Religious ministry and clergy Books
Baker Publishing Group Theres Hope for Your Church
Book SynopsisA startling 85% of churches in the US are plateaued or declining, a trend that has been building for the past fifty years. In the face of shrinking attendance and lagging spiritual growth, pastors and church leaders are understandably discouraged and demoralized. But the first step to turning things around is hope. Church health expert Gary McIntosh offers this hope by showing church leaders the first things they need to do to make a new start for their church.God can and does restore churches to new life, even as he restores individuals. The street-smart ideas and step-by-step instructions found in this book are ones that pastors and church leaders can put to use immediately in their churches to bring about solid growth and renewed hope for the future.
£22.80
Baker Publishing Group What Every Pastor Should Know
Book SynopsisPastors and church leaders are constantly faced with strategic questions. How much staff does the church need? How many workers are needed in the nursery this month? When is the right time to start a second worship service? How many people should we train for evangelism this year? How does seating and parking impact worship attendance? When church leaders have questions about planning, running, or growing their churches, they need answers fast!What Every Pastor Should Know offers pastors and leaders 101 valuable rules and 'sacred' laws to help answer real-life ministry questions. From advertising to facilities to visitation, this valuable book offers the practical help that leaders need, just when they need it most. This comprehensive guide will become one of the most valuable books in a leader''s library. Never again will they wonder if they based critical decisions on the right information. They''ll get the answers they''re looking for all in one place.
£21.34
Baker Publishing Group Connect
Book SynopsisWhat if your church had more volunteers than you knew what to do with? Sound far-fetched? It doesn''t have to be. Now consultant, pastor, and author Nelson Searcy unveils his secret to doubling your volunteer base in as little as one day. Yes, you read that right.This step-by-step guide shows church leaders how to create a culture that attracts, keeps, and grows volunteers. Taking a comprehensive approach to the often frustrating issue of finding and retaining volunteers, Connect gives leaders the practical insight and tools they need to effectively involve people in serving the local church. It details how to help people see the importance of serving, how to continually raise up new volunteers, how to really delegate, and even how to 'fire' a volunteer. Every church leader who has struggled with getting and keeping people active in the church (and that''s all of them) will love the practical, workable strategies found here.
£18.55
Baker Publishing Group Developing a Vision for Ministry
Book SynopsisChurch planning expert provides proven principles to help churches define their organization, give it direction, develop a vision for ministry, and build popular support.
£23.91
Baker Publishing Group Organic Community
Book SynopsisThe bestselling author of The Search to Belong helps church leaders create more natural congregational communities by becoming environmentalists--people who create or shape environments.
£19.17
Baker Publishing Group The DiscipleMaking Church
Book SynopsisA classic in Christian discipleship for twenty years, this updated edition shows why disciple making should be the focus of every believer's life.
£22.97
Baker Publishing Group When Kids Hurt
Book SynopsisChap Clark''s groundbreaking Hurt: Inside the World of Today''s Teenagers revealed the hard truth about contemporary adolescence: societal changes and systemic abandonment have left teenagers struggling to navigate the ever lengthening and ever more difficult transition to adulthood without caring adults.When Kids Hurt offers these challenging insights to youth workers and parents in a more accessible form, with greater focus on how adults should respond. Practical sidebars and application sections, contributed by other youth experts, provide additional insights into youth culture and how adults can better guide adolescents into adulthood. This book will be an important resource for youth workers, parents, counselors, and others who work with youth.
£20.86
Baker Publishing Group Strategic Disciple Making
Book SynopsisChurch expert Aubrey Malphurs helps churchgoers discover that they control the destiny of their church and that personal contentment comes through growing as disciples.
£19.27
Baker Publishing Group 7 Challenges Pastors Face Overcome Common
Book SynopsisAn experienced pastor helps people in full time ministry stay effective and avoid burn out by offering practical guidance to meet seven common challenges.
