Church Institutions & Organizations 10

American Evangelicals Today assesses the contemporary social, religious, and political characteristics of evangelical Protestants today, and it does so in light of (1) whether these characteristics ……続きを見る

Now available in paperback! This biography is the compelling story of Amanda Berry Smith, a former slave and washer-woman with less than a year of formal education who rose to become one of the nine……続きを見る

Author's preface: We are sending forth this book with an earnest desire to contribute something to the awakening of the American people to a proper appreciation of the dangers that now threaten our ……続きを見る

Though obviously a book written specifically for the Nazarene church, it would certainly serve as a great study for anyone attending (or interested in) a holiness or Pentecostal / Charismatic church……続きを見る

World leaders of The Salvation Army are accorded a wide variety of venues and circumstances within which to cast the vision God has given. As the Army’s international leaders, General Paul Rader and……続きを見る

Membership in the United Methodist Church in the United States has been shrinking since the merger of 1968. Yet the bishops and young clergy who contributed essays to "Do Not Be Afraid" are unconvin……続きを見る

As Pope Francis continues to make his mark on the church, there is increased interest in his Jesuit backgroundーwhat is the Society of Jesus, how is it different from other religious orders, and how……続きを見る

The Ignatian tradition sprang up in the sixteenth century, the fruit of graces bestowed on a Basque nobleman, Ignatius of Loyola. Guided by a passion to find God in all things, Ignatius and his firs……続きを見る

In the last decade, a giant cultural wave has swept the North American church into a brand new worldーa pluralistic, complicated, high-tech/low-touch world. Faced with the challenge of engaging a ja……続きを見る

Beyond Belief: Surviving the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in France presents a demographic study of the behaviors of Protestants and Catholics in a town in southeastern France between 1650 and ……続きを見る

From the posterboy of Catholic conservatism, a major change of heart and soul on one of the Church's most controversial and intractable stances. "This past February, a conservative Roman Catholic bl……続きを見る

From General André Cox’s foreword: ‘This edition of The Year Book provides many facts and much information about the work of the worldwide Salvation Army. May this resource encourage you to prayer a……続きを見る

Governance and Ministry has proven to be an indispensable guide for leaders and clergy on how to work together to lead congregations. In this second edition, veteran congregational consultant and mi……続きを見る

We are living in a time in which we are seeing a rapid unravelling of institutional structures in Western society and a re-alignment of values. The church is not faring well in this process. This bo……続きを見る

Die Johanniter sind neben den Templern und dem Deutschen Orden der bedeutendste Geistliche Ritterorden des Mittelalters. Jürgen Sarnowsky erzählt kenntnisreich die bewegte Geschichte des Ordens, der……続きを見る

In the terrifying summer of 1942 in Belgium, when the Nazis began the brutal roundup of Jewish families, parents searched desperately for safe haven for their children. As Suzanne Vromen reveals in ……続きを見る

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Endorsed in its time by Francis Scott Key, John Jay, and Theodore Roosevelt, the American Bible Society (ABS) is a seminal institution for American Protestants. The group was founded in 1816 with th……続きを見る

Concern about church growth and decline is widespread and contentious, yet theological reflection on church growth is scarce. Reflecting on the Bible, dogmatic theology and church history, this book……続きを見る

"Fresh Expressions of Church": Neue Glaubensgemeinschaften sprießen plötzlich an den ungewöhnlichsten Orten aus dem Boden – in Cafés, Fitnesscentern, Pubs und unter Leuten, die ein gemeinsames Inter……続きを見る

Tension between theory and practice in theological education is an unfortunate yet common occurrence, with educators sometimes finding themselves on one extreme or the other. Some academics can be s……続きを見る

Ten Thousand Miles Without a Cloud is a beautifully written account of Sun Shuyun’s journey to retrace the steps of one of the most popular figures in Chinese history – the monk Xuanzang, who travel……続きを見る

For three hundred years the Society of Friends, or Quakers, has been forwarding to governments recommendations on foreign policy, and it has often been in the vanguard of thought in its social and p……続きを見る

Une vibrante exhortation à la préservation de notre environnement. Ce texte dépasse le cercle des fidèles ; sa portée universelle et le charisme de son auteur en font une contribution majeure aux dé……続きを見る

Finanziert sich die Kirche mit kriminell erwirtschaftetem Geld? Geldwäsche für die Mafia, Beihilfe zur Steuerhinterziehung, verdeckte Parteienfinanzierung, Betrügereien, Millionen an Schmiergeldern ……続きを見る

L'organisation du pouvoir suprême dans l'Église catholique présente cette particularité singulière qu'il appartient dans sa plénitude (enseignement authentique de la Parole de Dieu contenue dans la ……続きを見る

Through an examination of Methodist mission to Southeast Asia at the turn of the twentieth century, this broad-ranging book unites the history of globalization with the history of Christian mission ……続きを見る

Fr. Thomas Reese has observed that American Catholic dioceses are simultaneously mysterious and essential to the institutional health and vitality of American Catholicism. In recent years, as Americ……続きを見る

I am not the first member of my family to leap over a wall. Nearly four hundred years ago, my ancestor, Thomas Baldwin of Diddlebury, leaped to freedom from behind the walls of the Tower of London, ……続きを見る

Written from the perspective of an imaginary Buddhist votary, this text depicts the life and character of the notable hero and reformer: Prince Gautama of India, the founder Buddhism 続きを見る