When Lisa Knopp visited Nebraska's death row with other death penalty abolitionists in 1995, she couldn't have imagined that one of the inmates she met that day would become a dear friend.
The refugee that has come to your church, the pastor of the immigrant church in your town, and you yourself all come before the same Bible, even the same verse, and walk away with completely different understandings and applications.
This book calls attention to the sense of powerlessness of everyday people in the Philippines, and to the missional agency of US-based Filipino Protestants.
Because commentaries are increasingly complex, preachers face the challenge of mastering the results of critical scholarship and merging the horizons between exegesis and a living word for the congregation.
Currently, about 6 percent of the eighty thousand Chinese college students in Korea are Christians, certainly no small number considering their future role within the Chinese Church.
In this book, I analyze why Bishop Aloys Bigirumwami prioritizes the use of the native language and the value of primal religions in spreading the gospel.
Between Advents continues Bruce Taylor's series of sermons for the Common Lectionary (Revised), offering theologically rich, sacramentally reflective, ecumenically compatible, and biblically centered proclamations for the Sundays and major feast days of Year C, from Advent through Eastertide.
This book is a collection of sermons preached at home and abroad, intended mainly for a lay audience, which presents teachings and applications of biblical texts from both the Old and New Testaments.
With so many church planters seeking to be successful, many of the ways we measure success can lead to personal disappointment, frustration, comparisons, and even depression.
Christians are all too familiar with the dichotomy between "e;being a Mary"e; (sitting at Jesus' feet) and "e;being a Martha"e; (being active in ministry).
This book is about leadership development as various subjects like understanding biblicalstewardship, personal development as well as having a kingdom vision amongst other vital,and leadership transforming topics are introduced.
Meanings, Methods, and ModelsContextualization: Meanings, Methods, and Models is a classic textbook that brings together the meanings, proposals, and tasks involved in contextualization.
Communicating the GospelTo All People, By All MeansCommunication has always been the heartbeat of Gods interaction with humankind, and without thoughtful communication, mission is not fully effective.
Communicating the GospelTo All People, By All MeansCommunication has always been the heartbeat of Gods interaction with humankind, and without thoughtful communication, mission is not fully effective.
A Call to Follow Jesus When He Challenges Our TraditionsThere are many challenges to adequately representing Jesus to the majority world, and often Western Christian traditions create unnecessary hindrances to people accepting His truth.
A Call to Follow Jesus When He Challenges Our TraditionsThere are many challenges to adequately representing Jesus to the majority world, and often Western Christian traditions create unnecessary hindrances to people accepting His truth.
Discover Your Place in the Movement of GodAn incredible breakthrough in missions history is taking place as disciples of Jesus make more disciples of Jesus around the globe, particularly among the least-reached.
Discover Your Place in the Movement of GodAn incredible breakthrough in missions history is taking place as disciples of Jesus make more disciples of Jesus around the globe, particularly among the least-reached.