Religious institutions and organizations

How do we care justly when selves suffer because of the identities that they inhabit?

Imagine being able to connect everything you do in life with God's dream of shalom.

The Hybrid Tsinoys is a study of hybridity and homogeneity as sociocultural constructs in the development of current ethnic identity/ies of Chinese Filipinos.

The need to train Christian missionaries was an afterthought of the Protestant missionary movement in the early nineteenth century.

Every generation must accept the responsibility of training the next.

The art of mentoring, like all great arts, is a grace to be received, a gift to be given, and a skill that can be learned and practiced.

Navigating the Nonsense will change the way your church approaches conflict and communication.

Missionaries go into all the world and make disciples of all nations, while monks live cloistered in a monastery and focus their lives on prayer and studying Scripture--correct?

Americans are using more medical services every year, but as many as half of those services do nothing to improve their health.

"e;Why does God hate me?

According to the Reformers, preaching is the word of God.

All ministry leaders concern themselves with the intersection of Jesus-centered ministry and contemporary culture.

You are There: Restoring Churches, People, and Places is a pastoral conversation about creation care.

In November 1877, three months after Emperor Meiji's conscript army of commoners defeated forces led by Japan's famous "e;last samurai,"e; the Reverend Tom Alexander and his new wife, Emma, arrived in Japan, a country where Christianity had been punishable by death until 1868.

"e;The world is our parish and all her creatures our congregation.

Ministry with Youth in Crisis is a comprehensive treatment of major adolescent crises related to life themes including self-identity, faith formation, family life, social relationships, sexuality, suicide, substance abuse, and eating disorders.

The 2010 earthquake in Haiti buried Renee Splichal Larson in concrete rubble, killing her husband and leaving her a widow at age 27.

In April 2015, America's last pulpit prince died.

In Defense of the Eschaton is an anthology of William D.

Do Something Else is meant to encourage faith communities and their leaders to reconsider "e;church as usual,"e; reengage Spirit-led entrepreneurialism, and reimagine new models of ministry bubbling up in their midst.

Christians are often tempted to encapsulate God in their own little boxes, as if God could be tied down to our finite way of thinking.

Called to be a Pastor: Why it Matters to Both Congregations and Clergy is a how-to resource with a memoir touch, describing the essential but delicate partnership between clergy and congregation.

What, pray tell, does a faithful urban ministry require if not a triadic relationship of prayer, justice, and hope?

Pastoral theologians from Congo, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, and Zimbabwe address, in this book, the issues of leadership, Ubuntu (community), gender-based violence, political violence, healing, and deliverance faced by pastors and ministers in African contexts today.

While serving as Interim Pastor in the 1993-1994 church year, Kenneth Vaux announced a year-long sermon series entitled "e;Intimations of the Sacred.

How do you introduce people to Jesus Christ who have had no contact with the Bible or its message?

"e;Faith means making a virtue out of not thinking.

We sometimes say that Muslims and Christians are part of Abraham's family, but while you can choose your friends, you cannot choose your family.

How do we create places and spaces for deepening our spiritual lives?

This book explores the biblical interpretation of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church (EOTC).

Guilt!

In the words of Saint Augustine, the Bible is long, complicated, and difficult to read.

It is not possible to look at the ministry of Jesus without noticing his concern for the poor and the sick.

In the fields of pastoral care and pastoral theology, there are times when a book signals a paradigm shift.

The Trinity can be understood as a social community with members speaking and listening to one another in love, or, as Luther understood the Trinity, as conversation, then God's mission essentially involves in mission-in-dialogue.

In Youth Ministry and Theology Shorthand, David Bailey explores the dialogue between practice and theological education through the lens of youth ministry.

The community of faith finds itself located precariously between Jesus' first and second comings, between the promise and fulfillment, between what God has begun in the gospel and what God has yet to complete.

What are Christian women thinking about mission?

God's invitation to join in the love feast of Holy Communion resounds at the very heart of the Christian faith and life.

Transforming Wisdom offers an extensive, multidisciplinary introduction to pastoral psychotherapy from some of the most respected practitioners in the field.

A classic theology and a contemporary school of preaching come together in this new work.

Current research shows what many in the Christian community already know: young people are leaving the church.

This collection of sermons adds compelling clarity to the growing chorus of Christian voices that are passionate about LGBTQ justice and equality--not in spite of their faith but precisely because of it.

Why should Christians care about animals?

A good quotation states an insight so shrewdly that not only do you get it, but you can't seem to forget it.

Compassion plays a central role in the teachings of all world religions.

Practicing Ministry in the Presence of God presents a new paradigm for church ministry--one that is based on fundamental truths of the Christian faith such as the Trinity, union with Christ, and the "e;already"e; presence of the Holy Spirit in the church.