A strong, mature faith is vital for Christians and for the life of the Church.Written out of the experience of his personal faith journey and many ...