£21.41
Johns Hopkins University Press Christian Clergy in American Politics
Book SynopsisSawyer, Iowa State University; Corwin E. Smidt, Calvin CollegeTrade ReviewAddressing an understudied social phenomenon, these essays examine the political influence of American clergy on their congregations... The high quality of the field research and the extensive editorial work set benchmarks for further publication in this field. Religious Studies Review 2004Table of ContentsContents: List of Tables Preface PART I: INTRODUCTION 1 Clergy in Politics: Political Choices and Consequences Laura R. Olson and Sue E. S. Crawford 2 Notes for a Theory of Clergy as Political Leaders Ted G. Jelen 3 Reflections on the Status of Research on Clergy in Politics James L. Guth PART II: POLITICAL CHOICES 4 Gender and Political Choices of Women Clergy Sue E.S. Crawford, Melissa M. Deckman, and Christi J. Braun 5 Theocratic, Prophetic, and Ecumenical: Political Roles of African American Clergy Mary M. Sawyer 6 The Construction of Political Strategies among African American Clergy Katie Day 7 Clergy as Political Actors in Urban Contexts Sue E.S. Crawford and Laura R. Olson 8 American Church or Church in America?: The Politics of Catholic Bishops in Comparative Perspective Timothy A. Byrnes 9 The Mobilization of a Religious Elite: Political Activism Among Southern Baptist Clergy in 1996 James L. Guth 10 Reformed Preachers in Politics James M. Penning and Corwin E. Smidt PART III: POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES 11 Shaping Pacifism: The Role of the Local Anabaptist Pastor Joel S. Fetzer 12 Cardinal O'Connor and His Constituents: Differential Benefits and Public Evaluations Paul A. Djupe 13 To March or Not to March: Clergy Mobilization Strategies and Grassroots Antidrug Activism James C. Cavendish PART IV: CONCLUSION 14 Choices and Consequences in Context Sue E. S. Crawford and Laura R. Olson Notes References Contributors Index
£35.48
Moody Press,U.S. Surrender
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£12.76
Moody Publishers Power In The Pulpit How to Prepare and Deliver
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£27.54
Moody Publishers On Being a Pastor Understanding Our Calling and
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£15.19
Moody Publishers The Little Pilgrims Progress Illustrated Edition
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£8.72
Moody Publishers How to Prepare Sermons
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£15.99
Moody Publishers Giving and Tithing Includes Serving and
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£9.26
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company Five Smooth Stones for Pastoral Work
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£19.76
Paulist Press International,U.S. Prayer of St Francis The
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£17.73
The Catholic University of America Press Apostolic Religious Life in America Today
Book SynopsisApostolic religious life in the United States today is in a state of crisis. Divided into two parts, this volume presents an analysis of the problem and a solution to place apostolic religious life on a positive trajectory in the 21st century.
£21.19
The Catholic University of America Press Understanding the Religious Priesthood History
Book SynopsisProvides a history and theology of religious priesthood that contributes to our understanding of this vocation's identity and mission. The book uncovers what religious priesthood shares with diocesan priesthood and non-ordained religious life and what makes it different from both those other vocations.
£27.96
The Catholic University of America Press Preaching to Latinos Welcoming the Hispanic
Book SynopsisIn addition to knowing the scholarly literature on cross-cultural preaching and Hispanic culture, Father Michael Kueber has twenty years of experience serving Hispanic immigrants and their children. In Preaching to Latinos, Kueber provides the readers with best practices for preaching to and leading their churches.
£28.45
Judson Press To Serve This Present Age
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£17.09
Judson Press The Star Book for Ministers
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£18.89
Loyola Press The Ball of Red String
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£999.99
Vida Publishers El Rockero Y La Modelo
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£10.44
Vida Publishers Ideas Para Provocar Momentos Inolvidables
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£10.44
Pilgrim Press Good News Preaching Offering the Gospel in Every
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£20.66
Pilgrim Press Weird Church Welcome to the TwentyFirst Century
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£19.00
Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City The Pastors Guide to Effective Ministry
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£14.24
Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City The Pastors Guide to Effective Preaching
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£14.24
Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City The First 100 Days A Pastors Guide
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£14.24
Lillenas Publishing Worship Where Youre Planted A Primer for the
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£14.09
Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City Best Practices for Childrens Ministry Leading
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£14.24
Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City Shift How Nine Churches Experienced Vibrant
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£9.99
Barefoot Ministries of Kansas City A Volunteer Youth Workers Guide to Understanding
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£9.32
Barefoot Ministries of Kansas City A Volunteer Youth Workers Guide to Leading a
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£9.31
Tyndale House Publishers New BelieverS Guide To Effective Christian Living
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£7.99
Tyndale House Publishers How Now Shall We Live Colson Charles
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£20.89
Word Publishing,US Counseling for Sexual Disorders v 26 Resources
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£31.61
The Banner of Truth Trust Princeton and Preaching Archibald Alexander and
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£23.43
Bauhan (William L.),U.S. A Roomful of Elephants My First 80 Years in the
Book SynopsisAn entertaining autobiography looking back at an exceptionally varied ministry in the Church of England.Trade Review...many priests find that it is too difficult to think too hard about the strange, tragic, funny, and exhausting lives that we lead. You get the impression that Forbes has a rather beautiful soul, and that alone makes the book a good read. * Church Times *
£14.24
DISCIPLESHIP RESOURCES Lay Servant Ministries Basic Course Participants
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£12.00
DISCIPLESHIP RESOURCES Building Spiritual Muscle
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£11.40
Faith Library Publications Keys to Better Preaching
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£11.35
B&H Publishing Group La Copa Envenenada del Principe
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£12.21
B&H Publishing Group Deacon Ministry Handbook The
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£13.25
BookBaby Say Yes To God
£11.69
Thomas Nelson Publishers KJV Holy Bible Super Giant Print with 43000 Cross
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£999.99
