Religious institutions and organizations

Training the next generation of leaders is crucial to spreading the gospel, yet most churches have no formal way of doing this.

This comprehensive handbook to urban ministry introduces and shows how to implement a Christian community development program.

You can achieve your dreams of financial stability for your congregation.

The most powerful Hasidic teachings made accessible-from some of the world's preeminent authorities on Jewish thought and spirituality.

How can my congregation transform itself?

Reimagine the Possibilities for Your Own Congregation We all share a deep human need for meaning in our lives, a need to feel that we are part of something larger than ourselves.

"e;Avi doesn't only talk the talk, or even walk the walk.

The first state-of-the-art, comprehensive resource to encompass the wide breadth of the rapidly growing field of Judaism and health.

Provides the requisite knowledge and practical guidelines for some of the most common counseling situations.

Prepare to revive your Jewish community with the transformative power of the Divine spirit.

With the number of large congregations rising in the U.

"e;Holy and active listening"e; means listening openly and attentively to one another with the expectation that God will speak in and through the conversation.

At times, a congregational transition looms so large in a sermon that it becomes the lens through which scripture is interpreted, the congregation is addressed, the preacher is heard, and God is experienced.

Clergy and laity will discover ways to lead the church that just may be more effective than the top-down leadership model were all so familiar with.

Resistance can be a sign of vital, high-quality, and faithful life in a congregation, and a learning opportunity for congregational leaders who recognize the value of hearing from those who resist ministry initiatives, inviting their input and listening to their response.

This toolkit of intentional and compassionate strategies takes an encouraging, incremental approach to help even small groups get started quickly.

In this third volume of the Once and Future Church Series Loren Mead focuses on what he sees as the age-old call of the church - living and breathing the good news promise of spiritual transformation for all to see.

In the past decade many intelligent people who care deeply about synagogues have written about them.

Many professional ministers struggle at some point with the desire to pursue another career.

The Spirit's Tether: Eight Lives in Ministry tells the stories of eight men and women from their days as students at Union Theological Seminary in New York through their work today as pastors in local congregations over thirty years later.

The conventional wisdom about mainline Protestantism maintains that it is a dying tradition, irrelevant to a postmodern society, unresponsive to change, and increasingly disconnected from its core faith tenets.

Describes the NET Groups program (an acronym for Nurturing Experience Theologically), which begins with experiences and leads people into biblical and theological reflection.

Mead takes a broad look at past and present changes in the church, and postulates a future to which those changes are calling us.

Alban Senior Consultant Mann draws on her lengthy experience in helping congregations deal with the hurdles and anxieties of expansion or contraction in size.

Faced with crisis, lack of direction, or just plain "e;stuckness,"e; many congregations and their leaders are content to deal only with surface issues and symptoms-only to discover that the same problems keep recurring, often in different, and more serious, ways.

Pastors say goodbye to congregations.

This is an invitation to a conversation on the pastoral life from one of America's most respected clergy.

Pastors are called to be not only leaders with vision, but also managers of congregational systems, says John Wimberly in The Business of the Church.

Effective interim ministry depends on strong partnership between the interim minster and congregation.

So You're on the Search Committee focuses on the experience of pastoral search committees and the unique role that laity in most denominations play in this crucial process.

Congregations that seek growth are often frustrated at hitting a plateau-caught in a transition zone between sizes.

Every church is driven by its faith in God, and seeks to grow that faith by guiding its members toward fruitful ministry.

Sacred Strategies is about eight synagogues that reached out and helped people connect to Jewish life in a new waycongregations that had gone from commonplace to extraordinary.

Are congregations inevitably stuck during a change of pastoral leadership?

Much has been written about the changing landscape the church finds itself in, and even more about the church's waning influence in our culture.

In Pursuing Pastoral Excellence, pastoral counselor and educator Paul Hopkins aims to help pastoral leaders make a lasting and positive difference in the lives of the people and communities they serve.

A compelling and extensive resource with ways for all congregations to reach beyond themselves to better serve.

Amid the widespread discussion about 'the future of the church,' an important point is sometimes overlooked: tomorrow's church will depend to a great extent on the new pastors of today who will serve and guide our churches in the years ahead.

Both new and veteran preachers alike find the annual stewardship sermon a challenge and are eager for encouraging, practical advice.

Work-life imbalance is a problem that has personal, national, and religious implications.

Every Jewish institution, writes Kerry Olitzky, is undergoing significant change and is in danger of becoming irrelevant to the majority of North American Jews.

Based on extensive research, this volume offers insight and help on the key fiscal topics confronting church leaders today, including: Why is the church so uneasy with the topic of money?

In a culture marked by what many call "e;attention-deficit disorder,"e; congregations and their leaders are subject to distractions that detract from their mission and lead them in directions that have little to do with their reason for existence.

The Christian church in America is doing its best to be relevant.

In New Life through Shared Ministry, Judith Urban creates a pathway for building a shared ministry system.

Drawing on the work of Bowen, Friedman, and his own many years' counseling experience, Peter Steinke shows how to recognize and deal with the emotional roots of such issues as church conflict, leadership roles, congregational change, irresponsible behavior, and the effect of family of origin on current relationships.

Building communicate.

In Holy Clarity, Sarah Drummond explores the most basic reason leaders of religious organizations conduct evaluations: To find and create God-pleasing clarity regarding the organization's purpose and the impact of its activities.

Knowledge is power, and the way knowledge is shared in a congregation can build up or break down community.

Greening Spaces for Worship and Ministry is a comprehensive guide.