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 ...

Practical Principles for Congregations

Here are fresh, enlightening, practical, and logical strategies for "doing" evangelism in the local church. Ben Johnson's "Organismic Evangelism" is a new approach that is based on the utilization of the entire "organism" of the church. Johnson shows...

Inspired by TobyMac's hit single by the same name, this collection of stories, thoughts, and inspirations challenges readers to step across the line to change their world. City on Our Knees shows how Christians can set aside differences and come toge...

Drawing on his many years as a pastor, as well as a national church leader and staff member for evangelism, Clinton Marsh confronts head-on the declining membership of mainline Protestant churches with this biblical and practical book on growing the ...

The exhibition of the kingdom of heaven is a gift of grace that flows through our hearts and souls to reach out to the world to manifest or reflect Christ's presence in the world.

Faithful Evangelism in a Reformed Tradition

Witness has long been recognized as an essential task of Christ's disciples. But the question of how to evangelize responsibly has often confused and divided the Christian community. How Shall We Witness? is an account of one Christian family seeking...

Last-Minute Preparations for Postcollege Life

The final years of college can be a difficult time for students committed to a life of Christian discipleship. How does a student begin to prepare for the "real world," so that it will not end in a collapse of faith or a slow series of compromises? N...

Discipleship for College Students

In an open and inviting style, Bruce Main challenges college students to actively embrace young adulthood's time for identity formation, and intentionally begin to establish habits of discipleship that will create a foundation for a life of radical f...

God's Welcome in a World of Difference

In this book, theologian Letty Russell redefines the commonly held notion of hospitality as she challenges her readers to consider what it means to welcome the stranger. In doing so, she implores persons of faith to join the struggles for justice.Rat...

A Guide to Putting Your Faith into Action

A personal companion to Marcus Borg's bestseller, The Heart of Christianity that helps people put faith into action.

Service Evangelism has been used by thousands of pastors and lay leaders throughout the United States and Canada to advance a style of evangelism that combines the social and personal dimensions of the gospel.

Evangelism as Initial Spiritual Guidance

Many mainline churches today have members (both laity and clergy) who find it a problem to speak face-to-face about God. This creative book offers a theological foundation, practical suggestions, and a positive model for sharing faith. Ben Campbell J...

Designed for clergy and lay people in congregations, this book makes an excellent resource for exploring the question of why and how the church can, should, and may confess its faith today, in a pluralistic world and in an ecumenical context. Also, i...

A New Vision for Educating and Growing Disciples

A Modern Manual for Sharing a Relevant, Vibrant, Enduring Faith!In the face of mounting obstacles, parents and educators find themselves increasingly challenged by the task of leading people toward lives of faith. Now Thomas Groome, a world-renowned ...

How to Live Your Values in the Workplace

This book, unlike so many other books on the subject, is not a management text. Instead, it is a highly readable exploration of the place of work within one's life. Here livelihood takes on its proper role--in relationship to personal values, family ...