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This illustrated dictionary for the Episcopal Church is an essential reference to its terminology, worship, structure, and polity. Originally intended as a resource for new members and confirmands i……続きを見る

What are the core values of your ministry? Values-Driven Leadership is a pioneering work designed to help church and parachurch leaders understand the cutting-edge concept of organizational core val……続きを見る

As the first woman to be given the title of doctor of the church, St. Teresa of Avila continues to exercise her teaching authority in the world today both within and outside the boundaries of the ch……続きを見る

A few words by way of introduction will be absolutely necessary before I proceed to read Mr. Ruskin's letters. They originated simply in a proposal of mine, which met with so ready and willing a res……続きを見る

The Collected Letters of St. Teresa of Avila, Volume One contains Letters from 1546 to 1577 Includes Introductions, Endnotes, Biographical Sketches. St. Teresa of Avila wrote candidly the story of b……続きを見る

The first serious journalistic investigation of the highly secretive, controversial organization Opus Dei provides unique insight about the wild rumors surrounding it and discloses its significant i……続きを見る

The development of meaningful relationships, where every member carries a significant sense of belonging, is central to what it means to be the church. So why do many Christians feel disappointed an……続きを見る

To Be a Junior High Youth Worker . . . takes a distinct kind of adult, just as junior highers are a distinct kind of people. Betwixt and between though they may be, early adolescents are as capable ……続きを見る

Muhammad said a Messenger would rise up every hundred years. He didn't say he was the last one. And if I say I am the Messenger of Allah and Allah has given to me the name Muhammad, what right do yo……続きを見る

The Dionysian Artificers by Hippolyto Joseph da Costa An essay by one of the pioneers of Freemasonry on an important ancient mystery religion. With an Interpretation of the Myth of Dionysius by Manl……続きを見る

An introduction and guide to “sustainable ministry,” which empowers pastors and church leaders to focus on their inner resources for proactive leadership. Church leadership does not have to be a rec……続きを見る

This classic guide helps servers to perform with confidence and reverence, allowing the liturgy to unfold in a smooth and prayerful manner. A glossary of words and objects accompanies illustrations ……続きを見る

The expertise of veteran church consultant and best-selling author Gary McIntosh is now available in an easily portable format. McIntosh offers readers his invaluable insights on the church in order……続きを見る

This comprehensive handbook to urban ministry introduces and shows how to implement a Christian community development program. 続きを見る

The challenge facing today's church is simultaneous and effective ministry to people of four widely divergent generations. More than at any time in history, pastors must plan programs that will appe……続きを見る

In a time when churches are focusing on finding strategies and techniques to guarantee success, a movement toward the missional church is emerging. Missional churches are communities created by the ……続きを見る

Over the past thirty years there has been a boom in small groups, both in society at large and within the church. From Bible studies to MOPS to Alcoholics Anonymous, it is estimated that four out of……続きを見る

Robert E. Webber has led worship workshops in every major city in the United States and Canada. Through his conversations and contacts with a network of emerging church leaders he calls the "younger……続きを見る

From the time it was first promulgated in the sixth century, The Rule of St. Benedict has been one of the most influential, enduring documents of Western civilization. Composed for the guidance of h……続きを見る

Churches today are caught in a sociological trap. Parishioners want to keep comfortable status quo organization. Churchmen feel pressure to modernize, to "get where the action is." This book is a p……続きを見る

This provocative work presents a layperson perspective of a Catholic Church bureaucracy, a male clerical caste of privilege, which manifests controlling power, secrecy and resistance to conform to ……続きを見る

The Trial of Christ by David K. Breed "The great fact, and the Eternal Fact, in the life of Jesus was his death, because of our sins, upon the Cross. This was the fact which St. Paul declared he pre……続きを見る

The 498-page Story of Asbury Theological Seminary is a comprehensive chronicle of the Seminary, carefully documented with endnotes following each of its twenty chapters. Kinghorn has written a faith……続きを見る

The pseudo-Clementine writings are one of the most intriguing and valuable sources for early Jewish Christianity. They offer a second- or third-century polemic against the form of Christianity that ……続きを見る

A comprehensive, detailed handbook for the entire liturgical year that includes colors, music, and decorations for each season and occasion. This guide for clergy, parish musicians, lay readers, and……続きを見る

Papal Paralysis utilizes the historical case study method to describe the moral and ethical dilemma Catholic Church officials face when asked to help fight the worldwide spread of AIDS. If popes and……続きを見る

Globally, where faith and political processes share the public space with indigenous populations, religious leaders of tolerant voice, who desire to transcend the conflict that often divides their p……続きを見る

This timely work addresses sensitive issues and relations between Muslims and Christians around the world. The book uniquely captures the opportunity for Christians and Muslims to come together and ……続きを見る

Following Jesus to Burning Man: Recovering the Church's Vocation places the author, a Pentecostal/evangelical minister, in a thoroughly pagan context in the Nevada desert where he discovered the pre……続きを見る

This book asserts that the better one understands the causes of behavior, the better one can apply that knowledge to produce a better world. It describes the mechanisms that cause human behavior, su……続きを見る