Religious institutions and organizations

In 7 Lessons for New Pastors, leading author Matthew D.

Theological education has historically placed a strong emphasis on Scripture as the source of principle and practice for ministry.

Women's Ordination in the Catholic Church argues that women can be validly ordained to ministerial office.

Unspeakable probes the relationship between trauma theory and Christian theology in order to support preachers in the task of crafting sermons that adequately respond to trauma in the pews and the world at large.

The second edition of Qualitative Research responds to the growing need in Doctor of Ministry programs for a textbook that guides students in Participatory Action Research, prospectus, and dissertation that reflect the recent trends in the discipline of practical theology.

A critical presidential election looms before us.

Let the Legends Preach celebrates the past and current legends of black preaching through preserving the sermons that they preached at the Annual E.

It is remarkable that African Americans, the descendants of slaves, embrace Christianity at all.

This book is a short introduction to one of the most remarkable transformations in the modern world that many people still do not know about.

In the last fifty years, the history of World Christianity has been disproportionally shaped, if not defined, by African Pentecostalism.

The verse, Joshua 24:15, "e;as for me and my house we will serve the Lord,"e; has been the desire and declaration of ministry couples for centuries.

There is a place that promises acceptance, spiritual growth, and friendship, but instead delivers criticism, abuse, and exploitation.

How can we preach persuasively without huckstering, manipulating, or coercing people?

Discovery Teaching Like Jesus critiques the current assumptions, models, and delivery methods of adult religious education.

Would it surprise you to know that New Testament scholars, missiologists, and church-planting authorities cannot agree on how to define tentmaking, whether or not the church should be practicing it today, or even why Paul did it in the first place?

When the organization and structure of the church in America was altered in the early 1900s to meet modern demands, the role of the pastorate became more specialized to adapt to the burdens of the new, "e;efficient"e; structure.

You may have heard that churches in Europe are vanishing.

What happens to the Gospel when you put other loyalties into positions of power in Christian life and practice?

After harmonizing the four Gospels into one unified story, the author examines the ministry of Jesus to see what we can learn today for our own churches and ministries.

Do you wonder why some people you know hold theological and political views that blow your mind but they find quite reasonable?

We live in a time when many view the church as a relic of ancient traditions and cosmologies, often reactionary, mean-spirited, nationalist, and racist.

Forming Ministers or Training Leaders is a unique book because it is based on a significant piece of empirical research.

Spirituality & Social Action is written for people who identify themselves as spiritual but not religious, turned off by organized religion, yet having an innate sense of a higher power.

What happens when Christians reconsider political engagement?

The Kingdom Will Come Anyway: A Life in the Day of a Pastor opens a window into the world of a typical minister serving congregations in the midst of soul-stirring delights and heart-rending troubles.

The question of contextual theology and its relevance to Africa in this time of globalization, whereby there are rampant uncontrolled changes in cultures, technologies, economic policies, and even people's religious lives, is very urgent.

Socio-Historical Examination of Religion and Ministry (SHERM journal) is a biannual, not-for-profit, free peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes the latest social-scientific, historiographic, and ecclesiastic research on religious institutions and their ministerial practices.

Socio-Historical Examination of Religion and Ministry (SHERM journal) is a biannual, not-for-profit, free peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes the latest social-scientific, historiographic, and ecclesiastic research on religious institutions and their ministerial practices.

Apocalyptic texts are often seen as either frightening or irrelevant, a tool for fearmongering and manipulation or for the lucrative doomsday industry.

"e;Can't you hear those little bells tinkling?

A boy doesn't become a man by accident.

Paul wrote to Timothy instructing him to not be despised for his youth.

The Nightingale, attributed to the early Franciscan mystic and philosopher St.

In this groundbreaking study, Michael Cosby uncovers the unknown history of the transformation of the Apostle Barnabas from a peacemaker to a warrior saint.

How does one make disciples and plant the church in a secular environment?

Jesus was born in Bethlehem, but why Bethlehem?

Mentoring Minutes: Weekly Messages to Encourage Anyone Guiding Youth aims to encourage and equip people working with youth with the knowledge, strategies, ideas, and recent youth research to build meaningful and developmental relationships with these young people.

There's a seemingly innocuous villain that is taking up residence in the pulpits of countless churches, disrupting the connection between the pastor and the people and keeping the proclamation of God's word from having its full effect.

This book is for people who believe that the gospel is a message of peace and this gospel of peace is relevant for our time.

Much has been written on servant leadership, but it is not always tied to egalitarian leadership.

Liberating Inner Eve: From Constraints of Historic Conditioning to Boundless Personal Power--A Christian Woman's Guidebook addresses the most commonly encountered social and historic challenges that constrain women's experience of personal power, against the background of an empowering exploration of the Genesis account of Adam and Eve.

When a scrappy small-town pastor refuses to perform a gay wedding, he doesn't expect the decision to send his sister to prison.

Prison ministry needs to be reevaluated.

What makes for powerful preaching?

Ultimately, what really does it mean to be creative?

Amid the mid-twentieth-century post-war relief and rebuilding efforts, reconsideration of views on nonviolence and civic engagement was also underway for North American Mennonites.

La teologia de la mision es una actividad que procura discernir lo que Dios quiere hacer principalmente a traves del pueblo de Dios en tiempos, lugares y contextos especificos, en el mundo amado por Dios.

Jesus warned of wolves carefully disguised as shepherds coming into local churches as pastors.

Character for Kids: Devotions and Activities for Kids Ages 3-10 includes easily understandable thoughts on selected character traits including courage, respect, self-control, manners, loyalty and eight others.

We are pleased to offer this fifth title in our APTS Press Monograph Series.