A practical, jargon free guide to key aspects of canon and public law for clergy, readers, churchwardens, PCC members and diocesan officers, covering common situations that affect every church.
Guidance, advice, and ready-to-use sermons and services for the busy pastorWeddings and funerals are some of the most meaningful events in people's lives, and also some of the most challenging for the pastor to perform.
Many are familiar with the Orthodox 'Jesus prayer', but there is much more to discover about its tradition of contemplation as a grounding both for the interior spiritual life, and for compassionate action in the world.
The Externally Focused Quest: Becoming the Best Church for the Community is designed for church leaders who want to transform their churches to become less internally focused and more oriented to the world around them.
Brent Waters examines the historical roots and contemporary implications of the virtual disappearance of the family in late liberal and Christian social and political thought.
Facing a Pandemic traces the history and spread of the HIV/AIDS virus in Africa and its impact on African society and public policy before considering new priorities needed to combat the pandemic.
Übertritte muslimischer Flüchtlinge zum christlichen Glauben sind ins Blickfeld der Öffentlichkeit gerückt und zum Gegenstand von Asylverfahren geworden.
Jesus and Menachem places Jesus (Jeshua) in the historical context of the Roman occupation of Judea Second Temple period The fictional character of Menachem is introduced to deepen and clarify the relationship between Jesus, the Pharisees, the Sadducees, the Zealots, and Rome.
Negotiating Identity addresses the missiological problem of why the Hakka Chinese Christian community in Taiwan is so small despite evangelistic efforts there for more than 140 years.
Der Seelsorger und der leitende Palliativarzt der Augsburger Hospiz- und Palliativversorgung stellen hier erstmalig ein Praxisbuch zur ambulanten Seelsorge und Spiritual Care in der spezialisierten ambulanten Palliativversorgung (SAPV) vor.
Preachers often think of prophetic preaching in the caricature of the prophet as the lonely outsider confronting the congregation, often angrily, with the congregation's complicity in social injustice and with a bracing call for repentance.
On the Road to Siangyang tells the story of a Swedish immigrant church in America undertaking, soon after its organization, a mission to central China that would last nearly sixty years, from 1890 to 1949, when Christian missionaries had to leave the Chinese Mainland upon the establishment of the People's Republic.
Making Your Way to the Pulpit is a book for beginning preachers, for preachers who will never have a seminary course called "e;homiletics"e; (the art of preaching), for preachers who studied homiletics with William Hethcock and want a review, and for all preachers who are looking for a tested, reliable approach to sermon preparation.
Moving to the Margins with Amy CarmichaelFollow in the footsteps of Amy Carmichael, whose defiance against injustice shined a light in Indias darkest corners.
A collection of essays from top scholars in the field of Religion and Ecology that stimulates the debate about the religious contribution to ecological debate.
Continuing his series of sermons for the Common Lectionary (Revised), Bruce Taylor offers theologically rich, sacramentally sensitive, and biblically centered proclamations for the Sundays and major feast days of Year B, from Pentecost through Christ the King (Reign of Christ), and a sample of preaching from the Daily Lectionary.
Seit den Anfängen der Supervision im Kontext der pastoralpsychologischen Seelsorge haben Gestalt und Durchführung der Fortbildung vielfältige Veränderungen erfahren.
