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How does a congregation best serve its own neighborhood? This practical guide for congregations and parishes addresses this question by reviewing the growth of the ecumenically oriented community ministry movement in recent years. David Bos believes ...

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A Practical Handbook for Ministry
From the Writings of Wayne E. Oates

By Wayne E. Oates

For years, the many books of Wayne Oates have served as invaluable field manuals for ministers and seminarians. Here, for the first time in one volume and by a minister who studied with him, are selected chapters from this distinguished author's fund...

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Counseling People with Cancer

By Jann Aldredge-Clanton

Few moments are as devastating as when one hears a diagnosis of cancer, and one out of three Americans will hear this diagnosis in their lifetimes. In this book, Jann Aldredge-Clanton brings a perspective from a theology of hope for people struggling...

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Discovering Images of God
Narratives of Care among Lesbians and Gays

By Larry Kent Graham

In a prejudiced society, the experiences of lesbians and gays can provide powerful resources for all people to help shape their images of God. Larry Graham has interviewed lesbians and gays across the country and has discovered a new sense of God at ...

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Faithcare
Ministering to All God's People Through the Ages of Life

By Daniel O. Aleshire

This helpful book provides the link between theories about learning and human development and the tasks of pastors. Daniel Aleshire shows that paying attention to people can be the source of knowledge about the congregation and the basis for ministry...

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I Have a Plan
A Pastor's Guide to Counseling Troubled Marriages

By Charles L. Rassieur

What do you do when a parishioner tells you that his or her marriage is in trouble? What should you say? What resources can you turn to? In this helpful book for clergy, Charles Rassieur provides some clear and practical answers. Pastors will find in...

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The Joy of Ministry

By Thomas W. Currie III

Clergy burnout still abounds. Now comes an antidote: a collection of reflections centering on a lost note today--"joy" in ministry. The Joy of Ministry contains eight theological reflections on ministry to help pastors recognize their identities and ...

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Pastoral Care in Context
An Introduction to Pastoral Care

By John Patton

An expert in the field of pastoral care, John Patton demonstrates that pastoral care is a ministry of the church. He focuses on the community of faith as an authorizer and source of care and upon the relationship between the pastor and a caring commu...

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Saving Work
Feminist Practices of Theological Education

By Rebecca S. Chopp

One of the most significant changes in theological education during the past two decades has been a dramatic rise in the enrollment of women in seminaries. In this groundbreaking book, Rebecca S. Chopp explores the impact these new voices have had on...

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Shifting Boundaries
Contextual Approaches to the Structure of Theological Education

By Edward Farley, Barbara G. Wheeler

An outstanding group of authors address the structure of theological education using different avenues of approach. Each writer describes and frames a theological response to a major feature of the contemporary scene. The contributors look at events ...

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To Understand God Truly
What's Theological about a Theological School?

By David H. Kelsey

What are the purposes and the priorities that really govern a theological school? What are realistic expectations of theological education? What would be the ideal theological school, and what is theological about it? Theologian David Kelsey addresse...

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Transforming Congregations through Community
Faith Formation from the Seminary to the Church

By Boyung Lee

In this helpful book, Boyung Lee offers an encouraging vision of the mainline church's future. Lee grapples with some of the greatest challenges facing the mainline church, offering compelling responses to recurring questions: What does faithfulness...

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